17:50 Stratford

Saturday 5 September 2020

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Andy Townsend Memorial Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:53 | Winning time: 3m 39.6s

Only Money^h1⁵²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

7/2

Improved with each start to date, getting off the mark at Fontwell (13.7f, good to firm) in March. Hood added on return. Ought to be competitive under his penalty.

Form: 461/

Gms Prince^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R T Dunne| T: Sarah HollinsheadWS

66/1

Kayf Tara gelding. Half-brother to 5f-7f winner Castlerea Tess. Dam 9f-1½m winner. Had a wind op ahead of debut and wears a tongue strap. Likely outsider.

Form:

Grey Flint

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Chester Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

9/1

Fair Mix gelding. Dam (h106), 2m/17f hurdle winner, half-sister to modest hurdler (21f winner) Braw Angus. Yard does well in bumpers so market support could prove significant.

Form:

Hooper²⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| BFWS

5/4

Sent off at 6/4 when sixth of 15 in bumper at Huntingdon (13.7f, good to soft) on debut last November. Subsequently had wind surgery. Evidently thought capable of better.

Form: 6-

Luttrell Lad

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White

9/1

Beat Hollow gelding. Dam (h101), maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) White Star Line. Newcomer from good stable.

Form:

Stratton Oakmont

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

7/2

€18,000 Ask gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler (2m-23f winner) Allaboveboard and fair hurdler/chaser (2½m-21f winner) The Corby Glenn. Yard no stranger to bumper success. Check betting.

Form:

Andy's Wish⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott

33/1

14/1, well-held sixth of 9 on debut at Newton Abbot (17f, good) on debut 60 days ago. More one for the longer term on that evidence.

Form: 6

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

Harrowby²⁴⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: A King J: Thomas Bellamy

Teenage Dirtbag

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: C E Longsdon J: Paul O'Brien

Wessington Park²⁷⁸

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: N Lampard J: Pte Alexandra Bell

Forecasts

Hooper (5/4), Stratton Oakmont (7/2), Only Money (7/2), Harrowby (7/1), Luttrell Lad (9/1), Grey Flint (9/1), Teenage Dirtbag (10/1), Andy's Wish (33/1), Gms Prince (66/1), Wessington Park (100/1)

The strength in the betting behind HOOPER on his debut last November suggests he's well regarded by his top yard and he's taken to leave that bare form behind having had wind surgery since then. Alan King's Harrowby shaped a lot better than the result in a listed event on his debut at the start of the year and he can provide the chief threat ahead of Fontwell-scorer Only Money.