16:25 Hereford

Monday 2 November 2020

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StarSports.bet Pipped At The Post Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 3m 53.60s

Big G²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland

14/1

Promise on Stratford debut for Dan Skelton subsequently, including when only fifth on debut for current stable at Huntingdon 20 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 2/7-5

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Early Morning Dew

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington

13/2

€31,000 3-y-o, Muhtathir gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to dam of top-class chaser Dynaste. Makes some appeal for a yard that had an impressive winning bumper newcomer last month.

Form:

Flann

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson

12/1

£10,000 3-y-o, Brian Boru gelding. Closely related to fair hurdler Kestrel Valley. Will probably need more time.

Form:

Gentleman Kap

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry

9/1

Kapgarde gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to French 2¼m hurdle winner L'Ami Riquet. One to consider.

Form:

Jazz King

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Jordan Nailor⁽⁵⁾| T: S Thomas

16/1

Kapgarde gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Jazz Poem and Padova Star. Dam, lightly raced over hurdles, also 11.5f winner on Flat. Makes appeal on pedigree.

Form:

Joe Kidd¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D A Hamer

50/1

Bit of encouragement when mid-field in a bumper at Newton Abbot 118 days ago but big improvement needed to make his mark in this.

Form: 5

Libberty Hunter

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: J M Quinlan| T: B Eckley

66/1

Yorgunnabelucky gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Liberty Bella. Dam ran once in bumper.

Form:

Lusitanien

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

25/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Muhtathir gelding. Dam, 9f winner, half-sister to fairly useful chaser (2¼m-3m winner) Roi de Rose.

Form:

Pats Fancy²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Burke| T: Miss R Curtis

10/3

Placed twice in Irish points and went like the best horse when denied late at Ffos Las on Rules debut, impressing with the way he went through the race. Can put experience to good use.

Form: 242-2

Quid Pro Quo

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

4/1

Beat Hollow gelding. Half-brother to useful bumper winner/fair hurdler Gypsy Island. Makes plenty of appeal on paper, so worth monitoring in the betting first time up.

Form:

Shearer

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Adrian Heskin| T: P F Nicholls

3/1

€150,000 3-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/high-class chaser (stayed 3m) Empire of Dirt. Looks nice long-term prospect on breeding.

Form:

Non-Runners

Gentleman Valley

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: B Pauling J: David Bass

Gentle River

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: A Ralph J: R Johnson

Theme Tune²⁹⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J & A O'Neill J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Forecasts

Shearer (3/1), Pats Fancy (10/3), Quid Pro Quo (4/1), Early Morning Dew (13/2), Theme Tune (8/1), Gentleman Kap (9/1), Flann (12/1), Big G (14/1), Gentleman Valley (14/1), Jazz King (16/1), Lusitanien (25/1), Gentle River (33/1), Joe Kidd (50/1), Libberty Hunter (66/1)

PATS FANCY is more battle-hardened than the bulk of his rivals and showed enough when second at Ffos Las recently to think he's capable of landing an event like this even with the presence of some fascinating newcomers. Shearer and Gentleman Valley both cost plenty as stores and boast appealing pedigrees, so they're worth noting first time out.