15:40 Newbury

Thursday 5 November 2020

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tote.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 3m 55.20s

Bowtogreatness

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D A Jacob| T: B Pauling

11/4

€46,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including temperamental but fairly useful hurdler Old Harry Rocks stays 2¾m, and fair hurdler/chaser Classical Milano.

Form:

Breakwater Buoy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton

11/2

€105,000 3-y-o, second foal, closely related to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Mega Yeats. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler Sam Ada and half-sister to high-class chaser Snoopy Loopy.

Form:

Duke Of Rockingham

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy

9/2

€130,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Dam, maiden pointer, half-sister to unreliable but useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Ohio Gold.

Form:

Famous Last Word²⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R T Dunne| T: Ian Williams

17/2

€70,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Ninth Legion. maiden Irish pointer, fell last time (Feb 2).

Form: 8F-

Freethinker

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: C E Longsdon

25/1

£18,000 3-y-o, Libertarian gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Shantou Magic and ungenuine bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Ben Cee Pee M.

Form:

Highland Parc²³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jordan Nailor⁽⁵⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

25/1

€15,500 3-y-o, Leading Light gelding. Dam half-sister to a couple of bumper winners. Ignored in the betting and went with little promise at Huntingdon in March.

Form: 9-

Loch Arthur²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: Miss E C Lavelle

33/1

Out of an unraced half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 3m) Valoroso and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Millanisi Boy. Looked in need of the run on last month's debut.

Form: 7

Lockdown Leader

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: Evan Williams

18/1

£30,000 3-y-o, Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Unexpected Depth and fairly useful hurdler Shantou Vow.

Form:

Petrossian

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

5/2

Sageburg gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler (stayed 3m) On Raglan Road and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (2½m winner) Overthetop. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Toad Of Toad Hall

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M G Nolan| T: Alexandra Dunn

66/1

Universal gelding. Dam (c119/h102) 2¼m-3¼m hurdle/chase winner.

Form:

Non-Runners

Funway Monarch²⁶⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: N B King J: Bryony Frost

No Hubs No Hoobs

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: C L Tizzard J: R M Power

No Ordinary Joe

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: N J Henderson J: N de Boinville

Forecasts

Petrossian (5/2), Bowtogreatness (11/4), No Ordinary Joe (11/4), Duke Of Rockingham (9/2), No Hubs No Hoobs (9/2), Breakwater Buoy (11/2), Famous Last Word (17/2), Lockdown Leader (18/1), Highland Parc (25/1), Freethinker (25/1), Loch Arthur (33/1), Funway Monarch (50/1), Toad Of Toad Hall (66/1)

Highly likely this will go to a newcomer. Nicky Henderson is as good as anyone at getting one ready, so NO ORDINARY JOE could easily be up to the task, though Petrossian's dam hails from a talented bumper family, while Duke of Rockingham and Breakwater Buoy fetched six figures at the sales.