15:50 Exeter

Friday 4 December 2020

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Watch Irish Racing On RacingTV Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 4m 24.60s

Arctic Poet²⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: R H Buckler

33/1

Pulled up in a bumper at Wincanton on sole start to date, so hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: P-

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Autonomous Cloud

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R M Power| T: C L Tizzard

4/6

€110,000 3-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Dam (c123/h119), 2m-17f hurdle/chase winner (stayed 21f), half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stays 2½m) Gala Ball (by Flemensfirth). Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Barbarian

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: R H Buckler

5/1

Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Dam (h127), bumper/2½m hurdle winner, half-sister to ungenuine but fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 31f) Double Dizzy.

Form:

Sam Haze

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: P C Dando

16/1

Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Dam (h145) bumper/2m-2¾m hurdle winner.

Form:

Tzunami⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Henderson

8/1

Big price when never dangerous in a Newton Abbot bumper on debut. Looks more one for the longer term.

Form: 6

Gentle Kate

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: T Scudamore| T: K Woollacott

9/1

Gentlewave filly. Dam (c89/h94), maiden jumper (stayed 2¾m), half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2¾m) Hirapour.

Form:

Hazy Dream³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Miss H C Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: C J Down

25/1

Unfancied prior to a low-key debut at Taunton in October and unlikely to make a significantly bigger impact.

Form: 8

Miss Marette

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: James Davies| T: C J Down

16/1

Passing Glance filly. Half-sister to bumper winner Prince Llywelyn. Dam (h90) 2m-2¾m hurdle winner (stayed 25f).

Form:

Non-Runners

Clear On Top

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: T R George J: J J Burke

Fame And Concrete

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

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

Might I

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: H Fry J: Non Runner

The Plimsoll Line

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: J Scott J: Matt Griffiths

Forecasts

Autonomous Cloud (4/6), Fame And Concrete (5/2), Clear On Top (7/2), Barbarian (5/1), Might I (5/1), Tzunami (8/1), Gentle Kate (9/1), The Plimsoll Line (10/1), Sam Haze (16/1), Miss Marette (16/1), Hazy Dream (25/1), Arctic Poet (33/1)

FAME AND CONCRETE boasts a noteworthy pedigree and, while he'll come into his own over obstacles, he should have enough pace for this discipline, particularly against others with NH pedigrees. As such he gets the nod in a tricky event, with fellow-newcomers Autonomous Cloud and Might I also making appeal.