15:40 Ludlow

Wednesday 16 December 2020

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G.C Rickards Ltd Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 3m 29.11s

Blumen Glory³⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland

9/2

€30,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam unraced. Runner-up in Irish point on debut in February, so one to note on Rules debut.

Form: 2-

Deep Inferno³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: Ella Pickard

100/1

Has offered little in two starts to date and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 79

Extraordinary Man

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: D G Bridgwater

15/2

No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Arverne, stays 25f. Dam, 2m-2¼m winner over hurdles, also 11.5f winner on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (2¼m-19f winner).

Form:

Getafriend²⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Stan Sheppard| T: M Sheppard

40/1

€15,000 3-y-o, £4,500 4-y-o, Getaway gelding. Dam, winning pointer, lightly raced under Rules. Pulled up in Irish point on debut in March.

Form: P-

Hartnoll Hero⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁷⁾| T: V R A Dartnall

10/1

Sageburg gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Merchant House and showed some ability when fourth at Newton Abbot 48 days ago. Not totally discounted but requires improvement.

Form: 4

Le Bateau³¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J McGrath| T: N J Henderson

9/4

Flat-bred gelding who improved on debut effort when runner-up to Flinteur Sacre 10 months ago. Has joined that one's trainer Nicky Henderson since and could take all the beating on return.

Form: 32-

Trwyn Du

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

7/4

€34,000 3-y-o, Valirann gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdlers Never Equalled and Broken Quest. Dam maiden pointer. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

Volatore

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: W T Kennedy| T: S-J Davies

150/1

Lucarno gelding. Dam, winning pointer, ran once over hurdles. Others make more appeal.

Form:

Jayceebee

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: R P McLernon| T: P R Webber

22/1

Gentlewave filly. Dam (c138/h135) 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner (stayed 3m). Likely to need more time.

Form:

Forecasts

Trwyn Du (7/4), Le Bateau (9/4), Blumen Glory (9/2), Extraordinary Man (15/2), Hartnoll Hero (10/1), Jayceebee (22/1), Getafriend (40/1), Deep Inferno (100/1), Volatore (150/1)

It's hard to look beyond LE BATEAU, who found only Flinteur Sacre too good 10 months ago and has subsequently joined Nicky Henderson. He's fancied to go one better with ex-pointer Blumen Glory regarded as his biggest danger ahead of Trwyn Du.