18:10 Fontwell

Saturday 2 October 2021

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bet365 Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:10 | Winning time: 4m 40.5s

Pixie Loc^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones| T: Ben Clarke| CD

10/1

Cheap purchase who, with a tongue tie fitted for her debut, belied a price of 14/1 to land a 4-runner event over C&D by 2 lengths from Spike Jones. Hard to know what that form's worth, however.

Form: 1

Reinator

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore

6/5

€55,000 3-y-o, Motivator gelding. Half-brother to 6 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/very smart chaser Terrefort and useful hurdler/smart chaser Vino Griego. Makes appeal on paper.

Form:

Sami Bear¹⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

11/2

Left debut form behind when runner-up at Huntingdon in March and, while a bit underwhelming since, he may well get back on track returning from a 5-month absence.

Form: 835-

Forest Jump

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Joshua Moore| T: C Gordon

13/2

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Karlie. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Locksmith. Worth a market check.

Form:

Spike Jones¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Alain Cawley| T: S Drinkwater

8/1

Walk In The Park gelding who was 2 lengths second of 4 to Pixie Loc in bumper at this C&D (good to soft, 5/1) on NH debut 18 days ago. May do better but that form looks rather weak.

Form: 2

What's My Line¹⁹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Kimber⁽⁷⁾| T: M Madgwick

22/1

Sixties Icon gelding who has shown modest form to date and looks set for a struggle returning from 6 months off.

Form: 465-

Spitfire Girl¹⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

13/2

Related to three winners and offered something to work on amidst greenness when a distant second at Plumpton 174 days ago. Should be thereabouts with the benefit of experience.

Form: 2-

Non-Runners

Paddy Husseys Taxi²⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Forecasts

Reinator (6/5), Sami Bear (11/2), Paddy Husseys Taxi (6/1), Spitfire Girl (13/2), Forest Jump (13/2), Spike Jones (8/1), Pixie Loc (10/1), What's My Line (22/1)

Those with prior experience don't set the bar especially high and REINATOR has plenty to recommend him on pedigree, so he gets the nod ahead of fellow newcomer Forest Jump. Spitfire Girl is the type to improve from her debut, so she looks the pick of the remainder.