14:53 Doncaster

Saturday 27 November 2021

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Virgin Bet 'Junior' NH Hunt Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 3m 15.46s

Idealdes Villerets¹⁰⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-5| J: Alex Edwards⁽³⁾| T: Mrs M Rowley

9/2

Won 6-runner bumper at Granville-St-Pair-Sur-Mer 104 days ago. First run for yard after leaving P. Chemin & C. Herpin. Claims despite shouldering a penalty, and market should prove significant.

Form: 1

Fascinating News

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Henry Brooke| T: D Brooke

20/1

Fascinating Rock gelding. Dam, Italian winner up to 9.5f, out of Italian jumps winner. Should have the requisite speed for this sort of test.

Form:

King Of Quinta

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

15/8

£40,000 3-y-o, Style Vendome gelding. Closely related to French 11.5f/12.5f winner Pepina. Dam 9.5f winner. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

Le Fils De Force⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Bryony Frost| T: S Whitaker

7/2

Flat-bred gelding who showed something to work on when third in a bumper at Market Rasen 42 days ago. Could make his presence felt if he improves from that.

Form: 3

Mr Mccall

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Kirby

16/1

Farhh gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including temperamental 5f/5.7f winner Audio. Dam 6f winner. Could be suited by a speed test based on his pedigree.

Form:

My Unknown Soldier⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Max Kendrick| T: D J Jeffreys

10/1

Related to a couple of Flat winners abroad and made a pleasing start when fifth at Huntingdon on debut, tying up late. Should come on for the run, so he's a player with improvement on the cards.

Form: 5

Our Marty

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Conner McCann⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

9/1

Martinborough gelding. Dam, lightly raced on Flat, half-sister to useful hurdler (17f winner) Dildar. Worth a market check.

Form:

Royle Steel

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky Hammond

17/2

€8,000 3-y-o, Spanish Moon gelding. Dam (c112/h96) placed over hurdles/fences. Others make more appeal.

Form:

Spirittappergoode⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr P Thomas⁽⁷⁾| T: M Weatherer

125/1

Big price when only sixth at Market Rasen on debut, and unlikely to make a bigger impact even with the benefit of experience.

Form: 6

Forecasts

King Of Quinta (15/8), Le Fils De Force (7/2), Idealdes Villerets (9/2), Royle Steel (17/2), Our Marty (9/1), My Unknown Soldier (10/1), Mr Mccall (16/1), Fascinating News (20/1), Spirittappergoode (125/1)

KING OF QUINTA makes plenty of appeal on paper and his stable is still going well, so he gets the nod to make a winning debut without the benefit of market clues. Idealdes Villeretes, already a winner in France, should provide stiff opposition, while My Unkown Soldier appeals as the type to improve from an encouraging initial outing at Huntingdon.