Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (AWT)

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 3m 32.70s

Bobby Socks

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

2/1

Kayf Tara gelding. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, half-sister to useful chaser (stays 2½m) Admiral's Secret (by Kayf Tara). Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

Mourzouk²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan

12/1

Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat and showed something to work on when fifth in a C&D event on debut. Should improve for that, so could make his presence felt.

Form: 5

Swapped⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| BF

2/1

Sent off 3/1 when slightly disappointing at Cheltenham first time out but, given his connections, it would be too soon to write him off on te back of that.

Form: 8

Thames City⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gallagher

125/1

Casamento gelding who failed to beat a rival at Ffos Las on debut 41 days ago. Hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 9

Wetanwindy⁷⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Jones⁽³⁾| T: M F Harris

66/1

No promise in a bumper here almost 2 years ago and not seen since.

Form: 0/

Miss Velveteen¹³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: J M Quinlan| T: P Owens

6/1

Shaped well after wind op when second to previous winner in Southwell bumper but failed to back it up at Worcester a fortnight later. Back from 134 days off, now.

Form: 27

Pebbly Lunar Lady²³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Harry Bannister| T: R Bandey

10/3

Half-sister to 5 winners and showed plenty when third at Southwell 7 months ago. She's the clear pick at the weights, and may well do better with the benefit of experience, so leading claims.

Form: 3-

Forecasts

Swapped (2/1), Bobby Socks (2/1), Pebbly Lunar Lady (10/3), Miss Velveteen (6/1), Mourzouk (12/1), Wetanwindy (66/1), Thames City (125/1)

PEBBLY LUNAR LADY's debut third at Southwell has been boosted since and she looks open to improvement 7 months on, so she gets the nod ahead of Olly Murphy's newcomer Bobby Socks. Mourzouk should be suited by this sort of test given his Flat pedigree, so he's another one to consider.