17:25 Huntingdon

Monday 18 April 2022

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Racing TV Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 3m 31.8s

Billy Boi Blue

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

11/5

£21,000 3-y-o, Blue Bresil gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including bumper winner/useful hurdler Martello Sky and fair hurdler/useful chaser Brief Ambition. Leading claims first time out.

Form:

Charlie My Boy¹¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: M G Nolan| T: J R Jenkins

200/1

No promise on either start to date, so hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 00

Give Me A Cuddle³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: N de Boinville| T: N B King

10/3

Stepped up markedly from his debut when runner-up over C&D a month and is entitled to do better again, so can't be ruled out.

Form: 62

Nightboat To Cairo⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: R Spencer

14/1

Sent off 5/1 but seemed to need the experience (raced in snatches) in a Newbury bumper 57 days ago. Likely to know more, so open to improvement.

Form: 9

Supreme Gift⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Adrian Heskin| T: H D Daly

2/1

Off mark in Irish points at second attempt last May and shaped well when runner-up on his first two starts in bumpers. Disappointing at Carlisle last time but has a break since and he sets the standard.

Form: 4-1226

Belisaire^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Craig Nichol| T: J Butler

10/1

Tai Chi gelding. Half-brother to German 7f-1¼m winner Blue Distant. Dam unraced. Should have enough speed for this sort of test, and represents a shrewd Flat stable, so worthy of interest in a hood.

Form:

Pure Jade

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Alain Cawley| T: Miss A Murphy

10/1

Blue Bresil filly. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Logan Rocks. Dam (c107/h108) 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), also 11.6f/1½m winner on Flat. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Non-Runners

All A Struggle

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: P R Webber J: Rex Dingle

Forecasts

Supreme Gift (2/1), Billy Boi Blue (11/5), Give Me A Cuddle (10/3), All A Struggle (11/2), Pure Jade (10/1), Belisaire (10/1), Nightboat To Cairo (14/1), Charlie My Boy (200/1)

BILLY BOI BLUE is well related and with a quality stable, so he might well be up to make a winning start acknowledging Supreme Gift will set a reasonable standard if he's back on his game. Pure Jade is another newcomer who makes plenty of appeal on paper.