14:15 Worcester

Wednesday 11 May 2022

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Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 3m 49.6s

Awesome Foursome

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

20/1

Blue Bresil gelding. Dam fair 2½m/21f hurdle winner. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Belguardo

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gillard⁽³⁾| T: D Pipe

10/1

Kapgarde gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Square Beaujon. Dam 7f/1m winner. Yard regularly produce bumper winners and has been going well lately.

Form:

Blue Shark³⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

16/1

Iin need of experience when sixth of 11 in bumper here (good to soft) on debut a year ago, going in snatches. Off subsequently and marked improvement is required.

Form: 6-

Horizon Bleu^h1,t1⁵⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R Patrick| T: M ScudamoreWS

16/1

Half-brother to 3 winners and showed some ability when fourth at Market Rasen 19 months ago. Not seen since, though.

Form: 4/

Imperial Lightning

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

11/2

€52,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Brother to bumper winner Imperial Storm, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Krugermac. One to note on debut.

Form:

Powder Trick

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny Burton⁽⁵⁾| T: S Drinkwater

10/1

Notnowcato gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Lebowski and point winner Caveat Emptor. Worth a market check.

Form:

The Plumber^h²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy

7/2

Closely related to bumper winner and made a positive start when runner-up at Market Rasen last month. Solid chance of going one better.

Form: P/P42-

Izayte⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Lorcan Williams| T: B Barr

16/1

€9,000 3-y-o, Masked Marvel gelding. Dam, 17f hurdle winner in France, half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner/top-class chaser (stays 3m) Cyrname. Runner-up on point debut, fell next time (Mar 27).

Form: 2F-

Royal Max¹³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

9/4

Closely related to 2 winners on Flat but didn't come up to expectations when down the field in a listed bumper at Cheltenham 4 months ago. Could prove a different proposition.

Form: 0-

Uncle Arthur

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

11/1

Blue Bresil gelding. Dam fair 2½m/21f hurdle winner. Makes plenty of appeal on paper and appears to be stable's first string.

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Forecasts

Royal Max (9/4), The Plumber (7/2), Imperial Lightning (11/2), Powder Trick (10/1), Belguardo (10/1), Uncle Arthur (11/1), Izayte (16/1), Blue Shark (16/1), Horizon Bleu (16/1), Awesome Foursome (20/1)

BELGUARDO represents a stable that does well in bumpers and he's bred to have enough speed for this sort of test, so he's fancied to make a winning start. The Plumber is an obvious player following a bright start at Market Rasen and Imperial Lightning is another appealing newcomer.