18:50 Southwell

Wednesday 18 May 2022

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Racecourse Branding At signsolutions.org Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:50 | Winning time: 3m 58.44s

Gone In Sixty

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Bannister| T: A M Hales

25/1

Sixties Icon gelding. Brother to 16.6f winner on Flat Hewouldwouldnthe and half-brother to to 7f-1m winner Waspy. Dam 1¼m winner. No forlorn hope.

Form:

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High Yield^p1,t¹²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Lily Pinchin⁽⁵⁾| T: C E Longsdon

25/1

Yet to show anything in two starts and cheekpieces are now applied as well as a tongue strap. Hard to fancy.

Form: 00-

Huntsman's Call¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R P McLernon| T: R Menzies

6/1

Flat-bred gelding who has shown modest form to date, third at Kelso earlier in the month. Likely to be thereabouts, but obviously vulnerable to anything above-average.

Form: 34-3

Victory Club⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Andrews⁽⁵⁾| T: D Skelton

16/5

£8,000 4-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Quinlandio. Dam 2m hurdle winner. Off mark in points at second attempt in February and of obvious interest on Rules debut for top yard.

Form: 31-

Benefact

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

2/1

€80,000 3-y-o, Sholokhov gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Wide Receiver, stayed 2½m, and half-brother to 2 winners, including useful chaser Soldier of Destiny. Has to be on the shortlist for leading stable on debut.

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Captain Lara

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: J J Burke| T: O Sherwood

3/1

Maxios gelding. Dam, 1m/8.4f winner who stayed 10.3f, half-sister to smart hurdler (stayed 21f) Thomas Hobson. Notable newcomer.

Form:

Dubai Jeanius²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Tom Cannon| T: M Herrington

22/1

Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat but there wasn't much promise in his debut at Ludlow 28 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 6-

Robber's Bridge^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: David Noonan| T: Simon Earle

66/1

£20,000 3-y-o, Frammassone gelding. Brother to 2 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Gabbys Cross, stays 3m,. Wears hood.

Form:

Youconduit

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: David Bass| T: H Dickin

150/1

Conduit gelding. Dam (c77/h72) 3m/3¼m hurdle/chase winner out of 2m-2½m hurdle winner Sillymore. Likely to need time and distance.

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Bella Ciao^h1³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley

25/1

Big price and didn't offer a great deal at Cheltenham first time out. Hooded now, but others make more appeal.

Form: 0-

Forecasts

Benefact (2/1), Captain Lara (3/1), Victory Club (16/5), Huntsman's Call (6/1), Dubai Jeanius (22/1), Gone In Sixty (25/1), Bella Ciao (25/1), High Yield (25/1), Robber's Bridge (66/1), Youconduit (150/1)

Benefact is in excellent hands and is a full brother to a bumper winner, so he seems like the straightforward answer without the benefit of market clues. Point-winner Victory Club is an obvious danger and Huntsman's Call is the one who should capitalise if the newcomers don't come up to expectations.