14:40 Worcester

Wednesday 19 October 2022

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Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 3m 47.10s

Black Tonic

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Luke Scott⁽⁷⁾| T: T H Weston

66/1

Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Dam (h101), 2½m/21f hurdle winner, half-sister to smart hurdle winner/very smart chaser (2m-3m winner) Black Hercules.

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Champetre^p1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington

18/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Champs Elysees gelding. Dam (c112/h121), bumper/2¼m-21f hurdle winner, sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) King Shabra. Wears cheekpieces.

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Cuthbert Dibble

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

7/1

€85,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Dam (h127), bumper/2½m hurdle winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Banjaxed Girl and useful chaser (stayed 3½m) Gorsky Island. Merits consideration.

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Gieves

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: B Pauling

22/1

€36,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Alamein and fairly useful hurdler Joshua Webb. Dam unraced. Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

Let It Shine¹⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: R Patrick| T: M Scudamore

40/1

Half-brother to a bumper winner but didn't show enough on debut at Bangor 6 months ago.

Form: 8-

Morning Line

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: N J Henderson

3/1

€78,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Brother to useful hurdler Impervious and half-brother to fair hurdler Dame de Fortune. Represents top connections and very much of interest on debut.

Form:

Rocco Royale

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill

28/1

€30,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 23f) Slieveardagh. Likely to need more time.

Form:

Roger Pol¹⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

7/2

52,000 gns 4-y-o, Shantou gelding. Brother to bumper winner/useful hurdler Minella Crooner. Runner-up sole outing in Irish points (May 22). Noteowrthy recruit who is well worth a market check.

Form: 2

Skiddaw

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White

11/1

€52,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Ferdia and fairly useful hurdler Bonarc. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

Station Hill¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr J Reddington⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gallagher

150/1

Didn't show much over C&D on debut 13 days ago and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 9

Top Target²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

4/1

£26,000 4-y-o, Westerner gelding. Dam unraced. Successful on second of 2 starts in points (Mar 12). Stable should have him tuned up, so demands respect on Rules bow.

Form: 51-

Zonisty

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: S Bowen| T: Sir Mark Prescott

15/2

Zoffany gelding. Half-brother to smart 1½m-2½m winner Coltrane. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Tigris River. Interesting newcomer for shrewd Flat stable.

Form:

Bay Belle^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy

100/1

Major Cadeaux mare. Half-sister to 1¼m-12.5f winner Beau Valley. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 1½m). Wears tongue strap.

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Tickity Amber

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: C Gethings| T: S EdmundsWS

25/1

£5,000 3-y-o, Beat Hollow filly. Dam (h106), bumper/21f hurdle winner, half-sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Knight In Purple. Worthy of respect on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Fuji Rocks²⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: F O'Brien J: P J Brennan

Milagrosa

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: D Skelton J: Bridget Andrews

Forecasts

Morning Line (3/1), Roger Pol (7/2), Top Target (4/1), Fuji Rocks (6/1), Cuthbert Dibble (7/1), Zonisty (15/2), Milagrosa (10/1), Skiddaw (11/1), Champetre (18/1), Gieves (22/1), Tickity Amber (25/1), Rocco Royale (28/1), Let It Shine (40/1), Black Tonic (66/1), Bay Belle (100/1), Station Hill (150/1)

This has the makings of a strong bumper and, without the benefit of market clues, preference is for MORNING LINE, who starts out for powerful connections and has an appealing pedigree. Fuji Rocks is feared after an eye-catching debut and Top Target is worthy of respect having already won between the flags.