Christmas Meeting On 9th December Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 4m 16.92s

Blue Fin²²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

6/4

Shantou gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Shaluna, and closely related to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Viva Steve,. Dam (c83/h118) 2m hurdle winner (stayed 21f). Placed on 2 of 3 starts in Irish points, third latest (Apr 17).

Form: 723-

Sole Solution

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Ned Fox⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss V Williams

5/2

€28,000 3-y-o, Sans Frontieres gelding. Brother to useful bumper winner/useful hurdler Easy As That. Warrants respect on debut.

Form:

Way Out²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Gearoid Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: S Hosie

5/2

Off the mark in Irish points at the third attempt back in March and he showed plenty of ability despite proving very keen when 2 lengths second on bumper debut at Ascot a month ago. Can go one better.

Form: F31-2

Whenitrainsitpours²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mitchell Bastyan| T: M F Harris

10/1

€2,000 3-y-o, £50,000 4-y-o, Leading Light gelding. Dam 1m winner. Third sole start in Irish points (Apr 9). Interesting Rules newcomer for a stable with a good record in this sphere.

Form: 3-

Non-Runners

King Codi²²³

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: Miss R Curtis J: R Patrick

Rock Danse³⁵⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: F O'Brien J: C Brace

Pure Theatre¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: A J Honeyball J: Ben Godfrey

Forecasts

Blue Fin (6/4), Sole Solution (5/2), Way Out (5/2), Pure Theatre (11/4), Whenitrainsitpours (10/1), Rock Danse (12/1), King Codi (25/1)

WAY OUT, a point winner, finished runner-up in a stronger race than this on bumper debut and he probably won't need to improve to go one better acknowledging Sole Solution looks an interesting newcomer. Whenitrainsitpours also warrants a mention having shown ability between the flags.