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Sunday 11 December 2022

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Vickers.Bet Independent Family Owned Bookmaker Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 3m 56.8s

Am I Wrong

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

11/4

€35,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam, well held in bumper/over hurdles, sister to useful chaser (stays 3¾m) Straidnahanna. One to note on debut.

Form:

Aris De Crat¹⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: L Allan

125/1

Swiss Spirit gelding. Half-brother to poor hurdler Harry The Norseman, stays 19f. Dam placed on Flat. 14/1, last of 8 in bumper at Market Rasen (16.6f, good to firm) on NH debut 177 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Rebecca Menzies.

Form: 8

Bob Delaney

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: P Winks

50/1

Haafhd gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Molly Ollys Wishes and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Olly The Brave. Dam (c105/h96) ungenuine 2¾m-3¼m hurdle/chase winner.

Form:

Borderline⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: M Keighley

7/1

Half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Classic Escape. Sound start when runner-up in a Stratford bumper (16.3f) in August, noted doing best work at the finish. Couldn't build on that back at that venue 69 days ago but certainly not ruled out.

Form: 23

Champetre^p⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington

13/2

€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. 18/1 and cheekpieces on, seventh of 14 in bumper at Worcester (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 53 days ago, outpaced over 2f out.

Form: 7

Coogan's Bluff

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton

7/2

Westerner gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Donthavetime, and closely related to a winner, and half-brother to 3 winners, including bumper winner/fair hurdler La Chanteuse. Dam 1½m winner. Of obvious interest on debut.

Form:

Pattern Cutter^h³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: M Keighley

28/1

Schiaparelli gelding. Dam lightly raced in bumpers/over fences. 16/1 and hooded, remote fifth of 9 in bumper at Wincanton (15.2f, good) on NH debut 36 days ago.

Form: 5

Samazul⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

3/1

Half-brother to numerous winners and showed some ability when seventh in a potentially good race at Ascot on debut. Open to improvement and not discounted.

Form: 7

Janworth

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

17/2

Norse Dancer mare. Half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Bucko's Boy.

Form:

Non-Runners

Amidnightstar¹¹⁵

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: H J Evans J: Benjamin Poste

Golden Ace

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: J Scott J: Lorcan Williams

Forecasts

Am I Wrong (11/4), Samazul (3/1), Coogan's Bluff (7/2), Amidnightstar (6/1), Champetre (13/2), Borderline (7/1), Janworth (17/2), Golden Ace (16/1), Pattern Cutter (28/1), Bob Delaney (50/1), Aris De Crat (125/1)

AMIDNIGHTSTAR exceeded market expectations when runner-up at Stratford on debut in August, going through the race like she has a fair level of ability, and she gets the nod ahead of Samazul, who shaped quite well in what was potentially a good race at Ascot. Market confidence for any of the newcomers would look significant, notably Coogan's Bluff and Am I Wrong.