Virgin Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 4m 7.12s

Grangeclare North¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: J E Moore| T: J & S Best

5/1

Related to winners and third at Warwick on debut but failed to back it up at Hereford last time.

Form: 35

All Guns Blazing

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Katy Price

11/4

£10,000 3-y-o, Bullet Train gelding. Closely related to Irish Grand National winner Freewheelin Dylan. Makes some appeal on pedigree and could go well.

Form:

Hour Star

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard

5/4

Dunaden gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fair hurdler Corey's Courage, and half-brother to fair hurdler Royal Practitioner. Excellent claims.

Form:

Watching Over You^t⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Harris

7/2

Flat-bred gelding who was only seventh at Huntingdon first time out.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Hour Star (5/4), All Guns Blazing (11/4), Watching Over You (7/2), Grangeclare North (5/1)

HOUR STAR is related to a bumper winner and starts out in a thin race, so he gets the nod ahead of All Guns Blazing, another interesting newcomer from, admittedly, a much smaller stable.