Virgin Bet NH Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race)

Getaway gelding. Closely related to fair hurdler It Takes Time, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Get Out The Gate. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points and justified strong support in 7-runner bumper at Sedgefield in December. Fair fourth under a penalty since.

Shantou gelding. Dam (c104/h110) winning hurdler in France. Newcomers from yard often fancied. Wears tongue strap and the market may be revealing.

£85,000 3-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdle winner/chaser Espion du Chenet and fairly useful French hurdler/chaser Garfield. Interesting newcomer.

Kingston Hill gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Little Big Rocky. Dam (h101) maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m).

£42,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Ridden patiently but noted strong at the finish when runner-up in a C&D bumper on debut in October. Bit disappointing back here a month ago, though.

€15,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Global Fame and bumper winner/fairly useful chaser Rob The Getaway. Interesting newcomer.

Runner-up on debut here prior to going one place better over C&D last month. Seen to maximum effect on that occasion so more needed in quest to follow up.

Blue Bresil filly. Dam, 2m-21f hurdle/chase winner, a half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 3m) Clan Legend. Shaped like a stayer in a C&D bumper in November.

Ocovango gelding. Dam, no show sole start in bumpers, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (best around 2m) Falcon Island. Hooded and heavily backed prior to a fourth-place finish at Newcastle last month. Surely capable of better.