17:00 Newton Abbot

Monday 31 July 2023

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:00

Talk Tidy Marketing Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 3m 50.98s

Alright Dai¹⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: N P Mulholland

10/3

Confirmed debut promise when runner-up at Warwick 170 days ago. Has left Dan Skelton since

Form: 42-

Ballela Blaze¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr J Reddington⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gallagher

16/1

Conduit gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Clues And Arrows and modest hurdler/chaser Banna Beach, stayed 2¾m. Dam unraced. Easy winner sole start in Irish points (Mar 5). One to consider.

Form: 1-

Basman Palace^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: M G Nolan| T: C J GrayWS

125/1

7,000 gns 4-y-o, Silvano gelding. Half-brother to winner on Flat in South Africa Evening Primrose. Dam winner on Flat in South Africa. Wears tongue strap. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Full Monty

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

13/8

Westerner gelding. Half-brother to bumper winners Get Me To The Park and Crossrail. Bred to go well in this sphere and is in good hands, so worth chancing first time out.

Form:

Mumford's Magic¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton

9/1

Dylan Thomas gelding. Dam fair 2½m hurdle winner (stayed 3m). Maiden Irish pointer, third last time (Mar 5). Respected.

Form: PPP3-

Phantom Gold^h1¹⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Quinlan| T: B Brookhouse

11/2

£3,200 4-y-o, Champs Elysees gelding. Dam, multiple bumper winner, also useful 2m/17f hurdle winner. Wears hood. Won sole start in point bumpers (Feb 26), so not a forlorn hope.

Form: 1-

Six Five Special⁶⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: W G M Turner

150/1

Showed little at Exeter 21 months ago and makes little appeal.

Form: 7/

Zoffalay²⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: Miss R Curtis

25/1

Cheap purchase who didn't show much at Newbury 9 months, so hard to make a case for.

Form: 6-

Go On Ya Goodthing^t1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: C Brace| T: D Brace

33/1

Third in an Irish point and wasn't disgraced when fourth of 5 at Worcester on Rules debut at Worcester 3 weeks ago. Improvement required, though.

Form: 3P-4

Roczen^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Kimber⁽³⁾| T: Kieran Burke

25/1

Geordieland gelding. Half-brother to a point winner. Dam, lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 2½m) Hot Port. Wears hood.

Form:

Sir Maximus^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: David Bass| T: Mrs L Hill

18/1

Kodi Bear gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 1½m winner Epsom Day. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart winner on Flat up to 1¼m Best of The Bests. Wears hood.

Form:

Cellar Club

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Lily Pinchin⁽³⁾| T: Henry Oliver

50/1

Universal filly. Dam (b83), lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) Captain Sunshine.

Form:

Dontmesswithme¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: S Hosie

9/1

Closely related to bumper winner Glorious Feeling and showed plenty when runner-up on debut over C&D on debut. Should feature.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Full Monty (13/8), Alright Dai (10/3), Phantom Gold (11/2), Dontmesswithme (9/1), Mumford's Magic (9/1), Ballela Blaze (16/1), Sir Maximus (18/1), Zoffalay (25/1), Roczen (25/1), Go On Ya Goodthing (33/1), Cellar Club (50/1), Basman Palace (125/1), Six Five Special (150/1)

FULL MONTY is with a shrewd stable and is related to a bumper winner, so he's worth chancing on debut, particularly if the market vibes are right. Dontmesswithme shaped well here on debut and merits respect and point-winner Ballela Blaze is worthy of respect.