17:00 Newton Abbot

Saturday 21 October 2023

All13:0513:4014:1514:5515:3516:1517:00

William Hill Betting TV Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 4m 23.13s

Pirates' Tale

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bryony Le Clerc| T: J D Frost

25/1

Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/chaser Midnight Glance. Dam (c120/h127) 2m-3¼m hurdle/chase winner.

Form:

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Walks Like The Man²⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Burke| T: M F Harris

7/4

£225,000 5-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Mack The Man and fair 23f chase winner Here Comes The Man. Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Feb 18). Highly respected.

Form: B1-

Ambion View

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard

12/1

€70,000 3-y-o, Buck's Boum gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful chaser Hermann Clermont. Dam raced once on Flat in France.

Form:

Bruce Gobbler²⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

22/1

Blue Bresil gelding. Dam (h110), 17f-2½m hurdle winner, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Seebright. Last of 4 sole start in point bumpers (Mar 26).

Form: 4-

El Granjero¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: N de Boinville| T: C Boultbee-Brooks

9/1

€42,000 3-y-o, Youmzain gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Gala Ball. Won sole start in Irish points (Apr 29). Interesting Rules newcomer.

Form: 1-

Hikari Pompadour Aa

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Harry Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

11/5

Jeu St Eloi gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including French hurdler/chaser Horus de Pompadour Aa and Haute Correze. Dam unraced. One for shortlist on debut given connections.

Form:

Tough Approach²¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe

13/2

(Production):€47,000 3-y-o: fourth foal: dam (c135/h148) 15f-2½m hurdle/chase winner, also 1¼m winner on Flat: runner-up sole start in Irish points (Mar 25).

Form: 2-

Fox Wallace¹⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: James Best| T: Ella Pickard

33/1

Mahler mare. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (17f-3m winner) Ttebbob. Unseated rider sole start in Irish points (May 7).

Form: U

Basman Palace^t³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: C J Gray

14/1

Tongue strap on and sent off a huge price having had a wind op but debut fifth of 13 in bumper at this track. Failed to build on that at Worcester next time, though.

Form: 55

Non-Runners

Elusiveness

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: J Scott J: Rex Dingle

Forecasts

Walks Like The Man (7/4), Hikari Pompadour Aa (11/5), Tough Approach (13/2), El Granjero (9/1), Ambion View (12/1), Basman Palace (14/1), Bruce Gobbler (22/1), Pirates' Tale (25/1), Fox Wallace (33/1), Elusiveness (33/1)

HIKARI POMPADOUR AA represents a stable that enjoyed a good deal of success in this sphere last season and he makes plenty of appeal on pedigree, so he's worth a chance to make a winning start despite the presence of point-recruits Walks Like The Man and El Granjero.