17:35 Sedgefield

Sunday 22 October 2023

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Fabulous Anne Williams Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 3m 59.28s

Backbyjet¹⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison

18/1

£10,000 5-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Half-brother to fair chaser Tractor Fred. Placed once from 9 starts in Irish points, fourth last time (May 14).

Form: 4657-74

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Brechin Castle²⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Alice Stevens⁽⁷⁾| T: B Brookhouse

4/5

£165,000 5-y-o, Shantou gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Wynn House, stays 3m. Successful sole outing in Irish points (Feb 19) and he makes plenty of appeal on Rules debut for in-form yard.

Form: 1-

Mr Mahler⁵⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Ross Chapman| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

20/1

£13,000 4-y-o, Mahler gelding. Dam (h113), 2m hurdle winner, half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 25f) Marblehead. Runner-up sole outing in points (Mar 2022).

Form: 2/

Melton Mossy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: R P McLernon| T: L Horsfall

17/2

£10,000 3-y-o, Valirann gelding. Brother to fair chaser Freddie Robdal, and half-brother to 2 winners, including temperamental but fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Melchior King.

Form:

Vision De Maine^t1²³²

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

3/1

£95,000 4-y-o, Buck's Boum gelding. Dam, fair 2¼m chase winner in France, half-sister to useful French chaser (2¼m-2½m winner) Milan Deux Mille. Successful sole start in Irish points (Mar 4). One to note for yard that does well in this sphere.

Form: 1-

Easy To Follow²⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland

7/1

Arcadio mare. Closely related to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Away At Dawn. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Knight of Noir. Runner-up on 3 of 4 starts in Irish points (latest Apr 2). One to note.

Form: 2242-

Non-Runners

Cairo King⁵²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: Jamie Snowden J: Non Runner

Midnight Sting

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: M Appleby J: Charlie Hammond

Sixties Boy

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: S Allwood J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Brechin Castle (4/5), Vision De Maine (3/1), Cairo King (6/1), Easy To Follow (7/1), Melton Mossy (17/2), Midnight Sting (14/1), Backbyjet (18/1), Mr Mahler (20/1), Sixties Boy (20/1)

BRECHIN CASTLE fetched six figures after landing his only outing in points and represents an in-form stable, so he's preferred to fellow point recruit Vision de Maine, whose yard does well in this sphere. Easy To Follow is also considered.