16:00 Exeter

Monday 20 November 2023

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Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:02 | Winning time: 4m 8.60s

Bond Broker²⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

11/4

£80,000 4-y-o, Doyen gelding. Dam (c111/h98) 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m, including over fences. Successful sole start in points (Feb 5). Obvious claims on Rules debut.

Form: 1-

Dunbulcan Bay

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

17/2

£72,000 3-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) African Gold and useful hurdler (stays 3m) Franciscan Rock. Worthy of respect.

Form:

Dunskay

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

11/2

€70,000 3-y-o, Night Wish gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Kapard and useful bumper winner Indeevar Bleu. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Hartington

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard

12/1

€80,000 3-y-o, Jukebox Jury gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 7f-8.4f winner Innamorare. Dam unraced half-sister to high-class hurdler (2m winner) I'm Supposin.

Form:

Hawk Stone²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Murray Dodd⁽⁷⁾| T: H Dickin

100/1

Down the field at Cheltenham on debut and, while this is an easier race, he doesn't make much appeal.

Form: 0

Ivesceneaspider

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner

80/1

Scorpion gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Astronomic View and a point winner. Worth a market check.

Form:

Palacio^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: S Thomas

5/1

Khalkevi gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including very smart hurdler/top-class chaser Whisper and smart hurdler/fairly useful chaser Chuchoteuse. Wears tongue strap. Makes plenty of appeal on paper and stable is in rude health.

Form:

Pescatorius²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: James Best| T: H Dickin

300/1

Big price and offered little at Taunton on debut 7 months ago, so firmly up against it.

Form: 0-

Pirates' Tale³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Angus Cheleda⁽⁵⁾| T: J D Frost

22/1

Second of 9 in bumper at Newton Abbot (16.8f, heavy) on NH debut 30 days ago. Has an experience edge over most and may improve, so not without hope.

Form: 2

Rum Cove

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford

14/1

£30,000 3-y-o, Black Sam Bellamy gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including chase winner in Italy Saxo Sol and fair French hurdler Beau Fixe.

Form:

Anno Power

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Burke| T: H Fry

11/4

€26,000 3-y-o, Affinisea filly. Half-sister to fairly useful 23f hurdle winner Lecky Watson. Dam, pulled up in bumper, sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Giantofaman. One to consider on debut.

Form:

Misting

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J M Quinlan| T: N B King

33/1

Scorpion filly. Dam (h98), bumper/unreliable 2m hurdle winner. Bred to handle this discipline, so not without hope if the market speaks in her favour.

Form:

Non-Runners

Matthias²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: A J Honeyball J: R P McLernon

Forecasts

Anno Power (11/4), Bond Broker (11/4), Palacio (5/1), Dunskay (11/2), Matthias (8/1), Dunbulcan Bay (17/2), Hartington (12/1), Rum Cove (14/1), Pirates' Tale (22/1), Misting (33/1), Ivesceneaspider (80/1), Hawk Stone (100/1), Pescatorius (300/1)

PALACIO has an excellent pedigree and represents an in-form stable, so he's marginally preferred to Bond Broker, who has already tasted success in points. Hartington also makes plenty of appeal on paper.