15:25 Exeter
Wednesday 13 December 2023
All12:2012:5013:2013:5014:2014:5015:25
Clapham Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)
- 4YO to 5YO  |  Class 5  |  2m 161y  |  Soft (Heavy in places)  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:30Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 21.17s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Dartmouth gelding. Dam ran twice, out of half-sister to temperamental but fairly useful chaser (23f-31f winner) Lucky Clover.
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Elusive Pimpernel gelding who shaped with a little promise when third of 7 in bumper at Sandown (16f, good to soft) on debut last month. Could well build on that effort, but there's a few powerful yards represented with interesting newcomers.
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Coastal Path gelding. Brother to modest hurdler Hokelami, and half-brother to fair hurdler Fierami. Worth a market check on debut.
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€70,000 3-y-o, Tirwanako gelding. Dam twice-raced half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 3m) Vic de Touzaine. Newcomers from yard always worth a second look.
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Califet gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Kaleb. Stable can get one ready, so can't be ruled out.
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Out of a 1¾m bumper winner/2m hurdle winner who stayed 21f. 11/2, fourth of 8 in bumper at Uttoxeter (15.8f, heavy) on debut last month. Step forward needed.
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Linda's Lad gelding. Dam, modest 3m hurdle winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chase winner (stayed 25f) Whataknight.
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Showed nothing in bumper at Wincanton on debut last month so is very hard to fancy.
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€88,000 3-y-o, £320,000 4-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including smart hurdler Brindisi Breeze and useful 2m hurdle winner Indigo Breeze, stays 3m. Runner-up sole start in Irish points (Mar 5). Likely to take all the beating.
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Linda's Lad mare. Dam (h112), bumper/2¾m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (winner around 2¼m in France) Dourakine.
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Linda's Lad mare. Dam (h74), 17f hurdle winner, half-sister to useful hurdle winner around 2m Tominator.
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Forecasts
Quebecois (10/11), Jack Black (5/1), Kalahari King (5/1), Ilfonce (7/1), Matthias (17/2), Drumheller (16/1), Moving Target (33/1), Demelza Carne (40/1), Silver Chord (100/1), Bredon Hill Dart (100/1), Nelson's Shadow (150/1)
The market will no doubt prove informative with the majority unraced but it's hard to ignore the claims of QUEBECOIS, who cost £320,000 and finished runner-up on his sole start in Irish points earlier this year. Jack Black ticks plenty of boxes representing leading connections so he may emerge as the main danger, with the once-raced Drumheller and Kalahari King another couple to consider.
- Quebecois10/11
- Jack Black5/1
- Drumheller16/1
Prize Money
1st: £1,906.002nd: £878.003rd: £439.004th: £220.00
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