16:05 Wincanton

Friday 12 January 2024

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racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 3m 51.76s

Ben Solo³²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis

9/1

£60,000 purchase after winning an Irish point last February. His half-brother Top Dog was a useful bumper winner. Interesting runner.

Form: 1-

Centreofattention

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson

11/8

£65,000 Choeur Du Nord gelding. Dam, 17f hurdle winner in France, half-sister to useful French hurdler/chaser (stayed 2¾m) Danaw. Newcomer who represents top connections. Market confidence could prove significant.

Form:

Jackpot D'ainay

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Murphy

6/1

€72,000 No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Grand du Nord, stays 3m. Noteworthy newcomer for a stable with a good 21% strike-rate in these events in the last 5 seasons.

Form:

Rickety Bridge⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Williams| T: P F Nicholls

11/4

Successful sole start in points and solid start under Rules when runner-up over C&D in October. Built on that effort when fourth in listed company at Cheltenham a month later and he's the one to beat returned to calmer waters.

Form: 1-24

Yalla Habibi^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁵⁾| T: Anthony Charlton

6/1

Son of Soldier of Fortune who was picked up for £42,000 after finishing third in an Irish point in April. Runner-up both starts in bumpers for new connections, stepping up on his Stratford form when beaten 1½ lengths over C&D on Boxing Day. Another prominent showing likely.

Form: 3-22

Jewel Eyed Judy

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

22/1

Passing Glance filly. Dam (c121/h110), moody 19f-3¾m hurdle/chase winner. The stable gets plenty of bumper winners so she's one to note in the betting on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Betgoodwin

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: C Gordon J: Rex Dingle

Fiftyfifty²⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: L Horsfall J: N F Houlihan

Forecasts

Centreofattention (11/8), Rickety Bridge (11/4), Yalla Habibi (6/1), Jackpot D'ainay (6/1), Ben Solo (9/1), Betgoodwin (10/1), Jewel Eyed Judy (22/1), Fiftyfifty (66/1)

An interesting bumper to conclude. RICKETY BRIDGE has run to a level good enough to win one of these and is the one to beat unless the market speaks strongly in the favour of one or more of the newcomers. Centreofattention looks the most interesting of those first timers before any market clues are known. Boxing Day C&D runner-up Yalla Habibi is also likely to have a say.