16:10 Doncaster

Sunday 28 January 2024

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 3m 59.87s

Bigforyourboots

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Toby Wynne⁽³⁾| T: S Allwood

40/1

€16,000 Mount Nelson gelding. Dam unraced sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 33f) Howdydoody. Best watched on debut unless the betting hints otherwise.

Form:

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Disco Davis⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tristan Durrell⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton

7/1

Doctor Dino gelding who was successful on second of his 2 starts in British points (Nov 5). Joined a leading stable ahead of Rules debut. Likely type.

Form: 3-1

Doeshefitthebill^t⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

20/1

4/1 and tongue tied, showed promise when fourth of 8 in Hereford bumper (good) on debut in November. May do better for his in-form yard.

Form: 4

Grand Geste¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ross Chapman| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

200/1

66/1, seventh of 9 in bumper at Warwick (2m, good) on debut 83 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 7

Gwash⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

11/2

Point winner who made a sound start under Rules when length second of 4 in Catterick bumper (good to soft) in November. Should go well.

Form: 1-2

Les's Destiny Star

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling

6/5

€150,000 3-y-o, Blue Bresil gelding. Dam (h79), point winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stays 2¾m) American Mike out of useful staying chaser American Jennie. Has to be respected for yard with decent record in sphere.

Form:

Telemetry²⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Quinlan| T: P A Kirby

40/1

Telescope gelding who ran to a fair level when 12 lengths second of 8 on his soft-ground Wetherby debut in April. Will need to better that form to go one better on return.

Form: 2-

Western Harmony²⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Sutton⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Henderson

4/1

Cost £115,000 after winning his second of 2 starts in Irish points in the spring. Makes plenty of appeal for a leading stable with a strong bumper record.

Form: 7-1

Barrons Land²⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

50/1

Bought for £12,000 after finishing runner-up 4 times in Irish points (latest May 2023). Betting should guide on Rules debut for a powerful yard.

Form: 34224-2

Undone^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: J M Quinlan| T: N B KingWS

20/1

Yeats mare. Half-sister to modest 2m hurdle winner Unklipped. Dam (h114), bumper/17f-21f hurdle winner, half-sister to smart hurdler (winner up to 3m) United. Has had wind surgery ahead of debut (also tongue tied). Stable no stranger to bumper success so needs a betting check.

Form:

El Rayo

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: G Sheehan| T: P R Webber

33/1

Jack Hobbs gelding. First foal of a dam who was placed in a bumper. Stable has a 1-50 record in bumpers in the last 5 seasons.

Form:

Stavvy¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Bryony Le Clerc| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

16/1

Roaring Lion gelding who shaped better than the result when eighth of 18 on his C&D debut (soft) 18 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Might see things out better on what should be a sounder surface this time.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

The Grafter⁷¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S Allwood J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

Les's Destiny Star (6/5), Western Harmony (4/1), Gwash (11/2), Disco Davis (7/1), Stavvy (16/1), The Grafter (16/1), Undone (20/1), Doeshefitthebill (20/1), El Rayo (33/1), Telemetry (40/1), Bigforyourboots (40/1), Barrons Land (50/1), Grand Geste (200/1)

GWASH is the percentage call on the back of his bumper debut second at Catterick but a strong market move for Rules newcomers Western Harmony, Disco Davis and/or Les's Destiny Star would put a slightly different slant on things.