16:24 Chepstow

Tuesday 28 January 2025

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Fitzdares Bumper Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:24 | Winning time: 4m 17.60s

Gentleman Toboot^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe

10/11

Easy winner of his only start in points and built on promising Rules debut when easily landing the odds at Fontwell last time. This is tougher under a penalty but he still strikes as the one to beat.

Form: 1-31

Big Cadillac³⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

9/2

€52,000 3-y-o, £95,000 4-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 29f) Abolitionist. Won sole start in Irish points (Feb 2024) and he's a noteworthy newcomer starting out for top stable.

Form: 1-

Emerald Breeze

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Dominic Elsworth

14/1

Passing Glance gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/high-class chaser who became unreliable (stayed 27f) Ollie Magern and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Billie Magern.

Form:

Headofthevalley

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

4/1

€68,000 3-y-o, Malinas gelding. Dam (c127/h118), 2¾m/3m chase winner (stayed 29f), half-sister to smart hurdle winner/top-class chaser (stays 4¼m) Minella Indo. Bred to need time and distance.

Form:

Tuck Your Shirt In²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: D M Loughnane

33/1

Ran to a fair level on debut when third at Worcester in June but completely failed to back it up at Newton Abbot. Has left Joe Tickle and been off for 7 months, so has a bit to prove.

Form: 38

Harmony Heights²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien

9/1

Made the frame on both point outings and there was something to work on when fourth in a bumper at Uttoxeter. Not dismissed.

Form: 42-4

Tenbob Tommy⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West

150/1

Out of a winning sprinter and didn't show much in a bumper at Huntingdon a couple of months ago.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Mossy Fen Road³¹⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Harry Derham J: Brendan Powell

Mr Griffiths⁴⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: J & A O'Neill J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Vol Royale⁷⁹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: K Woollacott J: Ben Godfrey

Wannabe

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: T Lacey J: Stan Sheppard

Forecasts

Gentleman Toboot (10/11), Headofthevalley (4/1), Mossy Fen Road (4/1), Big Cadillac (9/2), Harmony Heights (9/1), Vol Royale (12/1), Wannabe (12/1), Emerald Breeze (14/1), Mr Griffiths (16/1), Tuck Your Shirt In (33/1), Tenbob Tommy (150/1)

GENTLEMAN TOBOOT's Rules debut is strong form and he readily opened his account at Fontwell last time, so he's fancied to defy a penalty for all that this looks like much sterner opposition. Big Cadillac and Mossy Fen Road, both fellow point winners, could pose a big threat to the selection.