15:50 Wetherby

Saturday 1 February 2025

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Watch Race Replays At racingtv.com Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 4m 2.8s

Barry Fife²⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer

13/2

£25,000 buy, placed both starts in Irish points, runner-up last time (May 2024).

Form: 3-2

Castanea Breeze³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Cannon| T: L Wadham

22/1

€14,000 half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Sporting Mike. 14/1, looked one for the longer term in Huntingdon bumper last month.

Form: 6

He's A Ripper^h1⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽³⁾| T: Paula Smith

150/1

Third sole start in point bumpers (Dec 15). Hooded. Pedigree suggests he'll need more time and obstacles.

Form: 3

Little Ledgend⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

11/10

£46,000 buy fourth on his sole start in a point, easy to back on bumper debut at Ascot in November but showed plenty, just lacking a turn of foot late on. Should improve and leading claims.

Form: 4-3

Ned Hill^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Burke| T: F O'BrienWS

9/4

€170,000 buy and has a good jumps pedigree for a yard that does well in this sphere, but early breathing operation/fitting of tongue tie raises slight concern.

Form:

Neptune House²⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: M G Nolan| T: L Horsfall

125/1

Out of a 2m-25f chase winner and well beaten in Southwell bumper for Camilla Poulton in May.

Form: 8

Western Mount

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

12/1

£24,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Dam ran twice in bumpers, half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 19f) Grumeti.

Form:

Bay Empress

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: Micky Hammond

18/1

€26,000 3-y-o, Mahler mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler Warm In Gorey. Dam, fair hurdler (21f-2¾m winner, stayed 3m), sister to useful staying hurdler Kris Spin.

Form:

Senor Cortez

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: C J Todd| T: R Eddery

20/1

9,000 gns 3-y-o, Sea The Stars gelding. Dam 1¼m-1¾m winner.

Form:

Non-Runners

Wandering Ego⁸⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Joshua Bryan

Forecasts

Little Ledgend (11/10), Ned Hill (9/4), Wandering Ego (9/2), Barry Fife (13/2), Western Mount (12/1), Bay Empress (18/1), Senor Cortez (20/1), Castanea Breeze (22/1), Neptune House (125/1), He's A Ripper (150/1)

LITTLE LEDGEND made a bright start in bumpers at Ascot in November and could be the way to go with improvement very much possible. Stablemate Wandering Ego is fancied to feature, while Ned Hill might be the pick of the newcomers.