Ladies Evening With Abba 9th May Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 3m 48.77s

Jimbo Sport¹⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Callum Pritchard⁽⁵⁾| T: B Pauling

4/5

£32,000 3-y-o, £28,000 5-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Made the frame on all 3 starts in Irish points, runner-up on latest one in December. A likely player on his Rules debut.

Form: 2-42

King Sacre^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: N J Hawke

12/1

£65,000 3-y-o, Bathyrhon gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdle winner/useful chaser Emir Sacree, stays 3m, and half-brother to fair hurdler Inferno Sacree. Wears hood. Market can guide on his debut.

Form:

Soldier Saint^h1⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Paul O'Brien| T: N J Henderson

3/1

Order of St George gelding looked in need of the experience when a debut ninth of 12 in bumper (9/2) at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) 48 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Can take a step forward.

Form: 9

Good Buy Dolly^t1¹²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien

28/1

Had a wind op before coming in last of 11 in bumper at Warwick (16f, soft) on NH debut 125 days ago. In good hands but needs a major step forward.

Form: 0

Gower Spirit¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Brendan Powell| T: Miss H C Knight

22/1

Well-beaten last of 9 in listed bumper at Sandown (16f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut 18 days ago. Needs to take a big step forward.

Form: 9

Out The Mist

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Jack Tudor| T: T H Weston

5/1

Getaway gelding. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdle winner/very smart chaser (stayed 3¾m) Ballycasey. Considered newcomer.

Form:

Non-Runners

Gimarias³³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Mrs M Rowley J: Charlie Deutsch

Forecasts

Jimbo Sport (4/5), Soldier Saint (3/1), Out The Mist (5/1), Gimarias (10/1), King Sacre (12/1), Gower Spirit (22/1), Good Buy Dolly (28/1)

The market should reveal plenty here but it could pay to side with Ben Pauling's JIMBO SPORT, runner-up in an Irish point before Christmas, to make a winning start under Rules. Nicky Henderson's Soldier Saint should take a step forward from his debut Huntingdon ninth and could emerge as the chief threat ahead of newcomer Out The Mist, who needs monitoring in the betting.