17:05 Newcastle

Saturday 5 April 2025

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Acorn Catering Equipment Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 4m 4.46s

Coffee Boy^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr

9/2

€28,000 3-y-o, Myboycharlie gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser No Risk For You. One for shortlist on debut given connections. Wears hood for debut and he's a likely type.

Form:

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Escort'kheops⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: K Brogan| T: L Horsfall

10/3

Masterstroke gelding. Closely related to French hurdler/chaser Escort'jet. Made frame all 3 completed starts in Irish points, runner-up latest (Jan 19).

Form: U442

I Am Simba

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Henry Brooke| T: R MenziesWS

4/1

Roaring Lion gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners on Flat, including useful 7f-1¾m winner in Norway Captain Chorus. Dam 1½m winner. Shouldn't lack for speed. Has had a breathing op.

Form:

Littletown Lad^h1⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jonathan England| T: D Bourke

12/1

Third in a point bumper but sent off 20/1 and could manage only ninth of 12 in bumper at Ayron Rules debut 74 days ago. Hood fitted.

Form: 3-9

Milan Park^t1³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Ross Chapman| T: C Grant

33/1

Showed a bit when fifth on Kelso debut in April 2023 but off best part of 2 years after (had a breathing op in that period) and failed to repeat that effort over C&D. Tongue tie now applied.

Form: 5/5

Walk On Son^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Conner McCann⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

28/1

In good hands but looks limited on early evidence.

Form: 88

Brooklynese^h1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M & D Easterby

25/1

Scorpion mare. Dam, fair hurdler (2m winner, stayed 2½m), half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Steel City. Runner-up on first of 2 starts in point bumper but failed to beat a rival switched to a bumper at Doncaster last month. Hood fitted.

Form: 257

It's Miss Marple

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Miss Pippa Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: B Rothwell

80/1

Pether's Moon mare. Dam, 1½m winner, sister to fairly useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Arctic Reach.

Form:

Ben Reid

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean Quinlan| T: P D Niven

7/1

Sogann gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Freddie Steady Go

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: S Corbett

3/1

Frontiersman gelding. Dam modest 2m hurdler.

Form:

Queen Marcia

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: D J Jeffreys

33/1

Nathaniel filly. Half-sister to 2 winners, including fair hurdler Gerolamo Cardano. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Non-Runners

Japetus²¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: N G Richards J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Japetus (11/8), Freddie Steady Go (3/1), Escort'kheops (10/3), I Am Simba (4/1), Coffee Boy (9/2), Ben Reid (7/1), Littletown Lad (12/1), Brooklynese (25/1), Walk On Son (28/1), Milan Park (33/1), Queen Marcia (33/1), It's Miss Marple (80/1)

JAPETUS was nicely on top at the line over C&D 3 weeks ago and on that evidence, is capable of winning a run-of-the-mill bumper under a penalty. Newcomers may offer most resistance, notably Coffee Boy and I Am Simba.