19:43 Hereford

Tuesday 22 April 2025

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Spa Motors Hereford Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 3m 47.50s

Bourding Pass^h1,t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: James Best| T: Mrs E Bishop

33/1

Passing Glance gelding. Dam (h95), maiden hurdler (stayed 19f), half-sister to fairly useful 3m chase winner Susie Sheep. Wears tongue strap and hood. Likely best watched.

Form:

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Captain Hugo

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White

10/3

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Thecornerhouse. Yard has some good bumper performers to compare him to so market confidence could prove significant.

Form:

Le Docteur

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: G Sheehan| T: Jack Jones

11/2

Doctor Dino gelding. Stable better known for Flat exploits but he'd need considering if the betting vibes are strong.

Form:

No Panic^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Lorcan Williams| T: J Scott

7/1

£20,000 Nathaniel gelding. Half-brother to winner up to 7f on Flat in Japan Freesia Tesoro. Dam maiden on Flat. Wears tongue strap on debut. The market should help guide to expectations.

Form:

Our Bobby Dazzler²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Mrs M Rowley

28/1

13/2, eighth of 11 in bumper at Warwick (good) on debut 26 days ago. May do better.

Form: 8

Race To Base⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| BF

11/10

Point winner. Stepped up on Aintree bumper debut when second of 8 over C&D in February. A repeat of that form may be good enough here.

Form: 142

Miss Barfad

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales

14/1

Frontiersman mare. Dam, dual winning pointer, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 25f) Will O'The West. Stable has a 7-71 bumper record in the last 5 seasons.

Form:

Josh Central¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: S-J Davies

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 13/2, fifth of 7 in bumper at Newton Abbot (16.8f, good) 12 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Tom Weston.

Form: 55

Non-Runners

Pay Dirt

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: Mrs N S Evans J: Benjamin Poste

Emerald Time⁹⁰

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: D Elsworth & R Hatch J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

Race To Base (11/10), Captain Hugo (10/3), Le Docteur (11/2), Emerald Time (6/1), No Panic (7/1), Miss Barfad (14/1), Our Bobby Dazzler (28/1), Bourding Pass (33/1), Pay Dirt (50/1), Josh Central (125/1)

February's C&D runner-up RACE TO BASE is preferred to Dominic Elsworth's Emerald Time, who shaped well on his Catterick debut. Captain Hugo could be a threat to both if the betting suggests he's fancied on debut.