15:47 Ludlow

Thursday 6 November 2025

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Ace ATV 'Junior' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 3m 42.88s

Bankatary³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: James Owen| D

6/4

Half-brother to 2 winners on the Flat and justified favouritism when proving 1¾ lengths too strong for Crack Ops on debut in a Huntingdon bumper (15.8f, good to firm) last month. 7 lb worse off with the latter now, but he's open to improvement and may well confirm those placings.

Form: 1

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Captain Mainwaring

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: James Turner⁽⁵⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

8/1

£8,000 3-y-o, Highland Reel gelding. Dam 2½m-25f hurdle/chase winner. Yard can certainly ready one first time out and it will be interesting to see how he shapes up in the betting.

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Crack Ops³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: C J Todd| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

3/1

Half-brother to 4 winners on Flat and pulled clear of the rest when chasing home Bankatary on his introduction at Huntingdon. 7 lb pull offers hope that he will turn the tables here, but the winner did well under the circumstances and arguably possesses the greater scope for improvement.

Form: 2

Faithful Guardian

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King

5/2

Australia gelding. Dam, lightly raced on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Gealach. Lots to like on paper and it will look significant if there's confidence behind him in the betting.

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Prince Vinny

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: H Dickin

20/1

£5,000 3-y-o, Highland Reel gelding. Dam 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner. Winning newcomers are hardly a regular feature for this yard and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

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Rumba Havana¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Callum Pritchard⁽⁵⁾| T: B Lund

300/1

Trailed in last of 7 on debut at Exeter and he's hard to warm to.

Form: 7

Rustbelter

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Lee Edwards| T: Henry Oliver

50/1

Planteur colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fair hurdler Pillar of Steel and poor hurdler/chase winner Shutthegate. Dam 2m hurdle winner. Entitled to come on for the run.

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Silvereen

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Stan Sheppard| T: H D Daly

14/1

Silverwave filly. Half-sister to Alinehowe. Dam unraced out of winning hurdler/chaser around 2½m in France Pennylane. Yard's strike rate in bumpers in recent seasons is modest and this one is probably more of a long-term prospect.

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Forecasts

Bankatary (6/4), Faithful Guardian (5/2), Crack Ops (3/1), Captain Mainwaring (8/1), Silvereen (14/1), Prince Vinny (20/1), Rustbelter (50/1), Rumba Havana (300/1)

It was pleasing to see BANKATARY come from a less-than-ideal position when getting the better of Crack Ops on debut at Huntingdon and while it should be closer between them given that the latter is now armed with a 7 lb pull, James Owen's charge is taken to emerge on top once again. Indeed, he is open to improvement and looks a decent prospect. Faithful Guardian is the most appealing of the newcomers and is one to monitor closely in the betting.