15:53 Hexham

Friday 7 November 2025

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Unibet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:54 | Winning time: 4m 19.50s

Forthfactor²⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss Heidi Palin⁽⁷⁾| T: D Skelton| D

3/1

Did the job well when making a winning debut for Tom Weston in a Hereford bumper (16.2f, heavy) in February. Since joined a top yard and he's the one to beat under a penalty.

Form: 1-

Belvedere Bhoy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: L Russell & M Scudamore

2/1

Doyen gelding. Dam dual bumper/fair 2¼m hurdle winner. Interesting to see what the market makes of him.

Form:

Flaming Norman

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Ryan Mania| T: Paul Robson

50/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to smart staying chaser (Grand National runner-up) Pleasant Company. Yard rarely strikes in this type of race.

Form:

Gogether Josepi

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: B Ellison

9/1

€9,500 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Code Name Lise. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Welsh Shadow. One to note in the betting.

Form:

Ivan's Legacy^h1¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽⁵⁾| T: S Corbett

66/1

Hasn't shown enough in a couple of bumpers to suggest that he'll be up to winning this. Yard also fields Ratemenow.

Form: 4-4

Jim Thorpe²⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Eloise Quayle

25/1

Successful sole start in points during the sprring and it will be worth noting if the market speaks in his favour.

Form: 1-

Ratemenow²⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Ross Chapman| T: S Corbett

50/1

Fourth on debut in a maiden point in March and probably best watched starting out under Rules.

Form: 4-

Ronnie Russet

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: Jedd O'Keeffe

16/5

Passing Glance gelding whose yard is just 1-24 in bumpers in recent seasons, but he is worth a second look in the betting nonetheless.

Form:

Titanium Ring

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: David Bass| T: H D Daly

5/1

€70,000 half-brother to useful hurdler Park of Kings, stays 25f. Will probably be suited by a stiffer test himself in time, but the market should offer clues in respect of what is expected of him here.

Form:

La Grande Keely⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: Mrs J Stephen

125/1

Half-sister to 3 winners, including useful chaser Rapid Response and bumper winner/fair hurdler Lock Down Luke. However, he failed to pull up any trees on his introduction at Kelso and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 5

Perfectot²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies

28/1

Placed in bumpers at Sedgefield and Musselburgh in March, and she should make her presence felt if fully tuned-up following a break.

Form: 33-

Non-Runners

Mahler Park²¹⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: N W Alexander J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Belvedere Bhoy (2/1), Forthfactor (3/1), Ronnie Russet (16/5), Titanium Ring (5/1), Gogether Josepi (9/1), Mahler Park (14/1), Jim Thorpe (25/1), Perfectot (28/1), Ratemenow (50/1), Flaming Norman (50/1), Ivan's Legacy (66/1), La Grande Keely (125/1)

FORTHFACTOR was a pretty decisive debut winner at Hereford last winter and, having since jumped ships to the powerful Dan Skelton yard, it's likely that he will prove hard to beat here. Titanium Ring gets the nod for forecast purposes ahead of fellow newcomer Gogether Josepi and point winner Jim Thorpe.