Lockwood Premium British Smocks Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| D

Poet's Word gelding from very good Flat family and overcame inexperience to justify support in 6-runner AW bumper (2m) at Lingfield 46 days ago, well on top finish. Penalty makes life tougher but likely has more to offer.

Form: 1

Another Ghia

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Hogan| T: A M Hales

Capri gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chase winner Top Target. Dam unraced.

Final Surprise⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Burke| T: A Ralph

Third sole outing in points and shaped with some encouragement when seventh of 14 in bumper at Hereford (16.2f, good) on debut 72 days ago. May do better.

Form: 3-7

Loch Ness Pineau²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| BF

£100,000 purchase after winning sole start in Irish points in October and shaped with plenty of encouragement when going down fighting in a Hereford bumper on Rules debut last month. Likely hard to beat with a repeat.

Form: 1-2

Mac J

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Ring| T: D A Rees

Scorpion gelding. Dam (h95) 2¾m hurdle winner. Best watched unless the betting suggests otherwise.

Power Of Silence¹¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

€30,000 3-y-o, Maxios gelding. Half-brother to fair 3m hurdle winner Squiggles. Dam, placed in points, out of useful 2m hurdle winner Lounaos. Joined top stable after finishing runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Oct 2025). One to note in the betting.

Pretty Darn Quick⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R T Dunne| T: Sarah HollinsheadWS

No promise in 2 bumpers. Has had a breathing operation.

Form: 89

Solo Eclipse^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Nick Slatter⁽³⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPhersonWS

£45,000 3-y-o, Spanish Moon gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including useful hurdle winner/very smart chaser Hell's Kitchen and useful chaser Militarian. Has had a breathing operation/wears tongue strap for Rules debut and worth a peep in the betting.

Queen Marcia³⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: D J Jeffreys

Nathaniel half-sister to 2 winners, including fair hurdler Gerolamo Cardano. Seemed backward when sixth of 11 in bumper at Newcastle (16.9f, good, 33/1) on debut. Off 10 months.

Form: 6-

Non-Runners

Midnight Escape⁶³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: B I Case J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Loch Ness Pineau (15/8), Wilde's Legacy (9/4), Power Of Silence (4/1), Final Surprise (10/1), Midnight Escape (12/1), Solo Eclipse (14/1), Another Ghia (16/1), Queen Marcia (20/1), Mac J (25/1), Pretty Darn Quick (100/1)

LOCH NESS PINEAU shaped promisingly when denied only by one with the benefit of Rules experience at Hereford on his debut last month and is the obvious choice to go one better. Power of Silence is a noteworthy Rules newcomer having joined a top stable, with Wilde's Legacy respected under a penalty.