13:25 Newcastle

Sunday 8 February 2026

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Virgin Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (AWT)

4YO to 6YO | Class 4 | 2m 56y | 11 Runners | Allweather

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Paddy Barlow⁽⁷⁾| T: T D Easterby| BF| D

Coastal Path gelding who got off the mark at third attempt in points and made a winning Rules debut in bumper at Musselburgh. Refused to settle here next time and worth another chance with hood applied.

Form: 3P/115

Arctic Ace

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

€13,000 3-y-o, Arctic Cosmos horse. Dam (c104/h106) 2m hurdle/chase winner (stayed 21f).

Executive Producer^h1,t⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: J Bedi

Placed on the second of 2 starts in Irish points but refused to settle starting out under Rules in a tongue strap when finishing a well-held fifth of 7 at Musselburgh. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 5/3-5

Fullythermal⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr

€40,000 3-y-o, Jack Hobbs gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Midnight Mary, stays 27f. Dam (c122/h107) 2m-3½m hurdle/chase winner. 28/1, tenth of 15 in bumper at Wetherby (16f, soft) on debut 43 days ago.

Form: 0

Popalot⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: P D Niven

Pether's Moon gelding who showed plenty in attempting to come from a disadvantageous position when third in 5-runner bumper at Market Rasen on debut in November. Entitled to do better.

Form: 3

Presentandcorrect⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies

Bred to stay well and shaped in kind when sixth of 11 in bumper at Southwell (15.8f, soft) on debut 86 days ago. Will be of more interest at longer trips over jumps.

Form: 6

Prince Phil^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonathan England| T: S England

Linda's Lad gelding. Dam (c90/h94) 21f/2¾m hurdle/chase winner. Wears hood.

Form:

Static Charm⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Joshua Thompson⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond

Showed more than first time up when fourth of 15 in bumper (50/1) at Wetherby 43 days ago, keeping on. One of the leading contenders here.

Form: 34

Terino

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ryan Mania| T: Paul RobsonWS

Doctor Dino gelding. Brother to French 1½m/13f winner Docteur Tournesol. Dam lightly raced on Flat in France.

Dolly Drama⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Maggs⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr

Mahler filly. Half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser Minella Drama and bumper winner/fair hurdler Ballycashin, stays 3m. Promising start when third in bumper at Wetherby on debut 74 days ago, making rapid headway approaching straight. Likely to improve.

Form: 3

You Be Lucky Jean

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Micky Hammond

Maxios filly. Dam (h115) bumper/2½m hurdle winner.

Forecasts

Dolly Drama (3/1), Static Charm (7/2), Kilaro (9/2), Popalot (6/1), Presentandcorrect (10/1), Terino (10/1), You Be Lucky Jean (14/1), Arctic Ace (14/1), Prince Phil (14/1), Fullythermal (33/1), Executive Producer (50/1)

DOLLY DRAMA and Static Charm are closely matched on form but Donald McCain's mare has more potential and gets the vote. Penalised winner Kilaro is another who can do better if racing more efficiently.