Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 4m 6.46s

Beau Speed

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

11/2

£110,000 3-y-o, Beaumec De Houelle gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including useful hurdler Authorised Speed and French hurdler Speedy Speed. Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

Cooltobecareless¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Tristan Durrell| T: D Skelton| BF

4/9

Won sole start in Irish points and shaped promisingly when second of 8 in Chepstow bumper (2m) on debut in October, keeping on well final 50 yds. Obvious claims.

Form: 1-2

Elusive Pb^h,t1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Kielan Woods| T: Nick Scholfield

4/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding out of an unraced sister to unreliable but useful hurdler/chaser Out Sam and half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Honest John. Showed promise starting out in a hood when third of 10 at Wincanton (15.2f, heavy) last month. Tongue strap now added.

Form: 3

Inside Tracker

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: T P Queally| T: Andi Brown

33/1

Sea The Moon gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat, including smart 7.4f-1¼m winner in France Fast Tracker. Dam unraced.

Form:

Golden Sanjida

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: James Davies| T: Noel Williams

12/1

Golden Horn filly. Half-sister to 6 winners, including French hurdler Sanaija. Dam 1m winner who stayed 10.5f. Worth a glance in the betting.

Form:

Potters Honour⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: J M Quinlan| T: M Crawley

80/1

Went with little encouragement when beating only one home in 8-runner bumper (28/1) at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) on debut in December.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Cooltobecareless (4/9), Elusive Pb (4/1), Beau Speed (11/2), Golden Sanjida (12/1), Inside Tracker (33/1), Potters Honour (80/1)

BEAU SPEED makes plenty of appeal on paper and gets the nod to make a winning start at the expense of Cooltobecareless, who shaped well once the penny dropped on his Rules debut at Chepstow in October.