Mercedes-Benz Of Chichester Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 4m 34.75s

Nimba¹¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁵⁾| T: M Bowen

7/4

Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Oct 12) and made a winning Rules debut in clear-cut fashion in a Catterick bumper (15.7f) in November. Potentially useful and warrants obvious respect under a penalty.

Form: 2-11

Rine Yeats¹³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Ned Fox⁽³⁾| T: Miss V Williams

7/1

€35,000 3-y-o, £55,000 5-y-o, Yeats gelding. Dam, ran once over hurdles, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3½m) Across The Bay. Won second of 2 starts in Irish points (Nov 2025).

Form: P-1

The Perfect Poet

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Callum Pritchard⁽³⁾| T: B Pauling

11/8

£42,000 3-y-o, Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler I've Madeupmymind. Dam (c125/h121), 2½m-3m hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) One For The Team out of useful 2½m-3m hurdle winner One Gulp. One to take seriously on debut.

Form:

Roy's Jules

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

16/1

Mahler gelding. Dam (b74), ran once in bumper, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 21f) Commanche Red (by Mahler). Market should offer up some clues.

Form:

Ms Des Fois²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| BF

11/2

Soldier of Fortune filly. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Ms Parfois, stayed 4¼m. Dam unraced. Showed plenty of ability when fifth in 9-runner bumper at Ascot on debut last month and may improve now in receipt of weight from the geldings.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Lightsoutandaway

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: G & J Moore J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

The Perfect Poet (11/8), Nimba (7/4), Ms Des Fois (11/2), Lightsoutandaway (6/1), Rine Yeats (7/1), Roy's Jules (16/1)

NIMBA made quite a taking winning bumper debut at Catterick in November and could be good enough to defy a penalty. The Perfect Poet is the pick of the newcomers before market clues, while Ms des Fois showed promise on her recent introduction at Ascot and merits consideration, too.