Thank You All Wetherby Groundstaff groundsweek Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:29 | Winning time: 4m 9.43s

Cricket Hill Denis¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford

66/1

Hillstar gelding who didn't get the chance to show what he could do on his recent C&D debut having been badly hampered on the home turn, though an SP of 66/1 hardly spoke of high expectations.

Form: 7

Middlecliffe²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: P Winks

250/1

Looked more ungenuine than green when tailed off at Huntingdon on debut at the beginning of the month.

Form: 0

Cape Warrior

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Joshua Thompson⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond

15/2

£8,000 3-y-o, Ulysses gelding. Closely related to fair 2 hurdle winner George Ridsdale and half-brother to a winner on Flat. Dam, 1½m-1¾m winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner (stayed 2½m) Fennell Bay.

Form:

Matador St Georges

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling

8/13

€84,000 3-y-o, No Risk At All gelding. Brother to French hurdler Aterisk, and half-brother to 3 winners, including French hurdler/chaser Albares. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

Noble Way²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Charlie Maggs⁽³⁾| T: D O'Meara

7/4

Galiway gelding who made an encouraging start to his career for his Flat-oriented yard when third in 8-runner bumper at Doncaster (16.6f, soft) last month. That form has already been franked by the fourth, so it's reasonable to believe he can improve.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

A Sight To Sea¹²⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Forecasts

Matador St Georges (8/13), A Sight To Sea (5/4), Noble Way (7/4), Cape Warrior (15/2), Cricket Hill Denis (66/1), Middlecliffe (250/1)

A SIGHT TO SEA has joined a top stable after winning his sole outing in Irish points in comfortable fashion, so he makes plenty of appeal on this switch to Rules. Matador St Georges is another newcomer to note in the betting for a yard that does very well in this sphere, while Noble Way's Doncaster form received a boost at Southwell earlier in the week.