Happy New Year From Paxtons Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 17.27s

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Colby⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Henry Brooke| T: C Grant

11/4

Fine effort on debut when unsupported in the market and while he must improve on that to play a part here, that's not impossible. Yard form a slight concern but they have a fair strike-rate in bumpers and he's a player if handling conditions.

Form: 3

Ivor The Fox

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽⁵⁾| T: Sara Ender

125/1

Sakhee gelding, cheap purchase at just £800. Yard not had a winner for 12 months+ so probably best watched here.

Form:

Schiehallion Munro⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr Joe Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond

16/1

First-foal to race out of an ordinary hurdler who won just one maiden race. Sire won Group races from 1m4f to 2m. Well held fourth in heavy-ground Hexham bumper in October, must improve.

Form: 4

Scottshill⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Alain Cawley| T: Caroline Mccaldin

9/1

Flemensfirth gelding is a brother to four winners, yard don't have many runners under rules (first in bumper) and worth a second look in the betting in what isn't a strong contest.

Form: PP45-23

Windsor Avenue⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B S Hughes| T: B Ellison

4/7

A £65,000 Winged Love gelding, he's a half-brother to stable's useful bumper winner/hurdler Ravenhill Road and is very much one to pay attention to on debut in this field.

Form: P-1

Non-Runners

Snougar⁴¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: Adrian Lane

Ask Paddington

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: Micky Hammond J: Joe Colliver

Forecasts

Windsor Avenue (4/7), Colby (11/4), Scottshill (9/1), Ask Paddington (10/1), Schiehallion Munro (16/1), Snougar (25/1), Ivor The Fox (125/1)

Not the strongest of bumpers, even for the class, to finish things off. Colby sets the standard from those that have run on his Musselburgh third in November (sent off 28/1) but that was on good ground so he'll have to prove these conditions are favourable. In any case, he should have to improve to get the measure of newcomer WINDSOR AVENUE for trainer Brian Ellison. The yard had success in this sphere with his half-brother Ravenhill Road and the £65,000 wouldn't need to be special to take this. Ask Paddington is another newcomer to note while Snougar may well improve on his first run at Bangor for the McCain team.