Family Fun Raceday - Sunday 28th April Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 3m 42.86s

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Big Stuart¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: W T Kennedy| T: Miss L C Siddall

150/1

€11,000 yearling; started 80/1 on debut at Sedgefield (2m1f) 16-days ago when finishing a tailed-off fifth of six to Onthefrontfoot; on that basis makes no appeal whatsoever.

Form: 5

Dhowin⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill

11/1

Yeats gelding; cost €42,000 as a 3yo; dam was a sister to the bumper/2m2f and 2m4f hurdle winner Rock On The Moor; ran perfectly respectably on debut at Exeter (2m1f, good to soft) when finishing 5¾L fifth of 11 to Young Lieutenant.

Form: 5

Almazhar Garde

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: G Sheehan| T: C E Longsdon

3/1

Eighth foal; brother to the useful chasers Hammersly Lake (1m7f-2m5f) and Kapsize (2m1f); trainer has a 9% strike-rate in bumpers (12-134) over the past five seasons.

Form:

Sheshoon Sonny²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: A King

8/13

Cost 55,000gns as a juvenile; has shown promise in both starts in bumpers, although wasn't in the same parish (beaten 16L) as the exciting Get In The Queue at Exeter (2m1f, good to soft) last month; the form choice.

Form: 42

Ulverston

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish

18/1

€16,500 foal, €35,000 3yo; tenth foal; closely related to the 2m hurdle winners Juan De Gracia and My Viking Bay; the market should reveal his prospects on racecourse debut.

Form:

Eleanor Bob¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams

9/1

Sister to the 2m hurdle winner Pink Legend; has previous experience of this track and is evidently still a work in progress. However, must improve upon her recent 19L second to Miss Heritage (2m soft, Catterick).

Form: 42

Forecasts

Sheshoon Sonny (8/13), Almazhar Garde (3/1), Eleanor Bob (9/1), Dhowin (11/1), Ulverston (18/1), Big Stuart (150/1)

Not a particularly strong bumper on paper. Sheshoon Sonny had the misfortune to clash with the very exciting Get In The Queue (Harry Fry) at Exeter, and although beaten a whopping 16L faces nothing of such obvious potential today. However, at the projected odds the preferred option is the Jonjo O'Neill-trained DHOWIN. This stamina-laden Yeats gelding has had a couple of months off to strengthen and develop since posting a reasonable first effort at Exeter (form untested) in January.