17:45 Newbury

Saturday 27 March 2021

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BetVictor Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 3m 57.03s

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Come On Gruff⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Burke| T: T R George| D

33/1

Mahler gelding who impressed with the way he quickened (bred for further) when landing an AW bumper at Lingfield in February. This more galloping track on turf should suit, but needs to improve again.

Form: 1

Petrossian¹⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| CD

11/4

In good hands and made the ideal start when impressively scoring over C&D on debut in November. More to come, so well respected under a penalty.

Form: 1

Arressveepee

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King

80/1

€2,500 3-y-o, resold €22,000 3-y-o, Way of Light gelding. Dam placed on Flat in France. Others preferred.

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Flying Demon

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Lee Edwards| T: A Ralph

25/1

Nathaniel gelding. Dam 5f-7f winner. Doesn't make much appeal on paper.

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Irish Lion⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Bannister| T: W Greatrex

250/1

No show in a couple of bumpers to date, so firmly up against it again.

Form: 78

Jonbon¹³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

5/6

€140,000 3-y-o, £570,000 4-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Brother to top-class hurdler/chaser Douvan. Dam ran once over hurdles. Easy winner of Irish point on debut (Nov 8). Obvious claims.

Form: 1

Storm Dennis²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

9/1

Has just an ordinary pedigree but has showed clear potential on both starts to date, runner-up at Fontwell last time. Further progress could give him a chance.

Form: 62

Top Of The Bill²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: M D Grant| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| BF

11/2

Fame And Glory gelding who has showed plenty to be placed on all 3 starts to date, second at Exeter on latest. Should be thereabouts once more.

Form: 322

Socks Off²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: R Johnson| T: A Keatley| D

25/1

Left debut form well behind when landing a 10-runner event at Lingfield on second outing but came unstuck under a penalty at Doncaster 3 weeks ago. Likely to struggle again.

Form: 715

Forecasts

Jonbon (5/6), Petrossian (11/4), Top Of The Bill (11/2), Storm Dennis (9/1), Flying Demon (25/1), Socks Off (25/1), Come On Gruff (33/1), Arressveepee (80/1), Irish Lion (250/1)

JONBON has all the credentials to make a quality jumper, a full brother to Douvan who cost a huge sum on the back of an easy point victory, so he's well fancied to make a winning start despite the presence of Petrossian, who was an impressive debut scorer over C&D late last year. Top of The Bill is also respected.