17:45 Carlisle

Sunday 28 March 2021

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Baldwinholme Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 4m 50.39s

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Selected odds by:

Doyen Du Bar

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: Miss P Robson

3/1

€44,000 3-y-o, Doyen gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Royal Native and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Argumental, stays 2¼m. Dam point winner. Not discounted.

Form:

Largy Gift⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: S R B Crawford

3/1

Shaped well when runner-up at Musselburgh on debut but failed to match it at Down Royal 52 days ago. May confirm initial promise at the second attempt.

Form: 26

Lord Roco

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart

10/1

Rocamadour gelding. Dam (h111), 19f hurdle winner, also 1¾m winner who stayed 2¼m on Flat, half-sister to smart hurdler (stayed 25f) Mistanoora.

Form:

Majestic Storm³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

16/1

Has offered a bit of ability on both starts to date but looks more of a long-term project.

Form: 55

Nights In Venice

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: D W Whillans

13/2

Midnight Legend gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Eternally Yours. Should have enough speed for this sort of test, so one to consider if strong in the betting.

Form:

Rafferty's Return²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: R Menzies

15/2

Cheap purchase who shaped as if in need of her first run when fifth at Wetherby recently, so can be expected to step forward from that.

Form: 5

Tartan Cookie²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Callum Bewley| T: A C Whillans

14/1

Related to winners and has shaped with encouragement twice, again staying on well when fifth at Kelso 22 days ago. This extra furlong should suit, so he's a definite player.

Form: 55

Bert Wilson

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: N J Hawke

7/1

Canford Cliffs gelding. Dam ran once on Flat. Doesn't make much appeal on breeding.

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Bollin Phoenix³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: T D Easterby

16/1

Little encouragement in a couple of bumpers to date. Likely to need more time.

Form: 04

Fair Flame¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies

100/1

Bred to need further and didn't feature at Newcastle on debut 19 days ago.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Doyen Du Bar (3/1), Largy Gift (3/1), Nights In Venice (13/2), Bert Wilson (7/1), Rafferty's Return (15/2), Lord Roco (10/1), Tartan Cookie (14/1), Majestic Storm (16/1), Bollin Phoenix (16/1), Fair Flame (100/1)

An open-looking bumper that could go the way of TARTAN COOKIE, who improved from his debut when fifth at Kelso last time and promises to be well suited by this stiffer test. Largy Gift is a danger if he can get back to his debut form, while Doyen du Bar is an appealing newcomer.