16:30 Hexham

Monday 19 April 2021

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Follow HexhamRaces On Twitter Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 4m 5.21s

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Ailes D'amour²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Skelton| T: Ian Williams

7/2

Out of a bumper winner and showed something to work on when fourth at Warwick on debut 20 days ago. Solid claims with Harry Skelton booked.

Form: 4

Ashover Hills¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Mania| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

4/1

Bred to want further but there was enough encouragement in his fifth at Catterick 5 months ago to think he can take a hand in this if he's improved from that initial experience.

Form: 5

Enemy At The Gate³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: D W Whillans

18/1

Fame And Glory gelding who showed ability when third of 4 on debut at Ayr last month. Will need to build on that if he's to make a serious impact in this.

Form: 3

Fever Roque¹⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: R Menzies

17/2

€60,000 3-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including Djin de La Roque. Dam, 17f hurdle winner. Third sole start in Irish points (Nov 7).

Form: 3

Under Discussion

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁷⁾| T: W Greatrex

7/2

Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Broomfield Hall. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 27f) Keepitsecret. One to note on debut.

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Dastardly Dick

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky Hammond

20/1

Royal Anthem gelding. Dam unraced out of sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3¼m) Hell's Bay, from family of Champion Chase winners Viking Flagship and Flagship Uberalles.

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Fringill Dike

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe

7/2

£20,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Dam (h118), 2m-2½m winner (stayed 2¾m), half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Mossley. Should have enough speed for this sort of test, so one note.

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Luke

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Bannister| T: M & D Easterby

11/1

Lucarno colt. Dam, ran once in bumper, closely related to temperamental but useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 2¾m) Skint and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Brassick. Not ruled out.

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Songbird's Tale^h¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Ross Chapman| T: Paul Collins

150/1

Big price and down the field both starts to date.

Form: 89

Non-Runners

Presenting Jeremy¹⁵⁵

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Fringill Dike (7/2), Ailes D'amour (7/2), Under Discussion (7/2), Ashover Hills (4/1), Fever Roque (17/2), Luke (11/1), Enemy At The Gate (18/1), Dastardly Dick (20/1), Songbird's Tale (150/1)

UNDER DISCUSSION has the right sort of pedigree to go well in this event so, with a promising conditional taking the ride, he may well be worth chancing to make a winning debut in a race where the bar isn't set all that high by those with experience. Fellow newcomer Fingill Dike makes appeal, while Ailes D'Amour should feature if he can improve from his encouraging Warwick debut.