Virgin Bet 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 4m 5.48s

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Beat The Retreat^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Bruce Lynn⁽⁵⁾| T: N W Alexander

9/1

Getaway gelding. Dam (h113) 17f hurdle winner, also 11.5f winner on Flat. Wears a tongue strap on debut. Stable gets the odd bumper winner here and he's one to note in the betting.

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Darjink

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

22/1

Dartmouth gelding. Dam (h110) 2¾m hurdle winner, also 11.6f winner on Flat. Watching brief is the percentage call on debut.

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Dino Bellagio

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr

7/2

Doyen gelding. Dam (h119), bumper/21f hurdle winner, half-sister to smart hurdler/high-class chaser (stays 4¼m) Rathvinden. Newcomer from a leading stable. Would very much enter the reckoning if the betting suggests he's fancied.

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Esprit Du Potier

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Conner McCann⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

7/1

Montmartre gelding. Closely related to fair French hurdler Weetamoo, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/2¼m chase winner in France Seduction. Betting should guide to expectations.

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Lemoine²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny McMenamin| T: J Ewart

4/1

Black Sam Bellamy gelding who finished 5½ lengths behind the reopposing Prontoanita when third of 12 on his Aintree debut earlier in the month. Likely to go well but no obvious reason why he'll turn the tables on Iain Jardine's filly.

Form: 3

Prontoanita²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine

5/4

From a good family and made a promising start to her career when 10 lengths second (Lemoine behind in third) of 12 at Aintree (17f, soft) 24 days ago, left with a lot to do. Likely to improve. Leading claims.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Prontoanita (5/4), Dino Bellagio (7/2), Lemoine (4/1), Esprit Du Potier (7/1), Beat The Retreat (9/1), Darjink (22/1)

The Iain Jardine-trained PRONTOANITA is taken to confirm Aintree superiority over Lemoine and strike at the second time of asking. A market move for one or more of the newcomers would also bring them into it, with Donald McCain's Dino Bellagio one who makes obvious paper appeal.