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Wednesday 1 February 2023

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We're Racing Next On 14th February Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:17 | Winning time: 4m 9.2s

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Booster Bob

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

9/4

€34,000 3-y-o, Malinas gelding. Dam (h70) lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles. Highly respected on debut.

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Both Barrels⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Craig Nichol| T: D W Whillans

40/1

Saddler's Rock gelding. Dam ran once in bumper. Showed a bit over C&D on debut but will need to improve if he's to make a serious impact.

Form: 3

Bray Dale^h1¹³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: C Bissett| D

100/1

Failed to come up to expectations in bumpers for Nicky Richards and failed to beat a rival at Perth on debut for new stable.

Form: 175-9

Edgewell

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: R Menzies

8/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Well Chosen gelding. Closely related to bumper winner/fair chaser Bemo Two, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser One Term.

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Hombre De Guerra

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bruce Lynn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander

18/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam (h113) 17f hurdle winner, also 11.5f winner on Flat.

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Idem³⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Mulqueen| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

8/1

Half-brother to 3 winners and showed plenty when runner-up at Aintree on debut. Shaped well over C&D next time but has been off 10 months since.

Form: 23-

Isenay²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D A Jacob| T: S R B Crawford| BF

9/4

Friendless in betting but definite promise to glean from his fifth in 15-runner Punchestown bumper on NH debut back. Third over C&D on return and boasts place claims again.

Form: 6-3

Sea Prince⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Smith

200/1

Didn't show much on debut in Ireland and makes little appeal back from 15 months off.

Form: 4P5-PPP

Spanish Lariat

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Ryan Mania| T: R M Smith

100/1

Golden Lariat gelding. Half-brother to modest chaser Miraculous Getaway and bumper winner Miracle Way. Dam lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles.

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Chalk That Down³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

7/2

Half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser Born Survivor and fairly useful hurdler/chaser Theatre Flame. Showed plenty when second at Newcastle on debut and probably won't need to improve to go one better.

Form: 2

Greenhill Gardens

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: P W Wadge⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

18/1

Westerner gelding. Dam (h88), winning pointer/placed over hurdles, half-sister to fairly useful chaser (stays 3¼m) Up Helly Aa King.

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Forecasts

Booster Bob (9/4), Isenay (9/4), Chalk That Down (7/2), Idem (8/1), Edgewell (8/1), Greenhill Gardens (18/1), Hombre De Guerra (18/1), Both Barrels (40/1), Spanish Lariat (100/1), Bray Dale (100/1), Sea Prince (200/1)

CHALK THAT DOWN displayed plenty of ability when runner-up in a big-field contest at Newcastle on Boxing Day and a repeat of that display will likely suffice. Booster Bob ticks a lot of boxes of paper so he's a threat on debut, with Idem another to consider.