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Play Beat Sav! At PlanetSportBet 'Junior' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 3m 55.61s

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Dirty Den²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-7| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

5/2

Relatively cheap purchase who made an impressive start when staying on well to land an 11-runner contest at Huntingdon three weeks ago. May do better and deserves respect despite the penalty.

Form: 1

Bathgate

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: T H Weston

9/1

Bathyrhon gelding. Closely related to 21f chase winner in France Keep It Real, and half-brother to fairly useful chaser Brother Pat.

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Double Dragon

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: D A Jacob| T: A J Honeyball

7/2

£12,000 3-y-o, Dragon Dancer gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Chase A Fortune, stays 19f. Dam (c113/h109) bumper/2¾m hurdle winner. One to note for in-form stable.

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Square Du Roule⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke

66/1

It's Gino gelding who offered little on debut when well held in bumper at Exeter (13.2f, soft) just over 7 weeks ago. May do better with experience but a significant step forward will be required to feature.

Form: 8

The Flying Falco

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: H J Evans

20/1

Falco gelding. Dam (b70), ran twice in bumpers, half-sister to high-class hurdler (2m winner, including Champion Hurdle) Sublimity and fairly useful hurdler (2m-21f winner) Estate.

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Topkapi⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding

2/1

Related to a winner on the Flat and showed plenty when runner-up at Huntingdon 67 days ago. Open to improvement and should take the beating.

Form: 2

Caress Of Steel

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: D McCain JnrWS

16/1

Mastercraftsman filly. Half-sister to fair 10.7f winner on Flat Juliet Rose. Dam unraced. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.

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Ivegotattitude

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: James Davies| T: P D Evans

33/1

Cityscape filly. Dam unraced. Half-brother to winning pointer Mulinas (by Malinas): dam unraced, from family of useful hurdler up to 2½m Western Boy.

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Little Storm

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Finn Lambert⁽⁵⁾| T: R Potter

10/1

Axxos filly. Dam, little show in bumpers/sole start over hurdles, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Out of The Loop and fairly useful 2¾m hurdle winner Russian Hawk.

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Simply Belle³²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Harry Bannister| T: David Dennis

14/1

Has hit the frame on both starts to date and may not have reached her limit in this sphere, so warrants consideration.

Form: 43

Forecasts

Topkapi (2/1), Dirty Den (5/2), Double Dragon (7/2), Bathgate (9/1), Little Storm (10/1), Simply Belle (14/1), Caress Of Steel (16/1), The Flying Falco (20/1), Ivegotattitude (33/1), Square Du Roule (66/1)

TOPKAPI represents a top Flat stable and made an encouraging start a couple of months ago, so he's marginally preferred to debut winner Dirty Den, who is also capable of better. Double Dragon looks the pick of the newcomers.