Virgin Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race).
Doncaster · Saturday, 24 Jan · 19:48
· 2m 128y
· Class 5
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:48
Off time
7
Runners
Soft (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 11 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.50
5/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
8.50
15/2
05 · —
8.50
15/2
06 · —
9
8/1
07 · —
9
8/1
08 · —
11
10/1
09 · —
21
20/1
10 · —
51
50/1
11 · —
67
66/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | — |
Capital House (G)
Yeats gelding. Closely related to fair hurdle winner/useful chaser Defan, and half-brother to modest hurdler Ushuaia Dancer. Looked more one for the longer term when fifth of 8 in bumper (12/1) at Aintree (17f, good) on debut 29 days ago.
|
5 | James Turner | N & W Twiston-Davies | 5 | 70.8 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 7th | 2 | — |
Country Pursuits (G)
€28,000 3-y-o, Bande gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Homme d'Un Soir, stays 2½m, and For Friendship. Dam 1m/9f winner. Makes some appeal on paper and Brian Hughes booked.
|
77 | B S Hughes | Ian Williams | 5 | 70.8 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 1st | 3 | — |
Diamond Street (G)
FAV
Diamond Boy gelding. Dam (h105) bumper/17f hurdle winner. Makes plenty of appeal on paper for top yard.
|
1 | Tristan Durrell | D Skelton | 5 | 70.8 kg |
3.50
5/2
|
| 5th | 4 | — |
Dukeboxrock (G)
Frontiersman gelding. Dam (h87), 2½m-3m hurdle winner/winning pointer, half-sister to fair hurdler/chaser (stayed 2¾m) Special Token and useful chaser (stayed 23f) Pressurize.
|
5 | Dylan Johnston | Miss R Curtis | 5 | 70.8 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| — | 5 | — |
Final Surprise (G)
Third sole outing in points and shaped with some encouragement when seventh of 14 in bumper at Hereford (16.2f, good) on debut 60 days ago.
|
3/755-1 | Non Runner | A Ralph | 5 | 70.8 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 6th | 6 | — |
Hobbson's Day (G)
Jack Hobbs gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners on Flat, including 1m-9.5f winner Beama. Dam 11.5f-13f winner. Made a promising start to career when second of 4 in bumper at Newton Abbot on debut in October. Has since left Tom Lacey and has …
|
26 | J J Burke | A Ralph | 6 | 70.8 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| — | 7 | — |
Marble Sky (G)
Offered little when down the field in bumper at Wetherby (16f, soft) on NH debut 28 days ago.
|
0 | Joe Williamson | A Crook | 5 | 70.8 kg |
67
66/1
|
| — | 8 | — |
Popalot (G)
Pether's Moon gelding who showed plenty in attempting to come from a disadvantageous position when third in 5-runner event at Market Rasen (16.6f) on debut in November. Entitled to do better.
|
35-6 | Danny McMenamin | P D Niven | 5 | 70.8 kg |
9
8/1
|
| 2nd | 9 | — |
Elderflower Tonic (M)
£80,000 4-y-o, Maxios mare. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler Elle Perfecta, and half-sister to bumper winner/fair chaser Red Square Revival. Won second of 2 outings in Irish points in November and rates an interesting Rules newcome…
|
3-1 | James Bowen | M Bowen | 5 | 67.6 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 3rd | 10 | — |
Twenties Icon (G)
[H]
Sixties Icon gelding from an illustrious Flat family. Ran to a similar level as on debut (modest form) when third in 12-runner event at Hereford last month.
|
533 | Thomas Bellamy | Kieran Burke | 4 | 64.9 kg |
9
8/1
|
| — | 11 | — |
Ebony Ebbs (F)
Frammassone filly. Dam (h103), lightly raced over hurdles, half-sister to useful 2¾m hurdle winner Provo.
|
085 | Non Runner | Andrew Martin | 4 | 64.4 kg |
51
50/1
|
Betting forecast: Diamond Street (5/2), Elderflower Tonic (11/4), Hobbson's Day (9/2), Dukeboxrock (15/2), Country Pursuits (15/2), Twenties Icon (8/1), Popalot (8/1), Capital House (10/1), Final Surprise (20/1), Ebony Ebbs (50/1), Marble Sky (66/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 2451.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1129.0 GBP |
| P3 | 564.0 GBP |
| P4 | 283.0 GBP |