Virgin Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

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 Ai…	5	James Turner N & W Twiston-Davies	5	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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 Oc…	26	J J Burke A Ralph	6	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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	70.8kg	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 Novembe…	3-1	James Bowen M Bowen	5	67.6kg	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	64.9kg	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	64.4kg	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)