Black Pug Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Chinese Whispers (G) €35,000 3-y-o, Maxios gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Range, stays 3m. Dam (c111/h108) 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner. Warrants a market check with Harry Cobden booked for debut.	—	H Cobden Miss E C Lavelle	5	70.8kg	17 16/1
7th	2	—	Country Pursuits (G) Showed only greenness on bumper debut at Doncaster in January.	77	C J Todd Ian Williams	5	70.8kg	201 200/1
10th	3	—	Earl Chester (G) Showed nothing in C&D bumper on debut in December.	9	Mr J Stevenson D Frankland	6	70.8kg	401 400/1
5th	4	—	Jetaway Holiday (G) T £65,000 4-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Dam unraced sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3¼m) Listen And Learn. Beat only other finisher sole start in points (May 2025) and merits plenty of…	15	N de Boinville N J Henderson	5	70.8kg	4.50 7/2
1st	5	—	Merry Away (G) £72,000 4-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler La Dolce Dolly. Dam (h104) 2½m hurdle winner. Third sole start in Irish points (fourth has placed in maiden hurdle under Rules since) and …	31	Ben Jones B Pauling	5	70.8kg	5.50 9/2
2nd	6	—	Presley (G) FAV Related to some above-average jumpers and looks cut from the same cloth, not unduly punished when third in Chepstow bumper on debut in December. That race has produced winners and he's the one they h…	3	Harry Skelton D Skelton	5	70.8kg	2 1/1
4th	7	—	Pride Hill (G) €75,000 3-y-o, Jukebox Jury gelding. Dam, well held in bumper, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Tarablaze. In good hands for racecourse bow and market should prove informative.	—	S Bowen O Murphy	5	70.8kg	12 11/1
6th	8	—	Wyrley Birch (G) Blue Bresil gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler/top-class chaser Edwardstone (runner-up three times in bumpers) and fair 2m hurdle winner Nothingtochance. Yard know this family well and he's one t…	—	Thomas Bellamy A King	6	70.8kg	9.50 17/2
8th	9	—	Mister Coko (G) Lacked the know-how to justify strong support when fifth of 9 in bumper at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) on debut in November. Could improve for that experience.	5	Sam Twiston-Davies N & W Twiston-Davies	4	66.2kg	34 33/1
9th	10	—	Shaheeq (G) P Cheap purchase given pedigree and hardly encouraging to see cheekpieces added so quickly, having finished last of 5 on Naas bumper debut.	5	Paddy Hanlon J J Hanlon	4	66.2kg	151 150/1

Betting forecast: Presley (1/1), Jetaway Holiday (7/2), Merry Away (9/2), Wyrley Birch (17/2), Pride Hill (11/1), Chinese Whispers (16/1), Mister Coko (33/1), Shaheeq (150/1), Country Pursuits (200/1), Earl Chester (400/1)