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Thirty Open Races across the UK on Saturday evening for punters to get stuck into

An all Open twelve race card is on offer at Monmore, with the Semi Finals of the Ladbrokes Gold Cup and Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic the highlights at the Wolverhampton venue, while Oxford host the Final of BGBF British Bred Oaks Final. Monmore and Oxford will feature on a Gone To The Dogs preview on Friday, but we preview the other action on Saturday at Yarmouth, Doncaster and Central Park

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Graham Banks
14 Aug 2025
Thirty Open Races across the UK on Saturday evening for punters to get stuck into

Thirty Open Races across the UK on Saturday evening for punters to get stuck into

An all Open twelve race card is on offer at Monmore, with the Semi Finals of the Ladbrokes Gold Cup and Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic the highlights at the Wolverhampton venue, while Oxford host the Final of BGBF British Bred Oaks Final. Monmore and Oxford will feature on a Gone To The Dogs preview on Friday, but we preview the other action on Saturday at Yarmouth, Doncaster and Central Park

Yarmouth


A Maiden contest kicks off the Open Race action at Yarmouth where Kevin Cobbold's Swift Jericho looks the one to beat from a nice looking draw on the rails. Having won his last two A1's, he has also finished runner up in his last two starts in Open company and could be tough to reel in with an early lead, though Tally Ho Socks could be a danger now drawn further out and a clear run can see him go close for Paul Burr




Six bend Maiden action here and having been narrowly denied over this distance last week, Mark Brighton's Move Over Archie can go one place better. He led for a long way before rallying again at the finish. A repeat performance could be enough to secure victory. Kevin Boon's Toomuchchat steps up in distance and has faced decent opposition of late, so looks a threat if staying this new distance


A really competitive Trial Stakes for the forthcoming Click Competitions EA Derby as all runners can be given serious chances. With so much early pace in the race, a chance could be taken on the strong running Wrighty. The John Mullins runner has been off since June but moved well in a recent trial and if things were to get messy, he could be in a position to pounce rounding the final bends


Six bend action again where Sheffield trainer Sean Davy could make the long trip to Yarmouth a worthwhile one. She hasn't raced for a month but had a decent look round in a trial last week. She looks sure to improve and if that's the case, then she could take all the beating. Mark Newbury's Bogger Cash suffered a costly defeat last week at 1/3F and he will look to improve on that run to land some compensation


The second Click Competitions EA Derby trial stakes is another competitive looking contest but it could go the way of improving October 23 youngster Worth The Risk. Kevin Cobbold's runner landed the hat-trick in impressive fashion last time out having gone through the grades previously and if hitting the front again, may prove tough to reel in


Six bend Maiden action again, and there's no doubt that Basher Watts Racing will be keeping a close eye on their runner Bish Bosh Bashy, who won for only the second time on Monday evening, but Jason Bloomfield's runner stayed on well to do so over this distance in graded company and he has every chance of following up again with a repeat of that performance


Another six bend contest to complete the Yarmouth Open action and it could go the way of Kevin Boon and his Joy Wild, who battled well to score over course and distance last week. Another clear run in the early stages could see her proving too strong at the finish to land the double, though Too Wright is interesting now stepping back up to six bends again and is more than capable of making her presence felt for John Mullins



Doncaster


Six bend action kicks off the Open Racing at Doncaster on Saturday. Paul Philpott's Knockard Joe made all the running from the Debbie Calvert local Killduff Sasha last week and they may battle things out again. But David Fradgley is in fantastic form of late and his Daring Moaner could be the one to beat. She made all the running over 483m here last weekend so if able to hit the front again, then she may have enough of a lead to hold onto at the finish


This is a really tricky looking contest and claims can be given to most of these runners. On the draw, it could be worth siding with another Fradgley runner, Stonepark Wes. He looked to be an unlucky loser last week when finding trouble at a vital time but a clearer passage could see him make all the running.


A four bend Maiden contest completes the trio of Opens at the Yorkshire venue where Phil Milner's Thequietman will be looking to get back to winning ways having finished runner up in his bid to land a hat-trick last week and if leading on the inside, it would take a good effort to reel him in. 



Central Park


The first of the two Opens at the Kent venue is a bitches contest and may go the way of Nick Carter's Beaming Bono. She landed a top grade contest at 8/1 last week when coming from off the pace to score from Coppice Lizzie, who reopposes, in a good time and a repeat of that run could be enough to land the double at a decent price


The second contest is a Maiden race over four bends. Dave Puddy's Hasty Lottie drops back down from six bend action having been picked up in the last few weeks but her early pace can get her to the front again here and could prove tougher to reel in on the run for home in this contest

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