Open Mind (GB)

brother to Listed-placed 7f 2yo winner Laneqash (RPR 108); badly needed experience when last of seven in 6f conditions race at Pontefract in May 2021; much better run at Sandown (7f) the following month when third of nine (clear of fourth); below that level when only fifth in 6f novice at Newcastle on next outing (favourite); gelded shortly after and then not seen until winning on opening start as a 3yo at Chelmsford in April 2022 when cheekpieces were employed; beaten a neck on next start at Wolverhampton (7f) in May in same headgear; better effort when close-up third in a visor over 7f at Newmarket in June; fourth, beaten less than 1l by winner, in 7f Thirsk handicap the following month; slowly away when modest third of six over 6f at Chelmsford in August but broke much better when winning over same C&D the following month; followed up that win on next start at Meydan (7f) in January 2023; reportedly never travelled when held in 7f handicap at York in May; only slight improvement when modest fourth at Ripon (6f) on next start in June; fair third at Chelmsford (7f) a month later but didn't build on that at Newbury or back at Chelmsford on next two starts; fair sixth at Meydan (6f) having been outpaced early in January 2024; similar runs when seventh over 7f in January and February.