16:15 Catterick
Tuesday 12 September 2017
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Bet At racinguk.com Handicap (Div 2)
- 3YO plus | Class 6 | 5f 212y | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 1m 14.47s
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Has now gone 16 runs without a win and his latest runs looks well below par and even off a falling mark he looks to be struggling a little. All his winning form is good/firm ground and this surface may well not suit him.
Dual C&D winner whose last run saw him add the second of those C&D wins scoring with a little bit in hand getting a 6lb rise for that victory. That rise pushes him into a slightly higher grade but he should still be competitive.
Showed some relatively useful for last season bit looks to be struggling to find his form so far this year having not beaten a rival home in two starts. Given that brace of runs he has plenty to prove here.
In much better form at the start of the year, winning twice with one of the wins coming here over 7f (seasonal reappearance). Looks to be just ticking over at the moment and now reverts to the blinkers worn for his last two wins.
Scored twice over 5f earlier in the season with the first of those wins coming here and the second at Hamilton (helped by the run of the race). Had a rare outing without blinkers or tongue-tie on last time out and same equipment left off here.
The first-time visor appeared to work oracle at Thirsk when he won off a mark of 53 over this trip scoring for the first time on turf. Followed that win with a solid run but ran a really poor race last time and this mark of 59 may test him.
His form as a juvenile would entitle him to win off this mark but he remains a maiden although he shaped better in a first-time hood on his last start. Looked back in some sort of form there over 5f and worth a second glance here off a mark of 60.
Both his C&D wins have come from the front and he ran well here over C&D last time out, although forcing tactics were not employed. Well drawn to go forward here and looks dangerously well-handicapped off a mark of 54.
The winner of a C&D nursery last year he's never really matched that form and looks to be struggling despite a fall in the weights. Tried over 7f last time out but failed to do himself justice pulling too hard and questions to answer now.
Hopes are pinned on a switch to handicaps showing an improvement in form with her maiden form at trips up to 7f looking disappointing so far. Trainer has a good record with handicap debutantes in past year (3/8) and worth a market watch.
Non-Runners
4
(12)
Corridor Kid25
Weight: 9-8| Age: 4
T: D Shaw J: P Mathers
NR
12
(6)
Jungle George15
Weight: 8-3| Age: 3
T: S Dixon J: L Morris
NR
Forecasts
Spirit Of Zebedee (9/4), Bold Spirit (9/2), Trick Of The Lyte (13/2), Tanawar (17/2), Extrasolar (17/2), Rapid Ranger (9/1), Corridor Kid (10/1), Kodimoor (11/1), Barkston Ash (16/1), Kyllach Me (25/1), Jungle George (33/1), Paco Lady (66/1)
A plethora of runners with headgear on in this and it’s BOLD SPIRIT who catches the imagination, off a good mark and drawn in stall 1; a draw that may see a reversion to prominent tactics that have been used here before when he’s won. Spirit Of Zebedee is capable off his new mark having won with a little in hand last time out while Rapid Ranger is starting to look as though he might be able to get off the mark having shown some good juvenile form. Paco Lady has form figures that don’t really make a compelling case but a switch to handicaps by a very capable trainer could spell an upturn in form and she should be watched in the market.
- Bold Spirit
- Spirit of Zebedee
- Rapid Ranger
Prize Money
1st: £2,264.002nd: £674.003rd: £337.004th: £168.00
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