15:15 Catterick

Tuesday 16 February 2021

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pointtopoint.co.uk Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 7m 9.7s

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Benarty Hill³⁶²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Thomas Garner| T: Miss R Hayton| OR: 84| CD

100/1

Capitalised on reduced mark when landing a C&D handicap chase in December 2019. Well beaten next 2 starts under Rules and best watched starting out for new yard/on back of 12 months off.

Form: 43317P-

Gatacre Street⁶⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Craig Nichol| T: A Sowray| OR: 86

100/1

Modest handicap chase winner (at 23.4f) who ended last season below par, turning in a lacklustre display at Sedgefield (26.2f) 12 months ago. Well held in points in December and others preferred.

Form: 13366-4

Behind Time^p²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Savage⁽⁵⁾| T: J J O'Shea| OR: 105

28/1

Has a patchy profile under Rules and hard to glean much encouragement from his midfield effort at Ludlow (23.8f) last month, struggling some way out. Cheekpieces fitted again.

Form: P53P-P7

Dramatic Pause³⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Lee Edwards| T: Mrs M Rowley

16/1

Regressive under Rules for Tom Symonds and has failed to complete in 3 goes between the flags. Yard hold much stronger claims with Wishing And Hoping.

Form: 1605/PP-

Duhallow Tornado⁹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Burke| T: O Pimlott| OR: 117| CD

5/6

Demonstrated fairly useful form when landing a couple of hunters in 2018. Multiple winner between the Flags and not disgraced when fifth in a Hexham handicap (31.9f) in November. Each-way claims.

Form: 14/10-35

Greyed A⁶⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Dowson| T: Miss C Crane| OR: 105

40/1

Won 3 small-field handicaps over fences during 2018. Not disgraced when third in a Perth hunter (23.8f) for present stable but that came back in spring 2019 and subsequent absence not ideal.

Form: 24P5/33-

Haymount³⁴⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-5| J: Bridget Andrews| T: T Ellis| OR: 127

4/1

One-time smart chaser for Willie Mullins who has proven prolific in points, landing a small-field affair last spring. Now firmly into veteran stage but another holding each-way claims.

Form: P1/4221-

Jenkins³⁷⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Aidan Macdonald⁽⁷⁾| T: H McMahon| OR: 130

9/1

Useful hurdler at his best but became temperamental and well beaten all 3 starts upon joining Charlie Longsdon last winter. Hard to know what to expect for new yard making debut in this discipline.

Form: 27/P0P0-

Midnight Request^h1⁶⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-5| J: Jonathan England| T: R A Owen| OR: 105| D

50/1

Multiple hurdles/chase winner who is winless between the Flags, well held in third for present stable in December. Best watched now.

Form: 70187-3

Rattle The Cage^p1⁶⁷⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: W Easterby

33/1

Brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Kerrow (23f-25f winner). Multiple winner himself in points, runner-up last time (Apr 2019) but he's yet another with a lengthy absence to overcome.

Form: UP1242/

Rio Bravo^t³⁸⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: C Brace⁽³⁾| T: B Gibbs| OR: 112

5/1

One-time fair hurdler for Graeme McPherson who has won several times between the flags but was well held on his latest outing over a year ago.

Form: 6211/13-

Non-Runners

Wishing And Hoping⁷²

Weight: 11-13| Age: 11

T: Mrs M Rowley J: Alex Edwards

Kilcrea Vale⁶⁴⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 11

T: W Ramsay J: Non Runner

Sambremont³⁵²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 11

T: C Robinson J: James Best

Stellar Notion³⁴⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 13

T: E Clark J: Colm McCormack

Forecasts

Duhallow Tornado (5/6), Wishing And Hoping (5/4), Haymount (4/1), Rio Bravo (5/1), Kilcrea Vale (8/1), Jenkins (9/1), Stellar Notion (10/1), Dramatic Pause (16/1), Sambremont (16/1), Behind Time (28/1), Rattle The Cage (33/1), Greyed A (40/1), Midnight Request (50/1), Benarty Hill (100/1), Gatacre Street (100/1)

WISHING AND HOPING was 2-3 in this sphere last season and, arriving on the back of a solid second when last seen between the flags, he's fancied to continue the good work back in this discipline in a race where most have something to prove. Duhallow Tornado and Haymount are a couple of others to consider.