16:45 Catterick

Monday 18 August 2025

All14:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:45

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Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 1m 25.36s

1^st

(2)

Saisons D'Or

1010-0

11/2

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: Billy Garritty

Made all, ridden hung left and ran on gamely inside final furlong op 7/1

2^nd

(1)

Coconut Bay

69-12

8/1

T: T DavidsonJ: Rowan Scott

Chased leading pair, went 2nd and kept on inside final furlong, always held op 9/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(10)

Emerald Army

49-9

4/1f

T: D CarrollJ: Zak Wheatley (3)

Steadied and switched left start, held up in last pair, good headway on inside over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leading duo op 3/1

4^th

(11)

Miakoda

39-9

6/1

T: James OwenJ: P Cosgrave

Raced wide early, chased winner, pushed along over 2f out, ridden lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong op 5/1

5^th

1 ¾

(3)

Travis

49-11

9/2

T: G A HarkerJ: D Allan

Slowly into stride, raced wide in mid-division on inside, pushed along in 4th turning in, soon angled out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 11/2

6^th

1 ¼

(6)

Koji

49-5

17/2

T: S SpencerJ: D Swift

Outpaced in rear, ridden and some headway on inside final furlong, never involved tchd 10/1

7^th

(8)

Reputation

129-5

16/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

Off the pace towards rear, came very wide home turn, never involved op 14/1

8^th

4 ½

(5)

The Green Man

610-0

10/1

T: D BrookeJ: D Nolan

Slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, never on terms op 11/1

9^th

2 ¾

(7)

Patontheback

79-13

13/2

T: G TuttyJ: Warren Fentiman (5)

Raced wide, never closer than mid-division tchd 6/1

10^th

(4)

Pink Petunia

39-6

100/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Aiden Brookes (3)

Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened home turn, tailed off

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Non-Runners

(9)

Groundsman¹⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: R A Fahey J: Billy Garritty

(12)

Langholm¹³

Weight: 9-1| Age: 9

T: M Dods J: T Eaves

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£2.50, £2.70, £1.90EX:£45.00Trifecta:£199.20Tricast:£201.74SF:£50.01Swingers:£7.00, £6.10, £7.80

Forecasts

Emerald Army (4/1), Travis (9/2), Saisons D'Or (11/2), Miakoda (6/1), Patontheback (13/2), Langholm (15/2), Coconut Bay (8/1), Koji (17/2), The Green Man (10/1), Groundsman (10/1), Reputation (16/1), Pink Petunia (100/1)

The gap was only 2¼ lengths between KOJI and Travis recently at Thirsk where the former was making his debut for this yard and opened his turf account at the twelfth time of asking. Travis renews rivalry on 4 lb better terms here, but it could be that things have now clicked for Koji and she is taken to strike again with the return to this trip likely to be in her favour. Miakoda is in good form and also has claims, along with Coconut Bay and Saisons d'Or.

KOJI (IRE)
TRAVIS
MIAKODA (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Vince Le Prince

Weight: 10-1 |Age: 4

J: D Allan | T: T D Easterby

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,187.002nd: £1,965.003rd: £982.004th: £491.005th: £244.00

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