14:15 Catterick
Tuesday 12 September 2017
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All New racinguk.com Handicap
- 3YO only  |  Class 6  |  5f  |  Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |  9 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:19Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 0.45s
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Took an age to get off the mark but has now hit form with a vengeance winning her last two handicaps and looking progressive all of a sudden. Carries a 6lb penalty here but that may not stop her in her hat-trick quest.
Looked to have been helped by a break when winning at Ayr on her penultimate start capitalising on being fresh and a reduced mark (3lb below her last winning one). Confirmed that she was back in form last time when runner-up at Hamilton over 5f.
Has three wins to her name this year and although one of those came in selling company she looks capable enough in ordinary handicaps in this grade. May have found the grade (0-75) too much last time out although this mark does look tough to overcome.
Very much looked to be having a qualifying run on her last start in a maiden over 7f proving easy to back and now steps into handicaps for the first time back to 5f for the first time. Yard don't having an overwhelming record with this type.
Still a maiden after 16 attempts to get off the mark although she did run quite well on the Fibresand on her most recent start. Now back onto turf off a mark she should be able to make work but not one to have a huge amount of faith in.
Now tried in a new headgear combination for a yard that do well with sprinters and he has been placed off higher marks in the past despite remaining a maiden. Would need to raise his game to take a hand here but that's not beyond him.
Her one win remains the 5f maiden that she took on her debut but she never really looked to progress from that until fitted with cheekpieces on her two most recent starts. She's certainly down to a workable mark now if she can build on those last two runs.
Her C&D win in June off a mark of 58 remains her standout effort this year on just her third start over 5f. Has struggled to match that performance ever since in five runs and needs to show her best to be able to take a hand here.
Had looked the sort on his form in maidens that would do better in low-grade handicaps but it hasn't really panned out that way at all. His most recent starts have offered very little and he finished last in a seller last time out.
Non-Runners
4
(5)
Dapper Man11
Weight: 9-5|Â Â Age: 3
T: R Fell & S Murray  J: T Hamilton
NR
6
(7)
Snoozy Sioux19
Weight: 9-3|Â Â Age: 3
T: Martin Smith  J: Noel Garbutt
NR
Forecasts
Hamidans Girl (5/2), Hot Hannah (7/2), Bay Station (13/2), Glyder (13/2), Dapper Man (7/1), Ebitda (9/1), Vintage Dream (11/1), Bithynia (12/1), Charlie's Dreamer (14/1), Snoozy Sioux (25/1), Verdi (80/1)
Two in-form fillies top the handicap and it won’t be a surprise if they dominate this race with quite a few of the others, either out of form or needing to step-up on what they have done so far this year. HAMIDANS GIRL is narrowly preferred out of the in-form duo over Hot Hannah. Both have looked on the up of late and have by far the best form on offer here. Bay Station looks as though she may be on her way back if the cheekpieces continue to work but a place may be the best she can hope for.
- Hamidans Girl
- Hot Hannah
- Bay Station
Prize Money
1st: £2,264.002nd: £674.003rd: £337.004th: £168.00
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