13:00 Catterick

Monday 1 January 2018

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Buy Your 2018 Annual Badge Today Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 3m 57.1s

Civil Unrest^b³²

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: Ross Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ewart| OR: 111| D

10/1

Not in bad form over hurdles recently despite his advancing years, but it has to be a concern that all but one of his ten wins have come on ground described as good to soft or better.

Form: 267124

Today Please⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Jason Dixon⁽⁷⁾| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 109| D

7/2

Made an encouraging end to last season but has failed to pick up where he left off this campaign, with two poor performances so far. Perhaps a slight drop in class will see him to better effect.

Form: P11-279

Inniscastle Lad^b²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 109| BF

7/1

Slightly disappointing at Sedgefield last time out when beaten favourite despite being sent off a short price, but didn't help himself through his jumping and should be able to put in a better performance on handicap debut.

Form: 5234

Earth Lady⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Henry Brooke| T: M Todhunter| OR: 107

50/1

Lightly-raced mare but never really got going when trained by Phillip Hobbs and needs to put in a much better effort on this stable debut.

Form: 45058-P

Nautical Twilight^b²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Jamie Hamilton⁽³⁾| T: J M Jefferson| OR: 105| CD

10/1

Probably a slightly better chaser than hurdler but has won a handicap hurdle on soft ground over a similar trip to this in the past, and that was only off 1lb lower than her current mark.

Form: 3/5534-6

Life Knowledge¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: J Kington⁽³⁾| T: P Holmes| OR: 102

14/1

Dual-purpose performer who has been running fairly well on the Flat recently. Returns to hurdles now having not been disgraced on handicap debut last time out, and holds minor claims.

Form: 324-

Pumaflor^p,t1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: A Nicol| T: P A Kirby| OR: 97

20/1

Wasn't particularly impressive on handicap debut last time out but has been dropped 3lb and wasn't helped by his jumping on that occasion. Has the potential to do better here with tongue strap added.

Form: P/3060

Calarules²⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 94

12/1

13 race maiden across both codes. This step back in trip is a positive but is unlikely to be enough to see him get involved following some poor performances.

Form: 642469-

Snowed In^p⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Quinlan| T: B Butterworth| OR: 91| CD

7/1

Last year's winner of this but hasn't been at the same level of form since. Goes well here but is still higher in the handicap than when winning a year ago.

Form: 34230P

Hartside^t,v⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Ryan Winks⁽⁵⁾| T: P Winks| OR: 90| BF| CD

10/3

On a long enough losing streak by now but has sunk to a very attractive handicap mark and has won over C&D in the past. Fell at the first when sent off favourite for a selling handicap hurdle last time and is one for the shortlist.

Form: 7-8996F

Harmonic Lady¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: R D Day⁽³⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 89

80/1

Pulled-up on her return from a long break at Uttoxeter last time out and even though she may well have needed the run she surely can't come from that effort to seriously threaten here.

Form: PUU43/P

Getonsam^t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Thomas Dowson⁽³⁾| T: J C Haynes| OR: 85

33/1

Pulled-up on handicap debut last time having not impressed in novice hurdles, and though he's down 5lb he's still very tough to build a case for.

Form: 776-76P

Forecasts

Hartside (10/3), Today Please (7/2), Snowed In (7/1), Inniscastle Lad (7/1), Nautical Twilight (10/1), Civil Unrest (10/1), Calarules (12/1), Life Knowledge (14/1), Pumaflor (20/1), Getonsam (33/1), Earth Lady (50/1), Harmonic Lady (80/1)

Maybe former C&D winner HARTSIDE is the one to side with here. This gelding hasn't won a race for quite a while but has been dropped to a very attractive handicap mark and was unlucky to fall when sent off favourite over C&D last time out. Inniscastle Lad is feared most particularly if he can put in a more accomplished jumping performance, while Civil Unrest is also a possibility as long as he handles the ground.