15:15 Catterick

Thursday 10 January 2019

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Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 3m 46.10s

Lough Kent^b1¹⁰⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Charlotte Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 109| D

28/1

Not seen out since September, but has won after a break before, so absence no issue, and now looks well handicapped after a series of moderate efforts. Conditions fine, but yard struggling for form is a bigger concern. Risky but not discounted.

Form: 857245

Flowery^h¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 100

9/4

Application of a hood did the trick at Sedgefield last time out where he hung on well despite still pulling hard early. 5lb rise and much quicker ground are the queries to answer but as an in-form horse, that counts for plenty here.

Form: 0-000R1

New List^p⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽⁵⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 98| D

14/1

No win in ten starts and in truth, looks regressive already. Faller at Sedgefield last time when in a dispute for the places, which was a bit better, but just looks hard to win with and on that, others are preferred.

Form: P-5775F

Steel City²⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Bannister| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 96| CD

11/1

On the plus side, last win came in this race last year, and from the same mark, so no problems from a handicapping point of view, but consistency not his strong point and he was well beaten on comeback at Newcastle last month. Risky.

Form: 7/016P-9

Canadian George⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Henry Brooke| T: J Candlish| OR: 100

9/1

Yet to win in 15 starts but not without ability on the Flat and has shown just enough in three hurdles starts to make him interesting on handicap debut here, Gets the weight allowances as a 4yo and looks a potential improver.

Form: 874

Baratineur⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 84| BF| D

11/10

Wasn't going anywhere quickly but his fifth at Taunton signalled better might be to come and he duly ran better on first start for this yard over C&D last time out. Yard among the winners and this one has to be on the shortlist.

Form: P-0P052

Mac Cennetig^p,t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 77

11/1

Still a maiden after 18 tries, finished behind Baratineur here last time out and although not disgraced after being slightly hampered, hard to see why he should turn the form around here.

Form: 05P684

Non-Runners

Lostock Hall²⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: T Davidson J: Harry Reed

Forecasts

Baratineur (11/10), Flowery (9/4), Canadian George (9/1), Steel City (11/1), Mac Cennetig (11/1), New List (14/1), Lostock Hall (20/1), Lough Kent (28/1)

This has the look of a winnable event. Baratineur will be top of most people's lists after a good second here last time out, and the England team do so well with these cast-offs from other yards, so it's hard to argue he won't go well. But CANADIAN GEORGE gets plenty of weight as a 4yo and has shown enough in his hurdles starts so far to think that he will improve again for going handicapping, and he can cause a minor upset. Flowery is the other that comes into this in good form, but whether he can repeat that Sedgefield win is open to debate. A market move for Lostock Hall needs heeding too.