14:20 Catterick

Wednesday 6 March 2019

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Racing To School Selling Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 3m 50.22s

Weapon Of Choice^p,t¹⁹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-13| J: Henry Brooke| T: Julia Brooke| OR: 101| D

7/2

Not seen for a while now this will be just his second run for the yard with the headgear combination he wore when winning for his former yard twice returning. Has won off higher marks/in better grade than this; chance if market positive about him.

Form: 25415-4

Vincent's Forever¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C Gethings| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 100

33/1

0-6 over hurdles he's shown little in his last two starts (his first two for this yard; last time on the Flat). Reported to have bled over hurdles (did so on stable debut) and offered little on the AW last time; not one for maximum faith.

Form: 953P/8-P

Steel City^t⁴⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Bannister| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 98| CD

5/2

Well supported on his debut for this yard when winning a 0-105 handicap over C&D with usual headgear removed; took advantage of a reduced mark. Ran his only decent race for the yard in the same race this season; ran poorly over fences last time.

Form: 16P-93P

Darsi's Jewel¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 93

10/1

Lightly-raced sort over hurdles who has only had a couple of outings over hurdles for this yard. He showed a little more in a Sedgefield novice last time (finished fourth) and now steps into handicaps down in grade; not ruled out.

Form: 0P4

Terminal One^h⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Reed⁽³⁾| T: T Reed| OR: 91

28/1

Appeared to show a little more (modest form still) at Kelso last time; now needs to show that she could build on her Kelso run in a handicap for the first time. Has to show a little more but far from out of this if able to repeat her last run.

Form: 3-6956

Aza Run³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Mr Aiden Blakemore⁽⁷⁾| T: S A Harris| OR: 81| D

7/1

Now some 10lb below his last winning mark he doesn't look as though he's one to be interested in at the moment. His last two runs since a break have held little promise and overall he's an unreliable sort even in this grade.

Form: 54-9707

Strait Run^p,t³⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 76

9/2

Nine runs here have yielded just one place and with a career record of 1-25 over hurdles he's not one to place too much faith in. Various changes of headgear have failed to work the oracle; looks out of sorts at the moment.

Form: 78-4655

Hey Bob^t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant| OR: 71| D

9/2

Took an absolute age to win a race but since then has set off on another long losing streak which totals 13 races currently. Rarely runs two races the same and although he wasn't disgraced last time he is unreliable and 3lb out of the handicap.

Form: 274685

Non-Runners

Hartside¹⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 10

T: P Winks J: Danny McMenamin

Forecasts

Steel City (5/2), Weapon Of Choice (7/2), Hey Bob (9/2), Strait Run (9/2), Hartside (13/2), Aza Run (7/1), Darsi's Jewel (10/1), Terminal One (28/1), Vincent's Forever (33/1)

Not a race where you would be able to make a compelling case for any of the nine that go to post although one or two are better than this grade on old form. Steel City for instance likes it here and on his previous course form won’t be far away. Weapon Of Choice is of similar ilk although he has been off a while now with the old boy Hartside having a chance if he came back to form. A chance is taken that TERMINAL ONE can build on her Kelso run last time as she goes in handicaps for the first time with another handicap debutante Darsi’s Jewel selected as the main danger.