13:00 Catterick

Wednesday 1 January 2020

All11:5512:2513:0013:3514:1014:4515:20

Buy Your 2020 Annual Badge Today Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 3m 54.30s

Nefyn Point²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: Abbie McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 107

9/4

Off the mark over hurdles whe wnning a 2m1f novices' handicap event at Sedgefield (soft) early last month. Raised 7lb for that effort and is of interest once more.

Form: 537-741

Dariya^p,t⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 104| D

10/1

Performed well when a short-head second in a handicap hurdle over an extended 1m7f at Southwell (soft) in October. Below that form at Kempton subsequently and is interesting on return from a break.

Form: 614327

Dr Richard Kimble³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs Marjorie Fife| OR: 102

40/1

Failed to figure when beaten 39L on return to hurdles at Sedgefield (2m1f, soft) at the end of November. Market support would be notable racing off a 5lb lower mark in this contest.

Form: 3734-9

Percy B Shelley^t⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Joe Colliver| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 101

10/1

Placed on his last two starts in Ireland including when 11L fourth in a 2m handicap hurdle at Thurles (soft) in November. Worth a check in the market on first start for a new trainer.

Form: 735-634

Zabeel Star¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Henry Brooke| T: Karen McLintock| OR: 100

7/1

Returning from wind surgery when finishing 9½L eighth in a handicap over an extended 1m1f at Wolverhampton last time out. Making his first hurdles start since finishing a good second at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) off a 2lb lower mark in May.

Form: 267/12-2

Follow Your Fire²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 99

3/1

Shown ability in five starts under Rules so far but was beaten 14L on handicap debut at Kelso (2m, soft) on his most recent outing and likely more needed if he's to take this event.

Form: 354799

Summer Lightening²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 92| D

12/1

Beaten 13½L when finishing eighth in a handicap hurdle over 2m on soft ground at Kelso last time out. Probably best watched as she seeks a first victory since winning on debut in a Newcastle bumper in April 2018.

Form: 0639-58

Snowed In^p⁵⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-6| J: Thomas Dowson| T: B Butterworth| OR: 84| CD

4/1

Winner of this race in both 2017 and 2018 and ran well when 8L second over 2m1f at Sedgefield (soft) in October. Well handicapped on his old form and is an interesting runner despite disappointing at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) last time out.

Form: 6-76229

Spirit Of Dreams^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: H Burns| OR: 80

33/1

15 race maiden under all codes and was beaten 45L in finishing 11th in a 2m handicap hurdle at Newcastle (soft) last time out. Others make more appeal.

Form: 7-0800

Fillydelphia³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽³⁾| T: L Bailey| OR: 70| C

33/1

Dual winner over 1m4f on the Flat here and ran well when 23L third over an extended 1m7f at Southwell (heavy) on her penultimate outing. Pulled up subsequently however and races from out of the handicap in this event.

Form: P4/U-53P

Forecasts

Nefyn Point (9/4), Follow Your Fire (3/1), Snowed In (4/1), Zabeel Star (7/1), Dariya (10/1), Percy B Shelley (10/1), Summer Lightening (12/1), Spirit Of Dreams (33/1), Fillydelphia (33/1), Dr Richard Kimble (40/1)

ZABEEL STAR can make a winning return to hurdles by taking division one of this 0-105 contest. The selection has won on the forecast good-to-soft ground in the past and he can get the better of his rivals here with top weight Nefyn Point taken to finish runner-up having won on his most recent outing. Third place can go the way of Snowed In who has won this race off higher marks in the past.