14:10 Catterick
Wednesday 1 January 2020
All11:5512:2513:0013:3514:1014:4515:20
jumpingforjoy On Racing TV Novices' Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  1m 7f 156y  |  Good to Soft (Good in places)  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:10Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 55.3s
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Build on a promising Rules debut when winning over this C&D on good-to-soft ground in November. Third home that day has won since and he is one for the shortlist despite carrying a penalty for that victory.
Multiple Flat winner but was beaten 48L in a 2m novice hurdle at Wetherby (soft) on jumping debut two months ago. Probably best watched at present.
Six time winner on the Flat but was pulled up on his return to hurdles at Southwell (soft) over this trip in early October. Had wind surgery since but others make more appeal.
Off the mark at the fourth attempt on the Flat when winning a 1m novice race at Goodwood (good) in August 2017. Absent since and he is probably watched on hurdles and stable debut having been gelded in the interim.
Good 2L second in a small field bumper over an extended 1m7f at Wincanton (good-to-firm) on debut in October. Ran well when 9L sixth on the AW at Lingfield subsequently and is worth a check in the market on hurdling debut.
Multiple Flat winner performed well when 2¼L second to Pull Green on hurdling debut over this C&D on good-to-soft ground in November. Notable runner despite a below par effort on the Flat subsequently.
Victorious on the Flat in 2018 but was pulled up on hurdling debut at Sedgefield (2m1f, soft) in November and is probably best watched on this occasion.
Signs of ability in four starts in bumpers including when 18½L seventh of 14 over this trip on good-to-soft ground here last time out. Likely more needed on hurdling debut however.
Soft ground point-to-point winner in 2018 and ran well when 5L fourth in a 2m1f bumper at Carlisle (good) on Rules and stable debut last February. Wears a hood for the first time on hurdling debut.
Well beaten in two starts over hurdles in the autumn and it was a similar story on return from wind surgery in a Flat race over an extended 1m4f at Newcastle last month. Probably best watched on this occasion.
Winner in first time cheekpieces (absent here) over 1m2f in a handicap at Chelmsford in August. Placed in that sphere since and is worth a check in the market on hurdling and stable debut.
Forecasts
Pull Green (2/1), The Dancing Poet (9/4), Quoteline Direct (7/2), Briardale (10/1), Tortuga Bay (16/1), Ibn Al Emarat (18/1), Joseph Hobson (20/1), Wild Gypsy Boy (28/1), Framley Garth (33/1), Urban Spirit (33/1), Gabriel Oak (40/1)
PULL GREEN impressed in winning here last time out and he can defy a penalty to follow up with a victory in this competitive looking novices' hurdle. Donald McCain's charge can confirm form with Quoteline Direct who finished runner-up to the selection when the pair met here in November. Third place can go the way of Joseph Hobson who is making his hurdling debut.
- Pull Green
- Quoteline Direct
- Joseph Hobson
Prize Money
1st: £4,159.002nd: £1,221.003rd: £611.004th: £305.00
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