14:45 Catterick

Tuesday 16 February 2021

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catterickbridge.co.uk Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:47 | Winning time: 4m 9.53s

Finisk River⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Theo Gillard⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 129

13/2

Won twice at Cartmel in August and has continued in good form, second of 7 in novice hurdle here (19.3f, heavy) 44 days ago. Makes handicap bow and much respected with good 7 lb conditional again up.

Form: 112F22

Maskada²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds| OR: 128| D

5/2

Had usual hood left off when bouncing back to form with win in 2m handicap (12/1) at Newbury 27 days ago, forging clear. Hit with 8 lb rise though so another step forward is needed.

Form: 7-71531

The Some Dance Kid^b1¹⁰⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: David Bass| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 122| CD

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler who proved disappointing over fences last season and was also pulled up over hurdles at Wetherby on return in October. Back from a break with blinkers on and a bit to prove.

Form: 1/5567-P

Diodorus^t¹⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Reed| T: T Davidson| OR: 120| D

11/1

Fair Flat winner who built on promising hurdle debut second when going one better at Wetherby (2m, heavy) 11 months ago. Rare below-par effort when last seen in August but respected on handicap bow.

Form: 21-22

Pyramid Place^h²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: P J Brennan| T: M F Harris| OR: 112| D

1/1

Made it 2-4 over hurdles with emphatic success on handicap bow at Taunton (2m) last month. Hit with 8 lb rise but still on the up so leading claims with Paddy Brennan again in the saddle.

Form: 2171

Non-Runners

Turning Gold⁵⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: R Bevis J: Non Runner

Oscars Leader³¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: J Candlish J: Page Fuller

Pop The Cork¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: J & A O'Neill J: R P McLernon

Ilaya⁵⁰

Weight: 10-10| Age: 7

T: Micky Hammond J: Joe Colliver

Forecasts

Pyramid Place (1/1), Maskada (5/2), Oscars Leader (5/1), Pop The Cork (6/1), Finisk River (13/2), Diodorus (11/1), The Some Dance Kid (12/1), Ilaya (14/1), Turning Gold (25/1)

PYRAMID PLACE made light of his opening handicap mark when a stylish scorer at Taunton and is fancied to defy an 8 lb hike with more improvement in the pipeline. Finisk River arrives in top form and with an excellent 7 lb conditional up so is feared most on his first go in a handicap with Oscars Leader not discounted either in a switch of headgear.