17:25 Catterick

Wednesday 10 March 2021

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1516:5017:25

Flat Season Next Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 4m 4.81s

Fruit N Nut⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| D

3/1

Runner-up sole start in Irish points in October and sales price rose to £40,000. Successful start under Rules at Musselburgh in January and runner-up win next time. Big shout under a penalty.

Form: 21

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Brother Byrne^t1⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C Brace| T: R Potter

13/2

€36,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Burn Baby Byrne. Maiden pointer, though was closing when fell at last latest (Dec 13). Wears tongue strap.

Form: F

Jay Jay Reilly¹²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

9/2

From a good NH family and showed a bit on debut at Market Rasen in September, not seen to best effect. Race also wasn't run to suit at Wincanton and he likely has more to offer.

Form: 47

Raythehandyman^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: T Collier

14/1

£3,800 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Dam (h83), 19f hurdle winner (stayed 2¾m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2¾m) Black Benny. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Sinister Minister

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

10/3

€55,000 3-y-o, Malinas gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including temperamental but useful hurdler/chaser Champagne At Tara and bumper winner All Those Years. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Vossi⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J Garritty| T: Chris McSharry

4/1

£14,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m). Ignored in the betting and looked green but displayed clear signs of ability when third from the front at Newcastle (AW).

Form: 3

Mind How You Go

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Henry Brooke| T: L Bailey

80/1

£1,800 3-y-o, Libertarian gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners on Flat, including 1m winner Undiscovered Angel. Dam 6f/7f winner.

Form:

Sir Jimmy Allen

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Kirby

18/1

Spanish Moon gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Falbala Le Dun. Dam (c112/h120) maiden jumper.

Form:

Dee Eire

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Benjamin Poste| T: G Hanmer

40/1

Gentlewave filly. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Vodka Wells. Dam ran twice over hurdles in France.

Form:

Non-Runners

Highland Light³⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: D J Jeffreys J: Kielan Woods

Mister Mcarthur²²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Micky Hammond J: Alain Cawley

Toutatis²⁷

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: F O'Brien J: P J Brennan

Forecasts

Toutatis (9/4), Fruit N Nut (3/1), Sinister Minister (10/3), Vossi (4/1), Jay Jay Reilly (9/2), Brother Byrne (13/2), Raythehandyman (14/1), Sir Jimmy Allen (18/1), Highland Light (33/1), Dee Eire (40/1), Mister Mcarthur (50/1), Mind How You Go (80/1)

FRUIT N NUT was strong at the finish when making a winning rules debut at Musselburgh in January, and with the runner-up that day successful next time, the form has a solid look to it. He's up to defying a penalty, perhaps at the chief expense of Toutatis, for all that one was suited by an AW bumper given his Flat pedigree. Sinister Minister is a likely type on paper.