14:30 Catterick

Wednesday 25 August 2021

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Fascination By Cherished Handicap

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 1m 12.64s

(1)

Embour^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 86| D

5/1

33/1, respectable sixth of 20 in Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon (6f, good to firm) 11 days ago, running on. Drops in grade here so needs considering.

Form: 447046

(3)

Restless Endeavour²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁵⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 82| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year, and ran another good race when third in 5-runner contest (7/2) at Newmarket (6f, good to firm) 25 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 124613

(8)

Shawaamekh^b,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Carroll| OR: 78| C

7/1

Course winner who found his good run of form coming to a halt at Thirsk (7f, good) 24 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 475430

(6)

Erich Bloch¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: P Hanagan| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 78| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap (6/1) at Hamilton (6f, good to soft). Off 103 days but has run respectably fresh in the past.

Form: 113-526

(5)

Lady Nectar^p1³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Gray| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 74| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Thirsk in April. 9/2, respectable third of 7 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Could have a say.

Form: 40-1303

(2)

Lezardrieux¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 74| D

4/1

7/1, good second of 8 in handicap at Pontefract (6f, good) 10 days ago. Has to be taken seriously off same mark.

Form: 934602

(4)

Jill Rose⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Phil Dennis| T: S Whitaker| OR: 70| CD

12/1

3-time C&D winner, latest in May. Respectable third of 8 in handicap (6/1) at this C&D (good) 42 days ago.

Form: 841243

(9)

Obee Jo^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Ella McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 67| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Carlisle in July. Creditable second of 10 in handicap (13/2) at Carlisle (5.8f, good to firm) 8 days ago, despite being easy to back.

Form: 351532

Non-Runners

(7)

Praxeology¹⁰

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: D Loughnane J: Ray Dawson

Forecasts

Lezardrieux (4/1), Obee Jo (9/2), Embour (5/1), Praxeology (6/1), Restless Endeavour (13/2), Lady Nectar (13/2), Shawaamekh (7/1), Erich Bloch (9/1), Jill Rose (12/1)

A competitive sprint handicap with the vote going to LEZARDRIEUX, who was a good second at Pontefract 10 days ago and lines up off the same mark here. Embour drops in grade following a respectable effort in the Great St Wilfred at Ripon so must enter calculations, with Praxeology another to consider under a 5-lb penalty for a recent win at Southwell.