14:30 Catterick

Wednesday 24 August 2022

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Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: K Stott| T: P T Midgley| OR: 83

Latest win at Beverley (5f) in July. Shaped as if back in form from less-than-ideal draw when eighth of 14 in Great St Wilfrid (6f) 11 days ago and this ease back down in class an obvious plus. Considered.

Form: 426178

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Oso Rapido²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 82| CD

Game in finish when back to winning ways over C&D in July. Not scaled same heights either start since, weakening out of things when eighth of 14 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) 20 days ago. Drop back in trip should help.

Form: 396168

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Vintage Clarets⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 84

Fourteenth of 19 in handicap (28/1) at York (6f, good to firm) 74 days ago, reared leaving stalls and never a threat. Gelded after. Handicapper continues to relinquish his grip and capable apprentice takes off valuable 5 lb now down in class.

Form: 69-0500

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Spring Is Sprung¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M L W Bell| OR: 83| D

Back on the up when successful on return/handicap debut at Southwell (6f) in January. Mixed bag subsequently but turned in one of better efforts when fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW) 15 days ago, not quicken final 1f. Return to 6f a likely plus.

Form: 130364

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Embour^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 80| D

Better signs when third in a C&D handicap (on back of wind op) in July and backed that up when 2 lengths sixth in 15-runner Goodwood handicap (5f) 2 weeks later. Never figured from out of weights in Great St Wilfrid but this is easier.

Form: 2-08360

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Jordan Electrics¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Rowan Scott| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 75| D

Latest win at Hamilton (6f) in June. 14/1, below form ninth of 17 in handicap at Haydock (6f, good to firm) 17 days ago, not ideally placed from a difficult draw given how race unfolded. Not out of things.

Form: 221289

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Impeller^t⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 71| D

Stepped up with each run this term, career best when winning 8-runner handicap from the front at Doncaster (6f, good, 10/1) 54 days ago. Allowed to dictate his own fractions then however, and he may find things tougher here.

Form: 747-081

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Dark Shot^p¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 70| CD

Rattled off a quick-fire hat-trick last autumn (2 victories over C&D). Good third at Goodwood (5f) either side of lesser displays at Southwell in recent weeks but bounce back certainly possible returned to turf. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 004830

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Birkenhead¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Harry Russell⁽³⁾| T: P T Midgley| OR: 69| C

Course winner who got back to form (visor replacing blinkers) when landing Jump Jockeys' Nunthorpe at York in July, holding on gamely. However, he's not scaled the same heights in handicaps at Musselburgh/Thirsk since.

Form: 236145

Non-Runners

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Muscika³³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: D O'Meara J: Mark Winn

Forecasts

Impeller (7/2), Oso Rapido (11/2), Ventura Express (6/1), Spring Is Sprung (7/1), Muscika (7/1), Embour (8/1), Vintage Clarets (8/1), Jordan Electrics (10/1), Dark Shot (14/1), Birkenhead (14/1)

DARK SHOT needs to shrug off a lesser effort at Southwell, yet he'd previously ran well when third in a stronger race at Goodwood and, returned to the scene of his last 2 victories, he could well bounce back from a handy draw. Ventura Express, Spring is Sprung and Embour head up the dangers.