15:25 Catterick

Thursday 12 January 2023

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Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:27 | Winning time: 6m 54.88s

Ratfacemcdougall^p,t⁴⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Max Kendrick| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 115| D

18/1

Racked up 5 wins in 2020/21 season but has a bit to prove following a string of below-par efforts, weakening when he unseated at Southwell last time. Cheekpieces back on having his third outing for current yard.

Form: 55-P45U

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You Some Boy^p1⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies| OR: 103

5/2

Completed a hat-trick last season and, while he hasn't made the same impact this time round, he wasn't discredited last time and this is a much weaker contest. Interesting fitted with cheekpieces.

Form: 119-925

Lady Bowes^p⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Charlotte Jones⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 102

11/2

Fair bumper/novice hurdle winner. Placed a couple of times last winter and, while there was little encouragement in her reappearance at Haydock, she might strip fitter for it.

Form: 1/632F-P

Beaufort West^p¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: A Irvine| OR: 101

13/2

Placed at Plumpton a couple of times in the autumn but latest effort at Fontwell was pretty tame, so others are more persuasive.

Form: 41-P325

Mr Washington^t,v1¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: David Dennis| OR: 101

15/2

Prolific over hurdles in 2020/21. Yet to convince over fences but return to this sphere could help and he is well handicapped.

Form: 465-53P

Lalochezia¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Justin Landy| OR: 101

10/1

Winner of a Kelso maiden (22.7f) in February but not in anything like the same form subsequently, so others make more appeal.

Form: 2145-P7

Sight Nor Seen^t¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 100

80/1

Fair hurdler/chaser in Ireland at his best but has struggled this season.

Form: 00P55P

Bollin Neil^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr William Easterby⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 99| C

9/2

Fair stayer on the Flat who has run respectably on two of his three outings in handicap hurdles. May yet do better, so not one to write off up in trip in a weak race.

Form: 725/2P5

Loughermore¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Waugh| OR: 98

17/2

Several creditable efforts in defeat prior to recording first win over fences at Southwell in May. Runner-up on next 2 starts but jumping let him down on return at Kelso and found little back in this sphere at Wetherby 16 days ago.

Form: 812240

Non-Runners

The White Volcano⁴⁰³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 11

T: W Storey J: Ross Chapman

Forecasts

You Some Boy (5/2), Bollin Neil (9/2), Lady Bowes (11/2), Beaufort West (13/2), Mr Washington (15/2), Loughermore (17/2), Lalochezia (10/1), Ratfacemcdougall (18/1), The White Volcano (20/1), Sight Nor Seen (80/1)

A thin race in which it might pay to side with YOU SOME BOY, who hasn't run badly on his last couple of starts and now drops in class fitted with headgear. Mr Washington could bounce back returned to hurdling and Lady Bowes can't be dismissed despite an underwhelming reappearance.