14:40 Catterick

Wednesday 30 August 2023

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4015:4516:1516:45

Yorkshire Dales Distillery Handicap

Off time: 14:44 | Winning time: 59.47s

(3)

Glory Fighter^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: P T Midgley| OR: 75| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in June. Respectable fourth of 16 in handicap (28/1) at Thirsk (5f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 313004

(4)

Dickieburd⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: S H James| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 76| D

14/1

Chester novice winner at 2 yrs and back to that sort of form when third in inaugural 3-y-o "Dash" at Epsom (5f) in June, again showing plenty of speed. However, proved disappointing both starts since, well held at York (5f) 47 days ago.

Form: 8-66360

(11)

Ecclesiastical^b1¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: T Davidson| OR: 72| BF| D

3/1

Made an excellent start for this yard, registering third success of the season in 9-runner Thirsk handicap (5f, heavy) prior to a respectable third back at that venue 12 days ago. Not ruled out despite widest draw.

Form: 133213

(1)

Sacred Jewel^h¹⁰⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: D C Costello| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 71| D

20/1

Lightly-raced filly who ended 2022 campaign with close second of 15 in handicap (25/1) at York (5f, good) in September. However, she failed to beat a rival in 2 starts during the spring and 3-month break needs to have had positive effect.

Form: 1062-07

(8)

Castan³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: C Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 73| CD

5/1

Successful twice during a productive 2-y-o campaign (latterly over C&D) 11 months ago. Worked his way back to form in trio of starts this term, headed on line at Musselburgh (5f) 5 weeks ago. Fancied to give another good account.

Form: 212-832

(2)

Murbih¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 68| D

33/1

Good third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 16/1) 12 days ago. Arrives here operating 2 lb below last winning mark but all 3 career victories have come on AW.

Form: 067053

(10)

Dark Side Prince^p⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 67| D

18/1

Latest win at Southwell in February. Respectable third of 11 in handicap (14/1) at Yarmouth (5.2f, good) 49 days ago.

Form: 9-32133

(6)

Albegone^b⁹^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 57| CD

9/4

11/2, improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at this C&D (good) 9 days ago, leading last ½f and well on top finish. Looks sure to go well again under a penalty.

Form: 466721

(5)

Jarvis¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Andrew Breslin⁽³⁾| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 59| D

80/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. 18/1 and blinkered for 1st time, seventh of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 15 days ago, weakening over 1f out. Headgear discarded now but he's hard to warm to at present.

Form: 548967

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(7)

Match Play⁶⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: P T Midgley J: G Lee

(9)

Havagomecca¹⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: M Dods J: Connor Beasley

Forecasts

Albegone (9/4), Ecclesiastical (3/1), Glory Fighter (9/2), Castan (5/1), Match Play (5/1), Havagomecca (12/1), Dickieburd (14/1), Dark Side Prince (18/1), Sacred Jewel (20/1), Murbih (33/1), Jarvis (80/1)

ALBEGONE confirmed himself back in rude health when seeing off a pair of last-time-out winners over C&D 9 days ago and, turned out under a penalty, he could well be worth siding with to follow up in this groove. Havagomecca, Match Play and Castan are just a trio of the others to consider in a competitive affair.