17:30 Catterick

Saturday 21 October 2023

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Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 3m 17.42s

(2)

Skye Breeze^p,t²⁰⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Aiden Brookes| T: E Bethell| OR: 74| BF

14/1

Resumed with 1m4f win at Newcastle and has posted good efforts since, fifth of 10 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f). Off 6 months but still not taken lightly with few miles still on the clock.

Form: 461-125

(3)

Can Can Girl^v²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonny Peate| T: T D Easterby| OR: 64

13/2

16/5, creditable second of 6 in handicap at Ripon (16f, soft) 21 days ago. It's now fifteen runs since her last win in 2022, though.

Form: 233792

(1)

The Dancing Poet¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: William Pyle| T: B Ellison| OR: 63| C

9/2

4-time course winner. Creditable third of 10 in handicap at this course (12.1f, soft) 17 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 646143

(6)

Ebony Maw⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Alex Jary⁽³⁾| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 60

7/2

10/1, won 9-runner handicap at Ayr (13.1f, heavy) 9 days ago. Needs considering desite taking a 2 lb rise in the weights.

Form: 765321

(5)

Ask Peter¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Archie Young⁽⁸⁾| T: C Johnston| OR: 58

7/1

Latest win at Hamilton in September. 9/2, only seventh of 9 in handicap at Hamilton (12.1f, soft) 19 days ago so has work to do now.

Form: 471917

(7)

Ae Fond Kiss²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Zak Wheatley| T: E De Giles| OR: 57

11/2

Respectable second of 6 in handicap at Chester (14.4f, heavy, 9/1) 21 days ago. Possibilities.

Form: 264572

(4)

Crazy Crackers^t1⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Elle-May Croot⁽⁶⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 63

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in handicap (22/1) at Kempton (8f) 52 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 5280

(8)

Sugarpiehoneybunch^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Molly Gunn⁽⁵⁾| T: S G West| OR: 53| C

9/2

Course winner who shaped as if needing the run after six months off when tenth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f, 28/1) 8 days ago. Very much one to consider now despite being 2 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 971140

Forecasts

Ebony Maw (7/2), Sugarpiehoneybunch (9/2), The Dancing Poet (9/2), Ae Fond Kiss (11/2), Can Can Girl (13/2), Ask Peter (7/1), Skye Breeze (14/1), Crazy Crackers (18/1)

An open handicap so at the likely odds it is worth siding with SUGARPIEHONEYBUNCH to build on her recent Newcastle tenth after an absence and bag a second course success off a handy-looking mark. Skye Breeze also returns from a spell off the track but Ed Bethell's low-mileage 4-y-o merits consideration along with course-specialist The Dancing Poet and Ayr-scorer Ebony Maw.