13:20 Catterick

Friday 24 November 2017

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Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 4m 40.35s

1^st

Espoir De Teillee

510-12

4/6f

T: N P MulhollandJ: N D Fehily

Led, headed after 3rd, led before 4th, clear before 6th, very easily op 4/5

2^nd

Jack Devine

510-12

16/1

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Towards rear, pushed along 3 out, soon headway, chased winner before last, no impression

3^rd

1 ½

Blairs Cove

511-10

7/4

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up mid-division, headway 3 out, chased winner before 2 out until ridden before last, one pace op 2/1

4^th

Black Art

510-12

5/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

In touch, went 2nd from 6th, weakened from 2 out op 9/2

5^th

Rocket Ronnie

710-12

40/1

T: B BarrJ: Thomas Garner (3)

Always towards rear tchd 33/1

6^th

Bogardus

610-12

66/1

T: P HolmesJ: J Kington (3)

Tracked leaders, weakened from 3 out op 80/1

7^th

The Resdev Way

410-12

100/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson (3)

Always behind tchd 125/1

Also Ran

Easter Mytton

510-5

200/1

T: H BurnsJ: Mr D Delahunt (7)

Led after 3rd until before 4th, lost place next, pulled up before 3 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.50Pl:£1.10, £2.80, £1.02EX:£14.10Trifecta:£30.70SF:£15.03Swingers:£4.90, £1.40, £4.10

Forecasts

Espoir De Teillee (4/6), Blairs Cove (7/4), Black Art (5/1), Jack Devine (16/1), Rocket Ronnie (40/1), Bogardus (66/1), The Resdev Way (100/1), Easter Mytton (200/1)

Perhaps not quite the match that the betting suggests, with Black Art likely to be suited by a step up in trip after a reasonably pleasing hurdles/stable debut at Hexham, but it's difficult to look beyond the doubly penalised Blairs Cove and the hurdling newcomer ESPOIR DE TEILLEE. The Neil Mulholland Ffos Las bumper winner arrives with a hefty price tag on his shoulders, and for that reason alone he's the pick. His trainer (1 from 5; 20% strike rate, past five years), and jockey (2 from 5; 40% strike rate, past five years) wouldn't be the most frequent visitors to Catterick, so presumably today's visit is solely about seeking an ideal starting point (and decent ground) for one of the stables higher profile young horses.