14:50 Catterick

Thursday 28 December 2023

All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:23

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Off time: 14:57 | Winning time: 7m 11.60s

1^st

Crixus's Escape

1011-11

11/1

T: G BoanasJ: Theo Gillard

Held up and off the pace, headway tracking leaders after 4 out, led out wide going well 2 out, soon clear, easily op 17/2

2^nd

Elleon

811-0

3/1f

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Held up towards rear, headway tracking leaders before 12th, went 2nd 4 out, led next, headed 2 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 7/2

3^rd

5 ½

Mister Bells

912-0

16/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Emma Smith-Chaston (3)

Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders after 4 out, went modest 3rd run-in op 12/1

4^th

Voice Of Hope

610-2

33/1

T: M YoungJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)

Chased leaders, pushed along turning in, plugged on op 40/1 tchd 28/1

5^th

Ballylinch

611-2

10/3

T: Micky HammondJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division out wide, headway tracking leaders 12th, every chance 3 out, no chance when mistake last, weakened run-in op 3/1

6^th

Catlin

810-2

7/1

T: N KentJ: Harry Bannister

Off the pace towards rear, pushed along and struggling home turn, never involved op 10/1

7^th

6 ½

The Paddy Pie

1011-12

9/2

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Ross Chapman

Made most, pushed along and clear home turn, headed 3 out, weakened before next op 11/2

8^th

8 ½

Harry Du Berlais

611-0

11/1

T: N KentJ: Jamie Gambin (7)

Mid-division, headway tracking leaders 9th, pushed along turning in, weakened soon after op 8/1

Also Ran

Ribeye

811-7

11/1

T: P AtkinsonJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leaders, went 2nd 11th until after 4 out, weakened home turn, tailed off when mistake 2 out, pulled up soon after op 8/1

Sigurd

1111-2

25/1

T: Miss J E FosterJ: Sean Quinlan

Chased leader until 11th, chased leaders weakened 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out op 16/1

Tumbling Dice

810-2

200/1

T: W Young JnrJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Soon behind, tailed off 10th, soon pulled up op 125/1

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Non-Runners

Oceans Red³³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Non Runner

Enforcement²¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: M Keighley J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.30Pl:£3.30, £1.60, £3.80EX:£63.60Trifecta:£600.10Tricast:£540.66SF:£45.00Swingers:£7.20, £21.50, £10.00

Forecasts

Elleon (3/1), Ballylinch (10/3), The Paddy Pie (9/2), Oceans Red (11/2), Catlin (7/1), Crixus's Escape (11/1), Harry Du Berlais (11/1), Ribeye (11/1), Mister Bells (16/1), Enforcement (25/1), Sigurd (25/1), Voice Of Hope (33/1), Tumbling Dice (200/1)

A few in with a squeak but preference is for BALLYLINCH, who matched his winning chasing debut form at Sedgefield when finishing runner-up there 6 weeks ago and Micky Hammond's lightly-raced 6-y-o can go in again from an unchanged mark. Second choice is Oceans Red, who went close to exploiting a lower hurdles mark when narrowly denied at Huntingdon last month, with the consistent Elleon also fancied be in the mix again.

BALLYLINCH (IRE)
OCEANS RED
ELLEON (FR)

Previous Winners

2022

Pilot Show

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 5

J: James Bowen | T: W Greatrex

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00