14:10 Catterick

Wednesday 4 March 2026

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Racing To School Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 3m 42.98s

1^st

Pigeon House

612-0

2/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Made all, not fluent 5th, ridden and two lengths clear 2 out, maintained advantage approaching last, kept on op 9/4 tchd 15/8

2^nd

Mermaids Cave

711-7

6/4f

T: James OwenJ: Alex Chadwick (3)

Prominent, ridden after 3 out, chased winner 2 out, kept on run-in, nearest finish op 5/4 tchd 6/5

3^rd

Byron Hill

911-7

10/3

T: P NevilleJ: B S Hughes

Prominent, not fluent 2nd, ridden in fourth before 2 out, kept on same pace approaching last, went third near finish tchd 16/5

4^th

Law Degree

411-4

125/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Tom Midgley (3)

Held up in midfield, awkward 2nd, headway 3 out, soon chased winner, ridden and lost second 2 out where not fluent, soon faded, lost position near finish op 80/1

5^th

Tara Iti

811-9

20/1

T: F BrennanJ: Oscar Palmer (7)

Midfield, ridden and no impression before 2 out op 22/1 tchd 25/1

Also Ran

Jet Approach

511-7

40/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny McMenamin

Held up in midfield, not fluent 2nd, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 50/1

Macho Sun

611-7

250/1

T: M E SowersbyJ: Peter Kavanagh

Always in rear, not fluent 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 200/1

Russian Virtue

911-7

7/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Joshua Thompson (5)

Prominent, not fluent 3rd, soon pulled up tchd 13/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £1.30EX:£6.90Trifecta:£16.10SF:£5.73Swingers:£1.50, £1.90, £1.80

Forecasts

Mermaids Cave (6/4), Pigeon House (2/1), Byron Hill (10/3), Russian Virtue (7/1), Tara Iti (20/1), Jet Approach (40/1), Law Degree (125/1), Macho Sun (250/1)

MERMAIDS CAVE rates the pick at these weights and gets the vote dropped into claiming company for the first time since scoring at Huntingdon in November, his seventh success no less for James Owen. Pigeon House returned from 8 months off with a good runner-up here recently and rates next best ahead of in-form duo Russian Virtue and Byron Hill.

MERMAIDS CAVE (IRE)
PIGEON HOUSE (IRE)
RUSSIAN VIRTUE

Previous Winners

2025

Collingham

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 7

J: Miss Brodie Hampson | T: A Watson

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £4,357.002nd: £2,007.003rd: £1,003.004th: £502.00