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16:30 Catterick

racinguk.com Classified Claiming Stakes (Class 6)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 214y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £2,500 added
  • Winner: £1,704
  • 2nd: £503
  • 3rd: £252
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 38.88s
  • Off Time: 16:30:08
  • 7 Ran
2(4)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets
Evs
  • Form 56-1532
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 67

led, headed 7f out, led again 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on

3(2)
Silk - Purple and White diabolo, Purple sleeves, White armlets, Purple cap

Eijaaz (IRE)

20 p CCD
2/1
  • Form 258121
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 60

held up in rear, headway over 3f out on outer, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven out

4(5)
Silk - Red, White epaulets, Black sleeves, White armlets, Red cap, Black star
20/1
  • Form 2-26080
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 59

held up in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

5(7)
Silk - WHITE, RED sash, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, ROYAL BLUE cap
  • Form 141388
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 64

dwelt, early reminders and pushed along, soon chased leaders, led 7f out, ridden over 3f out, soon headed, weakened over 2f out

6(3)
Silk - Maroon, Beige chevron, Maroon sleeves, Beige stars
20/1
  • Form 066-506
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 42

prominent, went 3rd over 4f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

7(1)
Silk - Red and Yellow diamonds, Light Green sleeves, Yellow armlets, striped cap

Royal Jet

766 BFD
33/1
  • Form 039377/
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 67

close up, pushed along and reminders over 4f out, quickly lost place

8(6)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow disc, Yellow cap
14/1
  • Form 36-4195
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 57

went right start, held up towards rear, effort 3f out, never dangerous

1(8)
NR

Locum

21
  • Form 26-2563
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 56

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Course specialist EIJAAZ won this race last year and was scoring for the sixth time at this track when beating today's rival Hel's Angel over C&D last month. The latter is slightly better off here but her front-running style leaves her vulnerable to Geoff Harker's late finisher and he can confirm superiority and go in again. It'll be a surprise if any of the others get into this on today's terms though Royal Jet is not badly treated if retaining his ability after a two year absence. Unex Goya won over a shorter trip at Yarmouth in June and makes most appeal of the remainder.

Formwatch

Hel's Angel (IRE) 5-4fav (9-9) Led, driven 3f out, soon ridden and hard pressed, kept on until edged slightly right and headed near finish, no extra, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Eijaaz (9-8) at Catterick 1m 4f clm stks (6) gd in Jul.

Eijaaz (IRE) 5-2 (9-8) Mid-division, headway 3f out, hung left over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on to lead when edged slightly left near finish, won at Catterick 1m 4f clm stks (6) gd in Jul beating Hel's Angel (9-9) by 1/2l, 10 ran.

Lakeman (IRE) 28-1 (10-1) Close up, ridden and weakened 2f out, 14th of 16, 13l behind Key Breeze (10-0) at Beverley 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.

Relative Strength (IRE) 13-2 (9-10) In touch, tracked leader after 3f, lost place over 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 24l behind Eijaaz (9-8) at Catterick 1m 4f clm stks (6) gd in Jul.

Harsh But Fair 12-1 (8-4) Mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 11l behind Neptune Equester (9-0) at Carlisle 2m 1f mdn hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jul.

Royal Jet 15-8fav (9-1) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, headway to chase leaders 5f out, challenged 3f out, soon every chance and weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 9, 11l behind Terminate (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f sell stks (6) pol in Jun '09.

Unex Goya (IRE) 9-1 (8-4) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 9, 13l behind Doctor Zhivago (9-10) at Redcar 1m 2f clm stks (6) gs in Jul.

Locum 6-1 (9-3) Held up, headway over 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Royal Premier (8-13) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul.