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12:40 Catterick
Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Juvenile Hurdle (Class 4)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 156y
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £8,800 added
- Winner: £4,809
- 2nd: £1,412
- 3rd: £706
- 4th: £353
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey Jamie Hamilton
jumped left, chased leaders, bumped 2nd, lost place from 4th, well beaten after 3 out
Dagian (IRE)
25- Form 5
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer James Moffatt
- Jockey Henry Brooke
jumped left, mid-division, headway on outside approachiong 4th, chased winner 2 out, no impression when not fluent last, one pace
Echo (IRE)
26- Form -
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Jedd O'Keeffe
- Jockey Joe Colliver
held up towards rear, jumped slowly and behind 4th, tailed off 3 out
Fanzio (FR)
30- Form 3245
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer R Hobson
- Jockey Danny Cook
chased leaders, bumped 1st, mistake and bumped next, chased winner 4th until 2 out, stayed on same pace
- Form 66
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
held up in rear, took keen hold, hit 5th, headway into 4th 2 out, mistake last, one pace
- Form 6
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer D Skelton
- Jockey Harry Skelton
held up towards rear, took keen hold, headway 4th, weakened after 3 out
Lyford (IRE)
84- Form -
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer D Skelton
- Jockey David England
held up in rear, slow 4th, well beaten after 3 out, mistake 2 out
- Form 30
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey B S Hughes
prominent, pushed into lead 3rd, looked reluctant and headed before next, struggling after 3 out, weakened 2 out
- Form 1
- Age 3
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer R Menzies
- Jockey C O'Farrell
took keen hold, led until 3rd, led before next, mistake 2 out, clear last, easily
Gemologist (IRE)
250- Form -
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey C R King
prominent, not always fluent, weakened 2 out
Verdict
FABIANSKI was a wide-margin winner of a maiden at Wetherby last month and she’s difficult to oppose in this with that experience under her belt. Valkenburg was third at Musselburgh on his hurdling debut but ran a shocker here subsequently when well behind Dagian and Highland Bobby. Gemologist is a rare runner over timber for Mark Johnston but was only placed once on the Flat in nine attempts. Echo looks best of the newcomers as he wasn’t disgraced in two runs on the level here in October and did win over a mile as a juvenile.
Formwatch
Blame It On Me (IRE) 9-1 (10-8) Dwelt, always towards rear, 11th of 13, 18 3/4l behind Caribbean Spring (10-13) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Dagian (IRE) 15-2 (10-12) Behind, headway after 4 out, never reached leaders, outpaced when hampered 2 out, soon ridden and weakened, 5th of 11, 33 1/2l behind Travel Lightly (10-5) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Echo (IRE) 15-2 (8-11) Close up, headway to chase leader briefly over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Pammi (8-8) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Fanzio (FR) (10-1) 5th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Flamant Star (10-1) at Le Mans 1m 3f stks sft in Nov.
Highland Bobby 50-1 (10-12) Tracked leader until 5th, ridden and weakened next, tailed off, 6th of 8, dist behind San Seb (10-12) at Fakenham 2m (4) gs in Dec.
Lifeboat (IRE) 50-1 (10-12) Pulled hard towards rear, ridden 3 out, weakened next, tailed off, 6th of 7, dist behind Adjali (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (4) gs in Dec.
Lyford (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden on outside and hung left inside final furlong, plugged on, 4th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Gemini (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Valkenburg 11-2 (10-12) Chased leaders to 2nd where not fluent, soon behind, reminder before 4th, no danger after, tailed off, 10th of 11, dist behind Travel Lightly (10-5) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Fabianski (IRE) 20-1 (10-5) Led and bumped 1st, headed 2nd, led again soon after 6th, clear 2 out, ridden and ran on, won at Wetherby 2m mdn (4) gs in Nov beating Alliteration (10-12) by 17l, 10 ran.
Gemologist (IRE) 22-1 (8-9) Raced wide close up, pushed along over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 4th of 5, 19 1/4l behind Amadeus (8-5) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.