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15:50 Catterick

Wednesday 8 March 2017

All14:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:5017:20

Hunt Staff Charities Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 4m 6.76s

1^st

Sky Full Of Stars

711-1

7/4f

T: J EwartJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, ridden to lead before last, kept on well op 13/8 tchd 6/4

2^nd

Minella Suite

611-12

11/4

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Tracked leaders, led 3 out, ridden and headed before last, kept on same pace

3^rd

2 ¼

Bandol

911-7

4/1

T: S G WestJ: J Kington (3)

Tracked leaders, pushed along 4 out, kept on before 2 out, went 3rd before last op 7/2

4^th

Paddling

611-7

33/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Finian O'Toole (5)

In rear and in touch, headway 4 out, weakened from 2 out tchd 28/1

5^th

3 ¾

Frankie Ballou

811-1

7/2

T: Miss J E FosterJ: Henry Brooke

Led, headed 3 out, weakened before last op 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.30Pl:£1.10, £2.00EX:£7.10Trifecta:£15.90SF:£6.87

Forecasts

Sky Full Of Stars (7/4), Minella Suite (11/4), Frankie Ballou (7/2), Bandol (4/1), Paddling (33/1)

Bandol and Sky Full Of Stars both come here in good form and the latter is taken to come out just the better in that argument, though preference is for MINELLA SUITE. Admittedly, shouldering top weight won't be easy in the forecast conditions and he does have to prove that he handles them. However, the penny began to drop with him at Wetherby over hurdles last time and he looks like making a nice chaser, with a mark that looks there to be exploited if he can begin to show the abilities of the two runners who finished either side of him in that Irish point-to-point.