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14:50 Catterick

Thursday 28 December 2023

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Off time: 14:57 | Winning time: 7m 11.6s

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: Mrs S J 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

Enforcement²¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: M Keighley J: Non Runner

Oceans Red³³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero 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.