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13:50 Catterick
Go Racing At Doncaster This Saturday Nursery Handicap (Class 4)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 5f 212y
- Going: Heavy, Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Form 553321
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 85
held up in rear, ridden and switched left, well over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 2311
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer J M P Eustace
- Jockey L Morris
tracked leaders, challenge and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
- Form 94310
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer Paul Green
- Jockey P Mulrennan
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, held on towards finish
Secret Venue
24- Form 231067
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer Jedd O'Keeffe
- Jockey A Elliott
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
JOE CASTER is a confident choice to complete his hat-trick and should have too much firepower for The Kyllachy Kid and Secret Venue. He made his debut back in April where he was well supported to win a race that went to Art Connoiseur. He was only beaten just over 3 lengths there and again ran well in defeat behind Global City at Yarmouth before winning his maiden at the start of October at Nottingham. He beat another useful sort at Wolverhampton last time and can take the 6lb rise in his stride. The Kyllachy Kid has been a model of consistency and wasn't winning out of turn at Ayr at the start of the month. The handicapper has sensibly only raised him by a pound and he should be on the premises. Secret Venue's form seems to have levelled out after a promising start to the season and he'll need to get back to his very best to collar the two at the top of the weights but is not without claims. Lucky Numbers and Love You Louis have some soft ground form to their names so aren't dismissed but Joe Caster can prove too strong for them all.
Formwatch
The Kyllachy Kid 6-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Ayr 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) hvy in Oct beating Liberty Diamond (8-12) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Joe Caster 10-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up in rear, headway and switched left to inside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out readily, won at W'hampton 6f 2yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Oct beating Diddums (9-6) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Lucky Numbers (IRE) 22-1 (8-8) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, 8l behind Aldermoor (9-7) at Chester 5f 2yo hcp (4) gf in Sept.
Secret Venue 7-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, gradually weakened, 7th of 8, 5l behind Visterre (9-1) at Musselburgh 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Love You Louis 14-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, ridden and outpaced well over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 5th of 7, 11l behind Oasis Breeze (8-11) at Catterick 5f nov stk (5) gs in Oct.