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16:40 Catterick

Hartlepool Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 55.90s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Kentucky Blue (IRE)

1/2

    2
    Silk -

    Humid Climate

    16/1

      3
      Silk -

      Bahlino (IRE)

      4/1

        1
        Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW stars, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap

        Kentucky Blue (IRE)

        41
        1/2
        • Form 1F
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-5

        tracked leader, led 2nd, ridden 2 out, held on well

        2
        Silk - Beige and Black (halved), chevrons on sleeves, Beige cap

        Bahlino (IRE)

        4/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        tracked leaders, headway 3 out, effort and chance before next, no extra approaching last

        3
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE star, RED sleeves, WHITE armlets, RED cap

        Cottam Grange

        11
        100/1
        • Form 66
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        race keen in mid-division, headway 4th, outpaced 3 out

        4
        Silk - Light Green, Red star, Light Green sleeves, Red stars, Light Green cap, Red star

        Danny Leahy (FR)

        50/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        always behind

        5
        Silk - Orange, Dark Blue epaulets, halved sleeves, Orange cap, Dark Blue diamond

        Door Of Knowledge (USA)

        62 b
        33/1
        • Form 3545P
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        in touch, headway 3 out, soon ridden and effort, 4th and weakening when blundered left

        6
        Silk - Black, Yellow disc, diamonds on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow spots

        Gladstone Spirit (IRE)

        14
        50/1
        • Form 30
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        unseated rider 1st

        7
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow sash and sleeves, White cap

        Humid Climate

        6
        16/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        held up in mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, ridden to chase winner 2 out, every chance last, kept on

        9
        Silk - Red and White check, Black sleeves, White armlets, Black cap

        Littleton Valar (IRE)

        22
        150/1
        • Form 6
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        race keen, led to 2nd, remained close up, weakened 3 out

        10
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), RED sleeves and cap

        Special Branch

        41
        20/1
        • Form 35
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        held up in rear, pushed along 5th, ridden 3 out, no impression

        11
        Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE stars, WHITE and EMERALD GREEN striped sleeves and cap

        Donny Bowling

        22
        100/1
        • Form 4P404
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        pulled hard, saddle slipped and pulled up before 2nd

        12
        Silk - White, red triple diamond, white sleeves, red diamonds and diamonds on cap

        Helderberg (USA)

        6
        100/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        always behind

        8
        NR

        Inch Island (IRE)

        21
        • Form F02
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        Withdrawn

        In depth

        Verdict

        Kentucky Blue bypassed a similar engagement at Kelso on Thursday to wait for this, and the move should be rewarded without too much fuss, with newcomer Bahlino and John Quinn's Inch Island expected to make a race of it. Kentucky Blue, rated 85 on the Flat, loved it on his hurdles debut at Wetherby in November, justifying favouritism with ears pricked. He may well have made it two out of two over timber on a return to the Yorkshire track, as he was still going well when coming to grief at the final flight in the race won by King Revo, and gets the chance to make amends here. Bahlino has now joined the team that has produced the likes of Chivalry and Inglis Drever to make an immediate impression over hurdles, and like them, is sure to have been well schooled after leaving Willie Jarvis for whom he was a dual winner on the Flat. Inch Island appears to have improved with each outing, and should find a little race based on his second to Encore Cadoudal at Kelso last time. None of the rest make any great appeal, and despite his penalty, Kentucky Blue appeals as the likely winner.