Racecards
15:15 Catterick
Weatherbys Bank Novices' Hurdle (Class E)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Bourgeois
44- Form 01P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Garritty
tracked leaders, chased winner after 3rd, effort 2 out, chance last, kept on same pace
- Form 0550
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Mr T Greenall
held up in mid-division, headway 3 out, soon ridden, mistake 2 out, stayed on one pace approaching last
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey V T Keane
towards rear, mistake 3rd, never dangerous
Foronlymo
28- Form P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P Beaumont
- Jockey B P Harding
in touch to halfway
- Form 204204
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss Kariana Key
- Jockey D McGann
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, no extra from 2 out
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer C W Fairhurst
- Jockey N Hannity
made all, hard pressed from 2 out, stayed on well
- Form 34-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
held up in mid-division, pushed along apporoaching 3 out, weakened before next
- Form 000
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey C Rafter
towards rear, never dangerous
- Form 3
- Age 4
- Weight 10-6
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey G Lee
mid-division, headway 4th to chase leaders, pushed along 3 out, effort when not fluent 2 out, edged left and weakened flat
- Form 62
- Age 4
- Weight 10-6
towards rear, never dangerous
- Age 4
- Weight 10-1
chased leaders, pushed along 5th, outpaced 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Bourgeois can defy a penalty to put one over on Bahlino, with Watzing Along and Flur Na H Alba worth a mention. Bourgeois was quite a highly rated stayer on the Flat, and took part in both the Tote-Ebor and Northumberland Plate. He did not jump hurdles that well when being put through his paces at home, but had the class to brush aside Merryvale Man on his second outing over timber here in January. He ran no sort of race behind King Revo in soft ground at Wetherby in January but remains a good prospect and can give weight and a beating to Bahlino. The latter hails from the resurgent Howard Johnson yard and sports the now familiar colours of Andrea and Graham Wylie. A winning handicapper on the Flat, he was third to Kentucky Blue on his debut over hurdles here last month. The latter is trained by Tim Easterby, who will therefore have a line to the merits of Bourgeois. Flur Na H Alba was principally a seven-furlong horse on the level so it remains to be seen how he will react to the trip on his timber debut, while Waltzing Along has an absence to overcome. All in all, the best option looks to be Bourgeois.