Racecards
14:15 Catterick
Toteplacepot Selling Stakes (Class 6)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f 214y
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,000 added
- Form 266-315
- Age 11
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey P McDonald
in touch, ridden, effort 2f out, every chance when not much room, switched right approaching final furlong, kept on inside last
- Form 770/97-5
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 39
- Trainer R M Whitaker
- Jockey Natalia Gemelova
chased leaders, ridden, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 9/607-04
- Age 10
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
always prominent, ridden to lead, edged left approaching final furlong, kept on until headed, no extra when inside final furlong
Eijaaz (IRE)
18- Form 70355-3
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer G A Harker
- Jockey D J O'Donohoe
slowly into stride, behind, driven, headway over 2f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, pushed out
- Form 0/008-00
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 20
- Trainer K W Hogg
- Jockey T Williams
mid-division, headway, in touch over 5f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
Funky Town (IRE)
353- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer Grant Tuer
- Jockey Neil Brown
slowly into stride, behind, headway on outside over 6f out, ridden, weakened 2f out
- Form 17700-0
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer A J Lockwood
- Jockey G Bartley
held up behind, headway over 3f out, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 600-0
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer J O'Reilly
- Jockey D Tudhope
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 0000/80
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 23
- Trainer H A McWilliams
- Jockey P Mathers
chased leader, ridden 5f out, soon lost place, behind final 3f
Jayne Dean
28- Form 58
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer A Crook
- Jockey Liam Jones
held up, headway 5f out, outpaced 3f out, soon ridden and weakened
In depth
Verdict
Court Of Appeal arrives here in decent form and this course and distance winner should go well, but we will side with Eijaaz who is narrowly preferred to Caraman and Airedale Lad. Court Of Appeal put up a fair effort in a claimer at this venue last time and he had won in this grade at Southwell previously. He is versatile with regards to the ground and he should go well, but he finished behind our selection last time and Eijaaz should come on for the run as it was his seasonal reappearance. Caraman would win this easily on the pick of his form and he has to be respected in this lowly grade, but he does not appear to be in love with the game at present and he could be one to swerve. Airedale Lad was well beaten in a claimer last time and although he has ability, he is woefully out of form at present. This is a really poor race and we will side with Eijaaz as the pick.
Formwatch
Court of Appeal 11-10fav (8-11) Held up behind leaders, led over 5f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Annibale Caro (8-7) at Catterick 1m 4f clm (6) gd.
Airedale Lad (IRE) 50-1 (8-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 5th of 13, 14l behind It's No Problem (8-0) at Chepstow 1m 2f clm (6) gd.
Caraman (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Held up, ridden along and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Wulimaster (9-6) at Beverley 1m 4f stk 0-55 (6) gd.
Eijaaz (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 15, 3l behind Annibale Caro (8-7) at Catterick 1m 4f clm (6) gd.
Fardi (IRE) 100-1 (8-4) Tracked leader, led over 4f out until 3f out, ridden and soon weakened, 11th of 12, 37l behind Annibale Caro (8-12) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcap (6) gf.
Funky Town (IRE) 2-1fav (11-3) Led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 5th of 13, 12l behind Breaking Storm (11-0) at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn nhf (6) gf in Jun (N.Hunt).
Parchment (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) Mid-division, effort over 4f out, soon behind, last of 11, 43l behind Karmest (8-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) fbs in Jan.
Resaass (USA) 100-1 (9-5) Always behind, 13th of 14, well behind Blue Spinnaker (10-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (5) gs in Apr.