13:40
Celebrating Helen MacKinnon's LX Years Handicap Stakes (Div I)
Class 6, 6f (5f212y), Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-60, £3,664, 10 runners
- Going
- SOFT (GoingStick: 6.4)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Impressor heads our ratings on 62, and that makes him the one to side with in this Class 6 sprint over six furlongs on soft ground at Catterick. The edge is narrow, two pounds over Stormy Pearl, but it is enough to put him ahead in a field with little to separate the principals. Stormy Pearl is the chief danger on 60, with Barmyblade (59) and Battenburg Belle (57) also close enough to make it a competitive heat. Impressor still looks the most solid option of the group, so he is our selection.
Runners
Sam James
Phillip Makin 1/7
Impressor is our top-rated runner, a gelding who has won once in his last six starts and finished third two starts back, with experience of both today's trip and going. He turned out just a day ago after a sixth last time out, which is the one reservation, but our rating of 62 and a speed figure of 64 make him the one to beat from stall six.
- Sire
- Footstepsinthesand (GB)
- Dam
- Little Empress (IRE) by Holy Roman Emperor
- Owner
- J Toes J Oloan
- Foaled
- 18 Feb 2017
- Stable
- Easingwold, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 7 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 62, Speed 64
David Allan
Tim Easterby 6/58
Barmyblade has run over today's trip and going before, and a second two starts back, with a winner five starts back, shows he can land a blow, while our rating of 59 ranks him third of ten. The main risk is an eighth last time out, though he returns fresh after 22 days.
- Sire
- Kodiac (GB)
- Dam
- Maroubra (FR) by Lawman
- Owner
- Barmyblades
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Great Habton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 6 wins from 58 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 55
P. J. McDonald
Steph Hollinshead 2/13
Stoneywell is winless in his last six, though a sixth last time out was his best of that run, and he has run over today's trip before. A 69-day break and 134 lb from stall eight temper enthusiasm, with our rating of 56 placing him sixth of ten.
- Sire
- Mayson (GB)
- Dam
- Acadian Angel (IRE) by Dark Angel
- Owner
- Debbie Hodson Geoff Rowley
- Foaled
- 20 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Upper Longdon, Staffs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 13 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 60
Jason Hart
Rebecca Menzies 1/17
Battenburg Belle won twice in a row two and three starts back before a fourth last time out, and she has run over today's trip and going. Her 35-day break and 133 lb on her back are the main risk, with the rest not ideal for a filly bidding to resume winning ways.
- Sire
- Inns Of Court (IRE)
- Dam
- Fainleog (IRE) by Rock Of Gibraltar
- Owner
- Ursa Major Racing Ltd
- Foaled
- 26 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Morden, Durham
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 17%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 58
Billy Garritty
Liam Bailey 0/5
Ottawa is yet to win in his last six starts, though a fifth last time out and a fourth two starts back suggest he's close to his level, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 36-day break and 132 lb temper enthusiasm, but our rating of 56 puts him fifth of ten.
- Sire
- Belardo (IRE)
- Dam
- Riskit Fora Biskit (IRE) by Kodiac
- Owner
- Mrs Jean Stapleton, Foulrice Park Raci
- Foaled
- 16 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Middleham, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 29%
- Ratings
- Perf 57, Speed 60
Rhys Elliott (5)
David Thompson 0/7
Stormy Pearl has finished third in three of her last six, including a third three starts back and another four starts back, and has run over today's trip and going, while our rating of 60 ranks her second of ten. The risk is she's yet to win in that spell, and a fifth last time out leaves her something to prove.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- David's Duchess (IRE) by Zebedee
- Owner
- Mrs Suzanne Kirkup Kevin Kirkup
- Foaled
- 3 May 2020
- Stable
- Bolam, Co Durham
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 7 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 22%
- Ratings
- Perf 60, Speed 54
Andrew Mullen
Liam Bailey 0/5
Won last time out and has run over today's trip and going, but that is one win in her last six, with a fourth three starts back and an unplaced run two starts back in between. Ranked eighth of ten on our figures and carrying 125 lb from draw 2, she is hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Bated Breath (GB)
- Dam
- Tansania (GER) by Sea The Moon
- Owner
- Foulrice Park Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 11 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Middleham, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 29%
- Ratings
- Perf 52, Speed 55
Cam Hardie
Antony Brittain 0/11
Runner-up last time out and fresh enough after 20 days, Desert Master has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last six starts and a seventh and sixth in that spell suggest consistency is lacking. Our rating of 54 ranks him seventh of ten.
- Sire
- Blue Point (IRE)
- Dam
- Al Fareej (IRE) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- John And Tony Jarvis And Partner
- Foaled
- 17 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Warthill, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 54, Speed 52
Ethan Tindall (5)
John David Riches 0/1
Winless in his last five, with a fourth last time out, a seventh and a ninth before that, Blue Jay Way is hard to fancy and sits ninth of ten on our figures. In his favour, he's fresh from a 14-day break and has run over today's trip and going before.
- Sire
- Sixties Icon (GB)
- Dam
- Dark Blue (IRE) by Dark Angel
- Owner
- J R Racing
- Foaled
- 15 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Pilling, Lancs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 48, Speed 53
Faye McManoman
Suzzanne France 0/2
Winless in his last six, Pinpoint was only sixth last time out and returns after 48 days off, though a third and a second in that spell show he can get involved, and he has run over today's trip. Rated 46 by us, he ranks last of ten, so he is hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Due Diligence (USA)
- Dam
- Primrose Place (GB) by Compton Place
- Owner
- Newstartracingcom Club
- Foaled
- 9 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Norton on Derwent, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 46, Speed 55
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.