GB - Catterick Bridge - Race 1

Thoroughbred

8 Runners

25.3f

Handicap Chase

Turf

Good (Good to Soft in places)

10.5K

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Verdict

WASTHATOK was safely held on his sole previous run over fences back in January 2024 and is unproven over this far, but the 7-y-o is worth chancing on both counts following a clear career-best display over hurdles at Newcastle last week. Indeed, he is well treated off the same mark and is taken to get the better of Emotional Roller, who struck over C&D last winter and made a satisfactory return at Sedgefield recently. Dunworley, an emphatic winner on his latest start in March, also has claims.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob	Odds
2	Back on track when second in a Wetherby handicap hurdle on penultimate start. Confirmed that promise with a ready success at Newcastle (20.3f, good to soft) last week and while he needs to prove that he can also mix it over fences/this trip, he's effectively 8 lb 'well-in' off the same mark. 1st Pick 2 Wasthatok Jockey: Joe Williamson Trainer: Philip Kirby J: Joe Williamson T: Philip Kirby	72	-	-	-	46%	6/5
Analysis Back on track when second in a Wetherby handicap hurdle on penultimate start. Confirmed that promise with a ready success at Newcastle (20.3f, good to soft) last week and while he needs to prove that he can also mix it over fences/this trip, he's effectively 8 lb 'well-in' off the same mark.
5	Gained breakthrough win over C&D in January and hasn't done a great deal wrong in 4 subsequent starts, pulling clear of the rest when chasing home a progressive, race-fit rival on return at Sedgefield (26.3f, soft) last week. Cheekpieces refitted and he has to enter calculations off the same mark. 2nd Pick 5 Emotional Roller (Ire) Jockey: Peter Kavanagh Trainer: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith J: Peter Kavanagh T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith	100	-	-	-	29%	5/2
Analysis Gained breakthrough win over C&D in January and hasn't done a great deal wrong in 4 subsequent starts, pulling clear of the rest when chasing home a progressive, race-fit rival on return at Sedgefield (26.3f, soft) last week. Cheekpieces refitted and he has to enter calculations off the same mark.
4	Opened account under Rules at the tenth time of asking in a 22.7f Leicester handicap chase when last seen during the spring. Inevitably hit hard for that wide-margin victory (raised 11 lb), but he doesn't have many miles on the clock for a horse of his age, so he may well have more to offer. 3rd Pick 4 Dunworley (Ire) Jockey: Tom Broughton Trainer: Nick Kent J: Tom Broughton T: Nick Kent	99	-	-	-	15%	6/1
Analysis Opened account under Rules at the tenth time of asking in a 22.7f Leicester handicap chase when last seen during the spring. Inevitably hit hard for that wide-margin victory (raised 11 lb), but he doesn't have many miles on the clock for a horse of his age, so he may well have more to offer.

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