Bridget Andrews, winner of the National
Ladies Point to Point Championship in 2013/14, is an interesting
booking for Donald McCain’s 6-year-old Nefyn Point in the
opening RacingUK.com Lady Amateur Riders’ Handicap Hurdle (2.00)
at Catterick on Tuesday. The Overbury gelding escapes a penalty for
his half length defeat of Honourable Gent in a conditional jockeys’
event at Wetherby last week and, although his stamina for an extra
three furlongs needs to be taken on trust, he’s hard to oppose.
A line through Amtired, who finished
fourth at Wetherby, suggests Nefyn Point is closely handicapped with
Deny, but Henry Hogarth’s charge weakened in the closing stages
when last of eight, beaten 60 lengths, behind Politbureau at
Newcastle last month and is probably best watched for the time being.
In truth, Nefyn Point is probably the
more progressive of the pair in any case. He didn’t show much on
his first four starts, in the spring and summer of 2013, but wasn’t
seen again in public again until Boxing Day. He was entitled to need
his reappearance run, his first for 18 months, but has won both
subsequent starts and may still be open to significant improvement.
He probably doesn’t want too much rain, but otherwise appeals as
something of a ‘good thing’ at around 2/1 in the early price
lists.
Selection: Catterick 2.00 Nefyn
Point to win
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