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rossom

‎4.50 Catterick

Kathlatino 20/1

Going to take a chance on Micky Hammond's 4 year old maiden who has been plummeting down the weights on the back of a series of poor runs. She made an impressive debut at 100/1 after breaking free and sprinting for ages before being caught before building on that promise when finishing an unlucky neck 2nd to Law To Himself who ironically broke free before winning that contest. Kathlatino put another few moderately decent efforts in maidens before going completely off the boil when switched to handicaps last July. Initially assigned a mark of 69, her mark has dramatically fallen owing to her truly awful displays over trips varying from 9f to 12f. However, she caught my eye LTO when she travelled very well for large portions of the race and was never asked for maximum effort as she finished under a hands and heels ride to finish 7.25L behind the winner back in 6th off a mark of 52 over 12f at Thirsk. It was definitely a step back in the right direction and hopefully a turning point in her career.

The form of her last flat race is pretty good also. The 2nd Jeu De Vivre won impressively off the same mark on her next start and the 3rd Gems finished a length 2nd off the same mark as well. Furthermore, the 8th Aegean Destiny won by 2.25L on his subsequent start off a 2lb lower mark and the 9th Miss Ferney won in very impressive fashion by 3L off a 3lb lower mark also. It certainly demonstrates that on her last run and runs as a 3 year old that Kathlatino certainly isn't a hopeless case. Tomorrow she races off a lowly mark of 50 and drops back into a Class 6 race after competing in a Class 5 event. She's had a recent spin over hurdles so she should be spot on fitness wise. The trip and ground conditions should be ideal and I found it interesting that she was heavily backed on September 7th when I had backed her before she was pulled. Not big stakes but definitely worth a play in my opinion

That was the write up I did for Kathlatino's last run. Was 50s for most of the day and does the business at an SP of 33/1 today. I knew she was running but couldn't fancy her in a million years but hopefully that hasn't ruined her handicap mark!

MoscowFlyer

Ouch, that sucks Rossom.

You any fancies for this evening?

rossom

MoscowFlyer wrote: »

Ouch, that sucks Rossom.

You any fancies for this evening?

Still couldn't have put her knowing the result so its not too bad.

Not a jot for tonight. Awful racing today

rossom

When bad goes to worse

MoscowFlyer

Won at 66/1 :eek: