Catterick races

The glorious weather and family fun day resulted in the day being a scorcher with plenty of fun for the whole family and some good racing. The day also involved doubles for the trainers Mark Johnson and Tim Easterby.

In the second race On The High Tops was in the lead, closely followed by  Glyder, Compton River and Cuppacoco. This was much the same until one furlong out when Kinloch Pride and Imperial Legend made headway but little progress was made by Compton River, Trulove and Glyder started to struggle. In the final furlong Kinloch Pride made his way to the front and was not going to be stopped by the distance closing Imperial Legend and the one paced Compton River or Trulove. First was Kinloch Pride by 1 1/4 lengths, second Imperial Legend by a head to third Compton River. This was hopefully the end to Kinloch Pride's jockeys Phil Dennis' cold patch as he has had over 20 rides without a win.

The 3:10 Stormin Tom was in the front from the beginning, tracked by Be Perfect and Casima. The back marker by a long way was Ingleby Hollow, this was due to Stormin Tom stretching the field. With two furlongs to go Sea Youmzain, Ingleby Hollow and Panko were all pushed along, but with one furlong to go Panko gave chase and Ingleby Hollow was moving forward in the field too. The lead switched to Sea Youmzain from Stormin Tom. From there on Sea Youmzain stayed on well much like Ingleby Hollow, Stormin Tom, then there was the one paced and weakening Panko, Casima and Be Perfect. Sea Youmzain went clear and won by 3/4 of a length, second was Stormin Tom by 1/2 length to third Ingleby Hollow.