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Ann Whitehouse Memorial Veterans' Handicap

Catterick · Sat 30th May 2026 · 16:12

📏 5f212y 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (Watered) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £4,187 🐎 Flat

2nd

Mark's Choice

7/1

William Pyle

1st

Holbache

17/2

Tom Kiely-Marshall(3)

3rd

Ramon Di Loria

12/1

Aiden Brookes

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Class

Class 5

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Distance

5f212y

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Going

GOOD, Good to firm in places (Watered)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£4,187

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Mostly cloudy

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Type

Flat

📊 Betting Forecast

2/1 Good Earth, 9/4 Evocative Spark, 5/1 Wen Moon, 9/1 Quercus, 10/1 Mark's Choice, Ramon Di Loria, 16/1 Holbache

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Fortamour Form: 1-6002	10y 135 lbs	Ben Haslam	75	–
5	Good Earth Form: 186141	9y 135 lbs	Daniel Muscutt Michael Herrington	74	11/4
4	Evocative Spark Form: -91171	7y 132 lbs	Luke Morris John David Riches	71	11/8F
🥈 2nd	Mark's Choice Form: 911-06	10y 132 lbs	William Pyle Gemma Tutty	71	7/1
3	William Dewhirst Form: 2-7979	6y 132 lbs	Ben Haslam	72	–
4	Wen Moon Form: 651-03	6y 131 lbs	Andrew Mullen Ben Haslam	70	–
6	Quercus Form: 1210-5	9y 126 lbs	Conor Whiteley(7) Stephen Hanlon	65	8/1
🥇 1st	Holbache Form: 2103-7	8y 126 lbs	Tom Kiely-Marshall(3) Julie Camacho	65	17/2
🥉 3rd	Ramon Di Loria Form: 112356	8y 118 lbs	Aiden Brookes Ewan Whillans	57	12/1

Preference is for EVOCATIVE SPARK (nap) who loves it around here and may still be just ahead of the handicapper.

Racing Post Pick

Evocative Spark

Our Expert Tip

EVOCATIVE SPARK loves running at Catterick and can make it five course victories.
There are question marks surrounding several of his rivals and he looks a strong selection in race five.

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

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Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

Racecard ›

Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.