14th Oct 2011 | Horse Racing
Catterick Dash Tip: Verinco
The perfect horse for this downhill dash. Loves to front run and has fared well in better company.
Drawn in stall 1 on the inside rail, Verinco has the plum draw in the 2.55 at Catterick. An out and out speedball, there are very few horses than can lead him. In the Portland, nothing could get close to him until he ran out of steam in the final 150 yards.
They key to this horse is judging the pace. When you get it right, he can be very good, as he showed when winning a Carlisle handicap by five lengths. His jockey that day was Justin Newman; he retains the ride and needs to repeat those tactics.
Catterick has one of the sharpest five-furlong tracks in the country. Even on soft ground stamina shouldn’t come into play, with prominent runners always fairing well at this course. Verinco could slip the field and win at 8/1 (Ladbrokes) without ever seeing a rival.
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Back Verinco with Ladbrokes as they are best price and offer Best Odds Guaranteed. If the starting price (SP) is bigger than the current price, you get paid at the bigger SP.
*Several non-runners after the tip was posted meant deductions of 10p in the pound were applied to the settled bet. We have reflected this in our calculations.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 15:34 14th Oct, 2011 but subject to change