Catterick 5:22 Result

Albegone is top-rated (OR60) and comes into this in career-best form, having won two of his last three starts with the form figures 651291 - clearly progressive and in-form right now. He races off top weight but that's a fair reflection of his current ability, and he's proven at this 5f trip with recent solid draw (2) allowing him to be positioned handily in a small 8-runner field. Adding cheekpieces suggests the yard are trying to sharpen him further for a fast-run sprint, and the booking of the trainer's son Thomas Easterby (conditional allowance) is a positive stable confidence angle. Jojo Rabbit (640492) is the obvious market rival with a similar recent scoring effort, but Albegone's rating and recent trajectory edge it - he's won more recently and looks to have more upside with the headgear change. The rest of the field are held on official ratings (55 and below) and look up against it on ability alone - Zuffolo has some in-and-out form, So Grateful is a confirmed frame-hitter but rarely wins, and the three/four-year-old fillies plus the two mares returning from long layoffs or well below current class look like makeweights in a race that should be dominated by the two in-form geldings at the head of the weights. Albegone gets the vote on man-and-horse form trajectory and the positive headgear angle, with Jojo Rabbit the main danger but arguably vulnerable to a fitter, sharper rival.