OUT IN THE STICKS

Jeremy Grayson with his latest selection of eyecatchers from the byways of British racing

CATTERICK, 6 March (Soft)
3m1f54yds Novices’ Hunters’ Chase (class 5)
Regardless of the presence of a Philip Hobbs/David Maxwell hotpot in the line-up, the 6-1 about PATH TO FREEDOM was not ungenerous, considering efforts such as a fair second to Hazel Hill at Leicester last year and an entirely on-merit defeat of Aintree Foxhunters third Greensalt at Duncombe Park on his most recent start. The leader everywhere barring the final heartbreaking half stride he...