17:25 Carlisle

Wednesday 23 August 2017

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Betfair Amateur Riders' Handicap (Novice Amateur Riders)

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 1m 18.76s

(8)

Racquet¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss Emily Bullock| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 67| D

9/2

The drop to 0-60 grade finally produced a win at Ayr over 6f and the inconsistent of his profile was highlighted last time when he sprang back to form after a poor run. He's been pushed up another 3lb for his last win and that makes life tough here.

Form: 606151

(7)

Epeius¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr B James| T: B Haslam| OR: 65| D

7/2

Not seen on turf that much of late with connections preferring to keep him to the AW where he's shaped well enough since winning off 3lb lower in March. Could be given a chance on some of his form although he might just be better on the AW.

Form: 3-15933

(1)

Picks Pinta²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Abbie McCain| T: J Riches| OR: 63| D

15/2

Consistent and no more really and certainly not in the same form as when winning at Hamilton in an amateur rider's race last year about this time off a 2lb lower mark. Not without a chance here but others would have more to offer.

Form: 573328

(9)

Dark Confidant⁸^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Ella McCain| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 57| C

5/1

Has won in this sphere already this year both times under today's pilot and bounced back to form last time out and looked well suited by front-running tactics. Carries a penalty here but not ruled out of this if grabbing an easy lead.

Form: 431771

(3)

Goninodaethat⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Ms R Hill| T: J S Goldie| OR: 58| D

16/1

Strange to see him away from his beloved Ayr and outside of Scotland and he's never won anywhere else than Ayr so that gives him an awkward task straight away. A rather enigmatic sort it's hard to be conclusive about his chance here.

Form: 642694

(4)

Dodgy Bob^v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Lewis Stones| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 57| D

4/1

Hardly a winning machine and it's starting to get a long time since his last win and despite the first-time visor sparking him up last time he still managed to grab defeat from the jaws of victory. Hard to be confident about his chance given his profile.

Form: 245062

(5)

Our Place In Loule¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Miss K L Adams| T: N Wilson| OR: 55| C

13/2

Plenty of chances in the past and looked to have blown his best chance when disqualified from first place on his penultimate start at Musselburgh. Gained much deserved compensation over C&D under his rider last time out and should be in the mix again.

Form: 4763D1

(6)

Arcanista^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Mr M S Harris⁽³⁾| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 50

20/1

24 runs without a win hardly make her the strongest betting proposition and she was well below form on her first run for this yard last time and holds only a slim chance of breaking her maiden here.

Form: 290487

Non-Runners

(2)

Caeser The Gaeser¹³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: N Tinkler J: Billy Garritty

Forecasts

Epeius (7/2), Dodgy Bob (4/1), Racquet (9/2), Dark Confidant (5/1), Our Place In Loule (13/2), Picks Pinta (15/2), Goninodaethat (16/1), Caeser The Gaeser (16/1), Arcanista (20/1)

Quite a few of these have the talent to get beaten when looking as though they are going to win and it may well be that the straightforward DARK CONFIDANT ridden by up and coming Ella McCain will be able to strike again. Our Place In Loule can’t be left out of this but there are question marks about him as there are with Dodgy Bob both being questionable in a finish at times. Racquet should run his race although his task is a stiff one off this mark with most of the others having a lot to prove.