15:20 Cartmel

Sunday 1 July 2018

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Cumbria Grand Hotel At Grange Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 6m 26.8s

Adam du Breteau^v1¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-3| J: Alain Cawley| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 115| D

12/1

Record last year was very uneven and although his mark is falling (10lb below last winning one) he's not really showing a sign of taking advantage. Made mistakes last twice; now tried in a first-time visor but remains perilous proposition.

Form: 7665-0P

Camillas Wish³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 110| CD

9/2

Seen to good effect over C&D twice those wins coming at the end of a purple patch that she put together last year. A return here (hurdles) last time appeared to have got her back on track and she should be able to build on that off this mark.

Form: 150P4-2

Running Wolf^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 110

8/1

Not the most reliable he did at least win a couple of handicaps over fences last year but was hit hard by the handicapper for his Leicester win in an uncompetitive heat. Flattered by his proximity to the winner last time this mark makes life hard.

Form: 1421U-2

Our Reward^v1²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J M Quinlan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 110

5/1

Showed some useful form over hurdles (won two novice hurdles) he's yet to match that form over fences despite a lower and reducing mark. Makes hard work of things and having been tried in blinkers a visor is now reached for to help him travel better.

Form: 2/32-P29

Kilfinichen Bay^p,t²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: R Johnson| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 109| BF| C| D

4/1

Went hunter chasing last year (one-time useful handicap chaser) but made little impact. Well backed when returning to his current yard to try open handicaps again at Worcester off a much reduced mark but ran no sort of race at all (pulled-up).

Form: 4444-9P

Mercers Court¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Bryony Frost⁽³⁾| T: N B King| OR: 108

4/1

On a long losing run but has run the odd race with some sparkle although hardly doing enough to convince that he's going to put an end to his winless sequence. His mark has tumbled though and he'll cash in at some point.

Form: 77-6243

Sam Noir^p,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 100

4/1

Had his chasing career quickly put on hold and returned to hurdling with mixed results (still only has one earlier win to his name in that sphere). Well fancied on both his recent chase starts (one over C&D) he still looks unconvincing over fences.

Form: 5F37-U6

L'Es Fremantle^p⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Chapman| OR: 75

100/1

Gained his first place in 47 career starts last time at Market Rasen seemingly excelling himself from 15lb out of the handicap. Only 9lb out of the handicap here but hard to think that last run didn't have the element of a fluke about it.

Form: 555-4U3

Non-Runners

Strong Resemblance²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: James Moffatt J: Henry Brooke

Forecasts

Kilfinichen Bay (4/1), Mercers Court (4/1), Sam Noir (4/1), Camillas Wish (9/2), Our Reward (5/1), Running Wolf (8/1), Adam du Breteau (12/1), Strong Resemblance (14/1), L'Es Fremantle (100/1)

Hard to be convinced by many in this field with plenty having the capacity to disappoint but CAMILLAS WISH back over fences has more going for her than most having run well of late here over hurdles and having two C&D wins to her name. Both Mercers Court and Kilfinichen Bay are operating off marks they really ought to be able to win off and the support for the latter of that duo last time suggested that there was some of his old ability still there. Our Reward looks a hard ride but again should be capable of winning off this rating if the first-time visor works while Running Wolf despite a harsh mark has more going for him than most.