19:45 Carlisle

Monday 6 August 2018

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Smarkets Handicap (Pro-Am Lady Riders)

Off time: 19:48 | Winning time: 1m 38.42s

(4)

Le Chat D'Or^b,t¹⁰⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Miss C A Dods⁽⁵⁾| T: M Dods| OR: 86| D

50/1

Evergreen gelding who won at Ayr in July last year and is now 3lb higher despite failing to add to that tally in three starts since. Ran fair race only outing this term at Pontefract in April but hasn't been seen since.

Form: 06102-5

(1)

Silvery Moon²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-7| J: Mrs Emily Roberts| T: T D Easterby| OR: 83| CD

12/1

Veteran who is ideally suited by this stiff mile and won the Carlisle Bell over C&D back in 2013. Would prefer easier ground and hasn't been seen since April but a decent display cannot be ruled out.

Form: 7714-00

(8)

Duck Egg Blue²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Paula Muir| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 79| D

7/1

Made winning seasonal return at Hamilton and was raised 9lb for that. Beaten favourite when runner-up there penultimate start but still looks a shade high in the weights.

Form: 30-1828

(13)

Royal Shaheen^v⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Hayley Turner| T: A C Whillans| OR: 73| D

4/1

Ex-German gelding who came good at Ayr last week winning with something in hand and looks set go well again carrying his 6lb penalty and with the top lady jockey on board.

Form: 646631

(12)

Storm Ahead^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Rachel Richardson| T: T D Easterby| OR: 77| D

6/1

4lb lower than two fair efforts in June and didn't look at home on AW last time out. Handicapped to be competitive and certainly worth a market check.

Form: 793340

(9)

Jacob Black^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Ms Lisa O'Neill| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 75| BF| CD

4/1

Two wins over C&D back in 2014 and has been in good form this term winning three of last five. Again ran well when runner-up at Mussleburgh 7f latest and despite 3lb rise remains competitive given current form.

Form: 412112

(10)

Dasheen^p⁶^{(ex 6)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Gemma Tutty| T: K Tutty| OR: 69

8/1

Stayed on bravely to win at Beverley last time out by just a short-head and carries his 6lb penalty. That makes life tougher but is undoubtedly in good form at present.

Form: 005851

(6)

Amood⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Miss C Walton| T: S G West| OR: 67| CD

8/1

Got up close home to win over C&D off 3lb lower mark four weeks ago but didn't back that up when running poorly at Newmarket last time out. Return here won't do any harm.

Form: 047015

(5)

Redarna⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Nicola Currie| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 59

5/1

Consistent sort whose last two successes have come 12 months apart in the same race at Ayr over seven furlongs. Tends to run well enough here and gets weight from all his rivals.

Form: 3333-91

Non-Runners

(11)

Jay Kay⁴⁴

Weight: 10-3| Age: 9

T: K R Burke J: Rhona Pindar

(7)

My Amigo²

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: Mrs Marjorie Fife J: Miss Becky Smith

(2)

Intense Style¹³

Weight: 9-13| Age: 6

T: J L Eyre J: Jane Elliott

(3)

Weld Al Emarat¹³⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: M & D Easterby J: Joanna Mason

Forecasts

Royal Shaheen (4/1), Jacob Black (4/1), Redarna (5/1), Storm Ahead (6/1), Duck Egg Blue (7/1), Amood (8/1), Dasheen (8/1), My Amigo (8/1), Weld Al Emarat (8/1), Silvery Moon (12/1), Jay Kay (20/1), Intense Style (20/1), Le Chat D'Or (50/1)

Quite a few worth considering here but its is Hayley Turner's mount ROYAL SHAHEEN who is fancied to follow up his recent comfortable success at Ayr. Dasheen also won last time and is respected, and along with My Amigo, Jacob Black and Storm Ahead is expected to be inolved at the business end of proceedings. Old Silvery Moon can't be ruled out either, and any market interest in Weld Al Emarat would prompt a second glance.