16:10 Carlisle

Thursday 25 October 2018

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1016:4517:20

Travis Perkins Celotex Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 38.85s

Oskar High²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: A E Lynch| T: N Lee| OR: 103

14/1

1-19 over hurdles, but in reasonable enough shape in Ireland; always handy and kept on when headed to finish just under 2L second of 14 at Wexford (2m4f, yielding) in September; first start this side of the Irish Sea.

Form: P8U208

Samtu^p,t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 102

20/1

His last win came on the Flat for Marjorie Fife at Southwell (1m6f) in January; sold for £6,500 in May, and ran his best race for this trainer when beaten 1¼L by Jack Lamb at Kelso (2m5f, good) latest.

Form: 0-65572

Scripturient^b,t¹²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: J Hodge| OR: 99

100/1

Formerly trained in Ireland by Gavin Cromwell (2m6f Stratford handicap chase winner); pulled up when returning from a lengthy absence on his sole start for this trainer at Hexham (2m4f) in June.

Form: 6816P-P

Glingerside^p¹⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 97

25/1

A reasonably talented novice for Nicky Richards in early 2017 (2m Ayr winner), but has laboured over the past 18 months or so falling to a career low mark; fared better in retained cheekpieces at Perth (2m4f) in May; not discounted.

Form: P4485-3

Premier Rose^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 91

16/1

Back to a more competitive handicap mark nowadays, just 1lb above her last winning mark (2m5f+ Newton Abbot; August 2017); weak the the finish over much further latest (3m2f).

Form: 13-U586

Zabeel Star⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Dale Irving⁽³⁾| T: Karen McLintock| OR: 89| C

8/15

Appeared to be thrown in off his current hurdles mark when a smooth 6L winner over 2m1f here last week (escapes a penalty); well-in with an 11lb rise imminent, but races on the inner track today and has stamina to prove.

Form: 267/1

Malangen¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-10| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 106

7/2

Bought of out a Leicester seller (1m2f) for £10,500 from Brian Meehan, this juvenile has acquitted himself well enough over hurdles so far; beaten just under 2L on handicap debut at Stratford (2m2f) 17 days ago; 2lb higher.

Form: 422

Urban Kode^v²⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 84

16/1

Perth regular (hasn't won since May 2016); edging back down the weights as a result; finished 6½L fourth of 13 (2m4f) to Green Zone in the Highlands latest; riders claim helpful.

Form: 424-644

Permission Granted¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin| OR: 82

17/2

Nine-race maiden; finished strongly when just 1L behind today's rival Samtu at Kelso (2m5f, good) latest; of some interest off a 1lb higher mark despite facing a slight drop back in trip; fairly treated on balance.

Form: 7978-63

Sendiym³⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: A Wilson| OR: 76

100/1

Handicapped to have a say based on his peak efforts, but this Sedgefield specialist appears to be massively on the decline nowadays; 66/1 when a never on terms tenth of 15 at Hexham (3m) in September.

Form: 450-770

Dudette^p1³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: A Nicol| T: A Crook| OR: 70

100/1

Nine-race maiden who couldn't be considered in any shape of form despite the application of first time cheekpieces; safely look elsewhere.

Form: P46-PU9

Non-Runners

Spin The Coin²³¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: B S Hughes

Manwell³⁰¹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: S England J: Jonathan England

Rory's Valentine¹⁸

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: K Scott J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Zabeel Star (8/15), Malangen (7/2), Spin The Coin (4/1), Manwell (8/1), Permission Granted (17/2), Oskar High (14/1), Premier Rose (16/1), Urban Kode (16/1), Samtu (20/1), Glingerside (25/1), Rory's Valentine (50/1), Sendiym (100/1), Scripturient (100/1), Dudette (100/1)

All that glitters isn't necessarily gold, and there are reasons to take on the very well treated recent course winner Zabeel Star. He fair bolted up for Dale Irving on the outer hurdles course last week, and without a penalty (due an 11lb rise) this race was always going to be an obvious target. However, this inner hurdles course is completely different, and although sharp in nature, the McLintock-trained runner still has an extra two furlongs to cover. Alternatives include the unexposed Spin The Coin, the reasonably treated Glingerside, and the Rose Dobbin-trained PERMISSION GRANTED who took a sizeable step forward at Kelso (form linked with Samtu).