16:45 Carlisle

Thursday 25 October 2018

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

Travis Perkins Celotex Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 40.65s

Scottshill^p¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 104

4/1

Beaten in excess of 6L when finishing fifth of 14 to The Groovy Hoovy at Southwell (2m4f+, good) recently, which was his best effort for Jonjo O'Neill; chance.

Form: 290-605

Danceintothelight^t¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-11| J: Abbie McCain⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 103| D

5/1

Pace-setting veteran who has served his trainer Donald, and daughter Abbie incredibly well in recent years; handicap mark easing, just not quickly enough.

Form: 453346

One Night In Milan²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Finian O'Toole⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 102

5/1

Bought as a lightly raced type for £15,000 from Paul Nicholls in the spring; half-brother to the Gold Cup winner Native River; nearest at the finish when beaten in excess of 20L by Sonic at Sedgefield (2m4f novices) latest; handicap debut.

Form: 835-34

New List^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Cook| T: B Ellison| OR: 101

16/1

Seven-race rules maiden; no obvious improvement for wind surgery, and finished a tailed off seventh of eight at Bangor (2m7f, good) a fortnight ago; drop in trip should suit.

Form: 3/25P-57

Dubh Des Champs¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Dowson⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 91

22/1

Sold cheaply out of the Harry Fry yard in July 2017 (£1,500), and very few signs which would offer encouragement for this trainer so far; handicap debut.

Form: 0/4-P9

Super Charge^v1²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Joe Colliver| T: C W Fairhurst| OR: 88

25/1

66/1 when finishing in the ruck behind Iolani at Sedgefield (2m1f) recently; 4lb lower now with his future more likely over hurdles than fences (pulled up both starts); not shown enough for the application of a visor to tempt.

Form: 5/08-PP5

Painters Lad¹⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 87

50/1

Had plenty of time between his races, but has shown precious little promise so far, so incredibly difficult to build any form of constructive argument for; handicap debut.

Form: 85/P5-P

Slaney Craiglegacy^h¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: H Burns| OR: 84

6/1

Off the mark at the 17th attempt on quick ground at Kelso (2m2f) in September, beating Green Zone by 3L; various hurdle omissions possibly helped on that occasion, but disappointing since over 2m5f.

Form: 097419

Theatre Act^p,h1²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: B S Hughes| T: C Grant| OR: 82| C

5/2

Hit and miss performer; three-time hurdles winner (2m1f-2m5f); probably shaped a little better than the bare form at Hexham latest (2m4f), and the hood is now newly applied to cheekpieces.

Form: 28-4455

Clondaw Banker^p³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 71WS

22/1

Consistently disappointing since leaving Nicky Henderson for £20,000 in May 2017, with any faint hopes of a revival pinned solely upon recent wind surgery; thoroughly unappealing.

Form: P-5P740

Non-Runners

My Escapade⁸⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: S Waugh J: Amie Waugh

Love At Dawn¹⁹⁴

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: P D Niven J: Henry Brooke

Herecomesnelson¹⁶¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 9

T: K Scott J: Callum Bewley

Forecasts

Theatre Act (5/2), Scottshill (4/1), One Night In Milan (5/1), Danceintothelight (5/1), Slaney Craiglegacy (6/1), Love At Dawn (6/1), My Escapade (12/1), New List (16/1), Dubh Des Champs (22/1), Clondaw Banker (22/1), Super Charge (25/1), Herecomesnelson (33/1), Painters Lad (50/1)

The weaker of the two divisions on paper, and not the type of race in which you'd be forming an orderly queue to invest. However, there'll be a winner with the top-weight Scottshill on the shortlist for Jonjo O'Neill (operates a 17% strike-rate at this track since 1988). The three-time hurdle winner Theatre Act is another to consider in the newly applied hood, but a sporting and speculative selection is the Keith Dalgleish-trained ONE NIGHT IN MILAN, who could possibly make his presence felt on handicap debut.