13:40 Carlisle

Thursday 29 August 2019

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David Allen Handicap (Gentleman Amateurs)

Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 1m 14.58s

(4)

Ninjago^v¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Simon Walker| T: P T Midgley| OR: 65| CD

11/8

Placed on both starts since winning over C&D on good-to-firm ground last month. Top amateur jockey in the saddle and is a leading contender off a mark 5lb higher than for that C&D success.

Form: 812123

(9)

Mr Greenlight¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr William Easterby⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 61| BF| D

4/1

Good 1L second in a 6f handicap at Thirsk (soft) on his penultimate start and finished a decent 4L fifth at Catterick (6f, soft) subsequently. Interesting with a useful amateur booked to ride.

Form: 541025

(8)

Naples Bay¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr E Cagney⁽⁷⁾| T: K Scott| OR: 52| D

12/1

Handicap mark is falling following some moderate efforts since joining this stable. Races off a mark 13lb lower than when winning at Ayr (7f, good) 13 months ago.

Form: 900760

(5)

Carlovian^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: M Haigh⁽⁷⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 52| D

10/3

Put a below par effort behind him when finishing fourth in a soft ground 6f handicap at Catterick recently. Worth a check in the market off a mark 2lb lower than for his victory at Nottingham (6f, heavy) in June.

Form: 179584

(1)

Prince of Time²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Alex Chadwick⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 48

5/1

Decent effort in finishing 2L fifth over 6f on the AW at Newcastle last time out. More needed as he bids for a first turf success.

Form: 892955

Non-Runners

(3)

Hard Solution²⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 3

T: D O'Meara J: Mr Matthew Ennis

(2)

Yorkshire Rover⁴⁵⁸

Weight: 10-6| Age: 5

T: A Berry J: Mr Matt Brown

(7)

Cosmic Chatter²³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 9

T: Mrs R Carr J: Alexander Fielding

(6)

Minty Jones¹⁰

Weight: 10-2| Age: 10

T: M Mullineaux J: Mr David Turner

Forecasts

Ninjago (11/8), Carlovian (10/3), Mr Greenlight (4/1), Prince of Time (5/1), Cosmic Chatter (5/1), Hard Solution (7/1), Naples Bay (12/1), Minty Jones (25/1), Yorkshire Rover (50/1)

COSMIC CHATTER returned to form with a solid effort at Catterick last time out and having won this contest 12 months ago he can get back in the winners enclosure by registering back-to-back successes in this competitive amateur riders event. Second place can go the way of top weight Ninjago who has been in good form in recent starts while third place can go to Mr Greenlight who ran well in an amateurs race on his penultimate start.