20:00 Carlisle

Tuesday 9 August 2022

All17:1017:4018:1518:5019:2520:0020:35

Cockermouth Maiden Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 27.58s

(6)

Western Melody¹²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Garritty| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 55

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 17 on 6f Thirsk handicap debut in April. Given break since and did show promise on AW prior to that.

Form: 4820

(1)

Bastille^p⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 60

5/4

Back to form when third of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (7f, 7/1) 6 days ago. Good shout here if showing up in similar form.

Form: 898683

(4)

Bearcardi^b²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J L Eyre| OR: 57

13/2

Modest maiden. Placed twice over 7f in the spring but hard to be confident after below-par runs at Redcar on his last 2 outings.

Form: 0-93390

(8)

Hardy⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Oliver Stammers⁽³⁾| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 51

6/1

25/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (1m, good to firm) 46 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 220948

(9)

Hollis Brown⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 54

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, second of 7 in handicap at Ayr (7f, good) 5 days ago. Claims if he can build on that for a stable among the winners.

Form: 60-302

(2)

Mister Charlie¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: S England| OR: 52

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in novice at Thirsk (1m, good to soft, 125/1) 10 days ago. Potential improver in handicaps. All the more interesting if backed.

Form: 556

(7)

Broadhaven^t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 45

40/1

13-race maiden who has yet to threaten in 4 starts for this yard, beaten 13 lengths when fifth of 7 in classified event at Ayr (1m, good, 25/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 87-8675

(3)

Albeseeingyer²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P J McDonald| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 49

13/2

Modest form. 16/1, very good fifth of 9 in handicap at Leicester (7f, good) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5565

Non-Runners

(5)

Jungley⁴

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: T D Easterby J: D Fentiman

Forecasts

Bastille (5/4), Hollis Brown (5/1), Hardy (6/1), Albeseeingyer (13/2), Bearcardi (13/2), Western Melody (12/1), Jungley (20/1), Mister Charlie (40/1), Broadhaven (40/1)

If BASTILLE is in the same form as when third at Newcastle then he might be the answer to this first division of the maiden handicap. Linda Perratt has her team in good form and Hollis Brown's lightly-raced profile gives him the potential to build on last week's Ayr second so he's feared most ahead of Mister Charlie, who is a possible improver now moving into handicap company.