14:45 Cartmel

Saturday 27 May 2023

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Black & Amber Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 6m 30.4s

Archie Brown^p⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: H Hogarth| OR: 100

25/1

Won at Market Rasen in February 2021 and having been seen just twice since, shaped better than the bare result on his return from a long absence at Sedgefield, looking on a mark he can be competitive off before lack of fitness/stamina seemed to become an issue.

Form: 04P1P/4-

Ali Star Bert³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Quinlan| T: S A Harris| OR: 93

6/1

Landed a gamble on just his second start over fences at Uttoxeter and impressive when following up at Chepstow (26.2f, good to soft) in February. Took a step backwards in form terms at Stratford 5 weeks ago, though.

Form: P71123-

Lights Are Green¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley| OR: 90

11/4

Point winner who had shaped encouragingly prior to departing on chasing debut at Hexham and, with his confidence clearly unaffected, got off the mark under Rules back there a fortnight ago, stamina clearly very much his strength. More to come.

Form: 1533F-1

Big Gangsta³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Charlotte Jones⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 80

4/1

Irish point winner and fair form when runner-up at Sedgefield only start in bumpers. Little show over hurdles, but now goes handicap chasing up in trip for leading course trainer. Interesting.

Form: F1/2P5P-

So Ladylike^p,t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny McMenamin| T: C A McBratney| OR: 78

10/1

Multiple point winner. Poor maiden hurdler/chaser, well held in handicap chases at Downpatrick last 2 starts. Work to do.

Form: 78246-8

Allardyce^b¹⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-2| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: P Henderson| OR: 72

16/1

Losing run stretches back to early-2020 and little show of late (in touch when badly hampered and fell twelfth latest).

Form: 33PPP-F

Old Page⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: A Sadik| OR: 69

14/1

Successful between the flags last spring but little form under Rules.

Form: 7443P5-

O'Grady's Boy^p²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 10-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 69

5/1

Modest maiden hurdler/chaser at best, travelled well at Uttoxeter 3 weeks ago but faded from 3 out. Hard to fancy.

Form: 7PPP4-7

Passing Secrets^p,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: R T Dunne| T: T R Gretton| OR: 69

7/1

Runner-up 4 times over fences in 2021/22 and despite a quiet spell has been leaving the impression he has a small race in him, again hinting at a revival back over fences (5 lb out of the handicap) at Fontwell.

Form: PP875-4

Non-Runners

Ballynagran²¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: Miss J E Foster J: Henry Brooke

Quiet Flow¹²

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: S England J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Lights Are Green (11/4), Ballynagran (3/1), Big Gangsta (4/1), O'Grady's Boy (5/1), Ali Star Bert (6/1), Quiet Flow (13/2), Passing Secrets (7/1), So Ladylike (10/1), Old Page (14/1), Allardyce (16/1), Archie Brown (25/1)

LIGHTS ARE GREEN can do even better after his Hexham success and he's fancied to follow up. Big Gangsta is interesting now going chasing for Cartmel's top yard and improvement could be forthcoming. Ballynagran made all at Hexham 3 weeks ago and isn't out of it if backing that up.