16:01 Cartmel

Sunday 2 July 2023

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Derian House Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 6m 19.42s

Our Sam^t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 106| D

13/2

Opened his account in 25f Carlisle handicap in February and was back on track when fourth over C&D last month. Others look better treated, however.

Form: 97219-4

Native Fighter²²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: Charlotte Jones⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 105| CD

11/1

Dual course winner who had a quiet 2022 but is worthy of a market check returning from 7 months off on a reduced mark.

Form: 073554-

Kingston Kid^p,t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: R P McLernon| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 105

16/1

Fair hurdler who ran respectably at Tipperary 45 days ago. Hasn't won for a while but may well have been primed for a big run here.

Form: 6039-27

Shantou Sunset^p,t⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Danny McMenamin| T: James Moffatt| OR: 103

15/2

Won at Stratford in April and followed it up with a solid showing at the same course the following month. Has since left Tim Vaughan and never been the most reliable.

Form: P7681-3

Colonel Manderson^p,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Henry Brooke| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 96

22/1

Fair 3m hurdles winner for Dan Skelton but good deal to prove judged on his exploits to date for present yard, acknowledging his latest fifth at Perth was a small step in the right direction. Cheekpieces are refitted.

Form: P5P-U05

Dillarchie^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Craig Nichol| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 93

10/1

Displayed a good attitude when opening her hurdles account back from a break at Wetherby (3m, soft) in April but hasn't fired in two runs at Hexham since.

Form: 2551-P5

Wee Jerry^t²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 91

66/1

Hard to catch right and big step forward needed to open his account.

Form: 67-6P50

Social Distancing^p²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Gearoid Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 90

100/1

Maiden pointer has gone with no recent encouragement under Rules. Hard to fancy with cheekpieces on for 1st time. Engaged 4.47 here Friday.

Form: PP-7000

Baby Sham²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: B S Hughes| T: J W Mullins| OR: 86

6/1

Cashed in on a career-low mark in 9-runner handicap at Fakenham in May before proving surprisingly well suited by the longer trip to land a 5-runner event at Fontwell (25.8f, good) 16 days ago. Engaged here 4.47 Friday.

Form: 8-15213

Light Heidi^b1,t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: N C Kelly| OR: 85

28/1

Poor handicap hurdler who failed to feature at Downpatrick last time. On a reasonable mark and blinkered for the first time now.

Form: 537P-68

Classic Lady^p,t⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 78

5/2

Lightly-raced mare who has improved markedly of late, completing a Hexham double in ready fashion from the front a week ago. Should take all the beating again.

Form: 78P-311

Strike Of Lighting^t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley| OR: 80| C

4/1

Ridden by a good-value 7 lb conditional when belatedly off the mark over 22f here a month ago. Should run his race again.

Form: PP48-51

Non-Runners

Nikgarde¹⁵

Weight: 11-8| Age: 8

T: J Ewart J: Non Runner

Balkotic⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: Micky Hammond J: Joshua Thompson

Forecasts

Classic Lady (5/2), Strike Of Lighting (4/1), Baby Sham (6/1), Our Sam (13/2), Shantou Sunset (15/2), Nikgarde (10/1), Dillarchie (10/1), Native Fighter (11/1), Kingston Kid (16/1), Balkotic (16/1), Colonel Manderson (22/1), Light Heidi (28/1), Wee Jerry (66/1), Social Distancing (100/1)

CLASSIC LADY is firmly on the up and much of her opposition are well exposed, so she's a confident choice to land the hat-trick. Baby Sham is also going the right way and could be involved if taking part (entered here on Friday), while Strike of Lightning can't be dismissed having opened his account here last time.