14:15 Carlisle

Thursday 13 July 2023

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Lake District Handicap

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 2m 29.44s

(6)

Pretty Bouquet^p1⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: B A Curtis| T: J Candlish| OR: 70| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Last of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Pontefract (12f, good) 48 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time with more needed.

Form: 4145-78

(1)

Loom Large¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 68

33/1

First run since leaving Andrew Oliver when last of 14 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (soft) 15 days ago. Needs a big step forward.

Form: 80107-0

(7)

Three Platoon^p,t¹⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Mark Winn⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 66

28/1

5/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f). Off 6 months. Down in trip with work to do.

Form: 404008-

(8)

Glittering Choice^t,v²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: H Palmer| OR: 63| C

14/1

Course winner. Last of 7 in handicap at this C&D (soft, 13/2) 24 days ago. Not taken lightly if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 76-2447

(2)

Kehlani⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 72

13/2

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Brighton in May. Very good third of 6 in handicap (9/2) at Ffos Las (10f, good) 9 days ago. Ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 6-133

(9)

Robusto¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 69

6/4

2 wins from 3 runs this year. 2/1, career best when cosily winning 8-runner handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 12 days ago. Has more to offer so rates a big player despite a 6 lb rise.

Form: 006-131

(3)

Explorers Way^b1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 57

10/1

18/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 12 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 440889

(4)

Whatacracker¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 65

10/3

4/1, bit below form third of 7 in handicap at Newmarket (12f, good) 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 60-8523

(5)

Iolani¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-12| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 52| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 11/1, good third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Cartmel (17.2f, good) 13 days ago. Not discounted back in this sphere.

Form: 2338-56

Forecasts

Robusto (6/4), Whatacracker (10/3), Kehlani (13/2), Iolani (7/1), Explorers Way (10/1), Glittering Choice (14/1), Pretty Bouquet (14/1), Three Platoon (28/1), Loom Large (33/1)

A few of these arrive with question marks against them so ROBUSTO looks the way to go on the back of his cosy Lingfield success. Ffos Las third Kehlani appeals as the one to give Sir Mark Prescott's improver most to do ahead of C&D winner Iolani.