17:12 Carlisle

Saturday 19 April 2025

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Ladies Night 5th July Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 4m 47.87s

See A Stride⁶¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: S Corbett| OR: 107

8/1

Ex-Gordon Elliott mare who has performed respectably in a couple of Musselburgh handicap hurdles prior to finishing runner-up to a less exposed type in a C&D maiden last month. Has a bit to find on return to a handicap.

Form: 7P-4472

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Sonning¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 107

40/1

Fairly useful handicap hurdler at best but was out of sorts on final starts for previous connections and fared little better on Flat debut for this yard at Pontefract 11 days ago. Questions to answer back over hurdles.

Form: 3151/85

George Darling²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Andrews⁽³⁾| T: T Ellis| OR: 101

11/8

Confirmed glimpses of promise shown in maidens when off the mark on handicap debut at Market Rasen (20.6f) last month, winning with a bit in hand. Could be more improvement to come.

Form: 5-56661

Jumping Jupiter^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 100| BF

7/2

Opened his account at Hexham in May but below form in the autumn. Confirmed himself in good heart when shaping encouragingly (after 5 months off) when fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (16.9f) 19 days ago, staying on well. Back up in trip and makes appeal off his latest winning mark.

Form: P-21604

Big Storm Brewing¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Reed| T: T Davidson| OR: 96

16/1

Brought along steadily in novice company but given a stiff opening mark and made little impact on handicap debut at Newcastle (20.3f) 2 weeks ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 896686

Socks Off^p¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Joshua Thompson⁽⁷⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 96

11/2

Fair hurdler/chaser who ran his best race for current connections when third in a hunter chase at Carlisle (20.9f). Followed that up later last month with a respectable third back over hurdles at Newcastle (16.9f). Longer trip may be in his favour. Not ruled out now 2 lb below his last winning mark.

Form: 623P33

Coral Blue^p,t²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: P W Wadge| T: D Bourke| OR: 93| D

18/1

Winless for over 2 years but shaped better when finding only one too good at Musselburgh (19.8f, good to soft) on penultimate outing. Didn't see out his race having set a sound pace over a stiff track last time. No surprise to see him bounce back in first-time cheekpieces

Form: P-40426

Rickety Gate³²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-7| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards| OR: 89| C

6/1

Ran creditably down in class when fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Wetherby (24.1f, good) last month and now finds himself back down to his last successful mark. Remains to be seen whether he can capitalise on it back up in grade.

Form: 818464

Non-Runners

City Derby¹¹

Weight: 12-1| Age: 9

T: Lizzie Quinlan J: Sean Quinlan

Rioja Alta³⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: Micky Hammond J: B S Hughes

Forecasts

George Darling (11/8), Jumping Jupiter (7/2), Rioja Alta (4/1), Socks Off (11/2), Rickety Gate (6/1), See A Stride (8/1), City Derby (10/1), Big Storm Brewing (16/1), Coral Blue (18/1), Sonning (40/1)

JUMPING JUPITER caught the eye doing some good late work on reappearance 19 days ago and makes plenty of appeal stepped up in trip off his last winning mark. Successful on handicap debut, there may well be further progress to come from the lightly-raced George Darling, while Rioja Alta arrives in good heart and should not be underestimated.