16:35 Cartmel

Saturday 19 July 2025

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MB Digital Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 6m 30.85s

Ali Star Bert²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: S A Harris| OR: 100

11/1

Seemingly flattered when gaining latest success at Southwell in March, a race that fell apart with 2 of the first 3 in the betting failing to complete. Well held next 2 starts, but took to this track well when second of 8 to Judicial Review recently and may well feature with a repeat.

Form: 321-P42

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Bumpy Evans^h⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 93

11/10

Little show in 3 hurdles starts for Ben Lund, but won twice between the flags last spring and on a roll switched to fences for new yard, making it 3-4 in handicap chases with a tidy all-the-way success at Bangor (3m, good to firm) in May. Up 9 lb but he probably has more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 11211-1

Lights Are Green⁵⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonathon Bewley| T: G Bewley| OR: 90| CD

12/1

Narrow winner of a handicap chase over C&D last summer but it was a low-key 2024 otherwise. However, he shaped much better than the distance beaten suggested on return at Hexham in May and can have a line put through his latest effort over C&D, pulled up after bad mistake thirteenth.

Form: 1P56-6P

Mr Mcwhinny¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 86

8/1

Modest form at best over hurdles and has failed to complete in a couple of beginners chases. Upped in trip for handicap debut and this Irish raider could well prove a different proposition.

Form: 09-77UF

Jelski^p²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: Charlotte Jones| T: James Moffatt| OR: 86| CD

13/2

Back-to-back winner at this track in summer 2023 but it was a struggle for the most part of last year. However, step back in right direction off reduced mark when third over C&D on return in May but failed to build on that recently, finding less than looked likely. 1 of 2 for this yard.

Form: 5790-36

Judicial Review^b,t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: James Moffatt| OR: 84| CD

13/2

Winner here (21f) last summer on only his second outing over fences and having disappointed on his first couple of outings this season, bounced back to form after just 2 days off when winning 8-runner handicap chase over C&D (soft) recently, dictating. Obvious claims from 4 lb higher.

Form: 0/41-961

Euchan Falls^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R M Smith| OR: 73

10/1

Dual hurdles winner, but record stands at 0-14 in this sphere and, though runner-up 5 times over fences, he again looks vulnerable. Cheekpieces reapplied.

Form: 5208-27

Iturgeon Du Breuil^p³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 71

22/1

Still a maiden but produced best effort to date over fences reverting to more positive tactics when 3½ lengths third of 12 to Ballydangan in handicap chase at Hexham (24.2f, good to soft) 5 weeks ago. Again out of the handicap but dangerous if able to build on that.

Form: 0P5-433

Thatsy^b1,t¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Lizzie Quinlan| OR: 70

33/1

Twenty-nine runs since last win in 2019 and tailed off back over timber at Perth recently. Back chasing but it almost goes without saying he makes very limited appeal.

Form: 6643P-8

Non-Runners

Ballydangan¹⁶

Weight: 10-6| Age: 8

T: H Burns J: Peter Kavanagh

Forecasts

Bumpy Evans (11/10), Jelski (13/2), Judicial Review (13/2), Mr Mcwhinny (8/1), Euchan Falls (10/1), Ali Star Bert (11/1), Lights Are Green (12/1), Ballydangan (12/1), Iturgeon Du Breuil (22/1), Thatsy (33/1)

BUMPY EVANS hasn't looked back since attentions were turned to chasing for new connections and with further progress in the pipeline, Tim Vaugan's 7-y-o can record an impressive 4-timer returning from a short break. Ali Star Bert seemed suited by the idiosyncratic nature of this track when runner-up last month and he rates as the main threat, while recent C&D winner Judicial Review and Mr McWhinny can do battle for third.