12:20 Carlisle

Monday 9 November 2026

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Racing TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:21 | Winning time: 4m 25.39s

Blue Sweeper^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

12/1

€100,000 purchase as a 3-y-o who is a half-brother to useful hurdle winner/smart chaser Jacob's Ladder (2m-2½m winner) and fair staying chaser Daring Plan. Wears a tongue tie on debut. Would need considering if the betting vibes are strong.

Form:

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Cape Warrior¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Alice Stevens⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond

150/1

Runner-up in all 3 bumpers. Shaped as if in need of the experience when fifth of 6 on Kelso hurdle debut (2m, good to soft) 16 days ago. May do better.

Form: 22-25

Dilrisk¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Power⁽⁵⁾| T: N G Richards

100/1

Showed promise in 2 bumpers in the spring but well held on first attempt over hurdles here 18 days ago and Poets Whisper looks the stable first string.

Form: 43-0

Karate Kid^t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonathan England| T: S England

100/1

Irish bumper winner in December 2024 but offered little in a bumper and maiden hurdle for Warren Greatrex last season and also well held on Sedgefield stable debut 3 weeks ago. Tongue tie back on. Probably more one for handicaps after this.

Form: 21/06-7

Magical Major²⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Quinlan| T: W Coltherd

40/1

£60,000 recruit from the Irish pointing field. Worth a second look in the betting.

Form: 2-

Master Jack²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: A Wilson

250/1

Modest form in 2 bumpers last winter and well held switched to hurdles in recent months. Outsider.

Form: 67-98

Minutes To Spare^t1²⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Cobden| T: D McCain JnrWS

12/1

Probably more one for the longer term judged on his opening eighth of 12 in 2m Ayr maiden hurdle (soft) in March. Has a tongue tie added on return (has had breathing operation).

Form: 8-

Moorhead⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford

125/1

Runner-up on sole start in points. Third in a Hexham bumper in the spring but more one for handicaps based on his 2 efforts over hurdles this autumn.

Form: 23-89

Mymatemac¹⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: M Todhunter

250/1

6/1 when unseating in an Irish point in May. Best watched here unless the betting speaks in his favour.

Form: U

Old Colony¹⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

8/1

£65,000 purchase after finishing third in an Irish point in April. One to note in the betting.

Form: 3-

Poets Whisper²²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards

13/8

Poet's Word who overcame inexperience to land short odds in a Kelso bumper (2m, good to soft) in April. Good prospect.

Form: 1-

Teeshan⁹⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Tristan Durrell| T: D Skelton| D

6/5

Easy winner of an Irish point and followed up in equally impressive style in an Exeter bumper in February 2024. The Champion Bumper at Cheltenham proved too much a month later and hasn't been seen since. Has left Paul Nicholls and it'll be very interesting to see what the betting makes of him.

Form: 110/

Tyson Fury²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Erin Dunseath⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 112

9/1

Useful at best on the Flat, returning to winning ways in claimer at Dundalk (10.5f) last month (final start for Denis Hogan). 0-8 over hurdles but he has reached the frame in maidens on his last 5 starts and is likely to be on the premises again.

Form: 2-22324

Eroico¹⁰⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Ryan Mania| T: M Todhunter

100/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Not an obvious one to make a winning start over hurdles.

Form:

Non-Runners

Jackson Court⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: N W Alexander J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Teeshan (6/5), Poets Whisper (13/8), Old Colony (8/1), Tyson Fury (9/1), Blue Sweeper (12/1), Minutes To Spare (12/1), Jackson Court (20/1), Magical Major (40/1), Eroico (100/1), Karate Kid (100/1), Dilrisk (100/1), Moorhead (125/1), Cape Warrior (150/1), Master Jack (250/1), Mymatemac (250/1)

POETS WHISPER picked up in striking fashion once the penny dropped to win a Kelso bumper in the spring and is taken to follow up now hurdling. Noel Kelly's new recruit Tyson Fury has placed several times in similar races already this season and should figure again. Teeshan hasn't been seen since finishing down the field in the Champion Bumper at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival but would still very much enter the reckoning should the betting vibes be strong on this return for Dan Skelton.