17:55 Carlisle

Wednesday 21 August 2019

All14:0514:3515:1015:4516:2516:5517:2517:55

AJA Novice Flat Amateur Riders' Handicap (Novice Amateur Riders)

Off time: 17:55 | Winning time: 2m 33.88s

1^st

(2)

Hugoigo

510-8

20/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Shannon Watts

Chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well

2^nd

(5)

Frightened Rabbit

710-2

17/2

T: Mrs Dianne SayerJ: Miss Amy Collier

Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, no extra tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1

3^rd

(1)

Gravity Wave

511-10

6/1

T: J L FlintJ: Miss Imogen Mathias

Towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong op 7/1 tchd 15/2

4^th

1 ¾

(10)

Grandscape

411-6

20/1

T: E A L DunlopJ: Miss Sophie Smith

Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, one pace tchd 18/1

5^th

(3)

Bollin Ted

511-7

20/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Miss J Gillam

Prominent, ridden over 1f out, no extra op 18/1

6^th

1 ½

(9)

Knightly Spirit

411-6

40/1

T: I JardineJ: Mr Eireann Cagney (3)

Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

7^th

(8)

Excalibur

610-2

33/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Aidan Macdonald

Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

8^th

3 ¾

(12)

Majeste

511-7

8/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: Mr Matthew Ennis

Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened op 9/1

9^th

(11)

Lucky Icon

510-2

11/10f

T: P A KirbyJ: Mr Henry Newcombe (3)

Prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 11/8 tchd 10/11

10^th

(6)

Can Can Sixty Two

411-2

33/1

T: R M SmithJ: Paige Hopper (3)

Chased leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong

11^th

(4)

Iolani

711-2

11/2

T: Mrs Dianne SayerJ: Miss R Sharpe (3)

Dwelt, always behind op 5/1 tchd 6/1

12^th

(7)

Bold Statement

410-10

100/1

T: A BerryJ: Mr Thomas Greenwood

Led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out tchd 80/1

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£22.60Pl:£4.40, £2.10, £2.50EX:£140.20Trifecta:£1,643.60Tricast:£1,168.37SF:£174.47Swingers:£5.70, £20.60, £4.30

Forecasts

Lucky Icon (11/10), Iolani (11/2), Gravity Wave (6/1), Majeste (8/1), Frightened Rabbit (17/2), Hugoigo (20/1), Grandscape (20/1), Bollin Ted (20/1), Excalibur (33/1), Can Can Sixty Two (33/1), Knightly Spirit (40/1), Bold Statement (100/1)

Given his two recent hurdles wins which saw LUCKY ICON bounce back to form for the Thomas Mullins yard it’s no surprise to see new connections revert to the Flat off what looks a very lenient mark given those exploits in the other code. There’s no guarantee that he’ll be in the same form however and the same could be said about the other well weighted hurdler in the field Frightened Rabbit who was no great shakes on the Flat before his winning hurdling exploits. Gravity Wave proved himself in a similar scenario last time and should go well again under the same rider while Iolani isn’t out of this having shaped nicely over C&D last time despite the removal of his headgear.