19:08 Cartmel

Saturday 24 May 2025

All16:0016:3017:0517:3818:0818:3819:08

North West Air Ambulance Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:09 | Winning time: 5m 28.31s

1^st

Defence Witness

611-5

6/4f

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Held up in rear, towards rear 3rd, hampered by faller 9th and left in 4th, pushed along after last, kept on, ridden and stayed on well 1f out on flat, led post op 15/8 tchd 5/4

2^nd

Beat The Edge

811-1

7/2

T: Micky HammondJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders, lost position and towards rear 7th, left in 3rd at 9th, waited with tracking front pair on long run-in, pushed along 1f out and led final 110 yards, kept on, headed post op 9/2 tchd 5/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Pilgrims King

911-7

7/1

T: M BowenJ: Shane Fenelon (5)

Handy on inner, hit 1st, lost position after 8th, kept on, hampered by faller and left in 2nd at 9th, hit 3 out and pushed along, disputed lead 2 out, led over 2f out on run-in, ridden over 1f out, headed final 110 yards, no extra tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

4^th

Azof Des Mottes

810-10

15/2

T: G BewleyJ: Jonathon Bewley

Towards rear, mistake 3rd and lost ground, in rear, hit 8th, not fluent 4 out, beaten after last op 6/1 tchd 8/1

5^th

Toombridge

910-6

5/1

T: I A DuncanJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Close up, badly hampered by faller 9th but left in lead, joined 2 out and pushed along, headed over 2f out on flat, weakened op 9/2

Also Ran

Whoshotthesheriff

1112-0

14/1

T: Lizzie QuinlanJ: Sean Quinlan

Led but pestered, stumbled and fell 9th op 10/1

Fearless Action

911-7

16/1

T: C GrantJ: Danny McMenamin

Mid-division, closed into 2nd before 9th, soon lost action and pulled up op 12/1

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Non-Runners

Wearelongterm³⁰

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: Mrs Dianne Sayer J: Henry Brooke

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.50Pl:£1.50, £1.90EX:£9.00Trifecta:£54.20Tricast:£27.22SF:£7.81Swingers:£1.80, £2.70, £3.10

Forecasts

Defence Witness (6/4), Beat The Edge (7/2), Toombridge (5/1), Pilgrims King (7/1), Azof Des Mottes (15/2), Wearelongterm (10/1), Whoshotthesheriff (14/1), Fearless Action (16/1)

Very hard to be bullish about any of these, with BEAT THE EDGE perhaps arriving in the most solid form despite his reluctant nature. Toombridge can race from his "proper" mark this time and isn't discounted after a good effort at Kelso last month, with Pilgrims King also considered having scored on his penultimate outing.

BEAT THE EDGE (IRE)
TOOMBRIDGE
PILGRIMS KING (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Village Master

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 5

J: James Bowen | T: W Greatrex

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £4,119.002nd: £1,895.003rd: £948.004th: £474.005th: £236.00