17:40 Cartmel

Sunday 29 June 2025

All14:1014:4015:1515:5016:3017:0517:40

Bob Champion Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 4m 32.19s

1^st

Pittsburg

911-0

17/2

T: R PotterJ: Thomas Bellamy

Chased leaders, left in 2nd 4 out, hit last, led 2f out, ridden 1f out, stayed on dourly op 15/2 tchd 7/1

2^nd

Lermoos Legend

1011-9

9/5f

T: M BowenJ: Shane Fenelon (5)

Mid-division, closed up after 8th, left in 3rd 4 out, pressed front pair final fence, went 2nd 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on, no telling impression on winner op 2/1 tchd 7/4 and tchd 9/4

3^rd

8 ½

Greenways

610-4

11/4

T: R PotterJ: Benjamin Macey (7)

In rear, left in 5th 4 out, plugged on, never threatened front duo run-in op 3/1

4^th

Fostered Phil

1111-10

25/1

T: W Young JnrJ: Danny McMenamin

Mid-division, hampered by faller 4 out, pushed along after last, plugged on to take modest 4th final furlong op 28/1

5^th

2 ¼

Blue Reed

612-0

9/1

T: C CollinsJ: Jordan Gainford

Mid-division, left in 4th 4 out, weakened 2 out op 17/2 tchd 12/1

6^th

3 ¾

Sword Of Fate

1210-7

40/1

T: L KerrJ: P W Wadge

Led 1st, pushed along and headed 2f out flat, soon weakened op 25/1

7^th

Ensel Du Perche

1110-8

20/1

T: Mrs Stella BarclayJ: Craig Nichol

Led, headed 1st, handy, badly hampered by faller 4 out, in rear and not recover op 16/1

8^th

Jolyjump

611-10

22/1

T: R M SmithJ: Nathan Moscrop

Towards rear, hit 4th, lost touch 2 out op 18/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Greenrock Abbey

911-2

9/2

T: James OwenJ: Brendan Powell

Chased leaders, mistake and blundered 8th, fell next tchd 4/1

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Non-Runners

Champ De Gane²¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: W Coltherd J: Sean Quinlan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£2.40, £1.20, £1.30EX:£33.80Trifecta:£100.60Tricast:£54.71SF:£24.53Swingers:£4.10, £5.50, £1.30

Forecasts

Lermoos Legend (9/5), Greenways (11/4), Greenrock Abbey (9/2), Pittsburg (17/2), Blue Reed (9/1), Champ De Gane (10/1), Ensel Du Perche (20/1), Jolyjump (22/1), Fostered Phil (25/1), Sword Of Fate (40/1)

GREENROCK ABBEY needs to shrug off a lesser hurdles effort here on Friday, yet he'd been resurgent over fences previously and could well be worth chancing to quickly bounce back returned to larger obstacles. Pittsburg, Lermoos Legend and Jolyjump head up the dangers.

GREENROCK ABBEY (IRE)
PITTSBURG (IRE)
LERMOOS LEGEND

Previous Winners

2024

Dr Sanderson

Weight: 10-13 |Age: 10

J: R P McLernon | T: B Haslam

6/5

Prize Money

1st: £4,707.002nd: £2,164.003rd: £1,082.004th: £541.005th: £271.006th: £135.007th: £68.008th: £34.00