Carlisle
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Carlisle Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £7.10 Place: £2.70 £4.30 Exacta: £65.30 Tricast: £522.94 Trifecta: £274.30
Non-Runners: Coniston Clouds (self certificate, scoped wrong), Ritson (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Baghdad Central (IRE) 6 G AVG Nick Kent 138 lbs 5/1 Won Taken down early - midfield - headway 6th - led 7th - ridden approaching last - kept on well (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had performed well having settled better in the preliminaries on this occasion - which was noted)(op 6/1)
2nd 7 Balranald (FR) 8 G Poor Alison Hamilton 135 lbs 12/1 .5 Raced in second - lost second but prominent 4th - not fluent 6th - soon lost position - headway before 2 out - shaken up and went second again last - ridden and edged right run-in - kept on well(op 16/1)
3rd 6 Ashjan (GB) 11 G Poor Sandy Forster 142 lbs 9/1 2.25 Held up in rear - headway 7th - ridden approaching last - no extra final 110yds(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
4th 8 Dr Shirocco (IRE) 9 G Poor Sandy Forster 135 lbs 4/1 2 Held up in rear - headway 5th - raced in second 6th - not fluent 2 out - ridden approaching last - no extra run-in(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
5th 1 Houi Cherie (FR) 5 M AVG Venetia Williams 168 lbs 7/4F 5 Led - headed 7th - soon pushed along - lost position 8th - ridden and outpaced before 2 out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/8)
6th 4 Danny The Fence (IRE) 8 G Poor Karl Thornton 154 lbs 7/2 1.25 Midfield - dropped to rear 5th - headway before 2 out - ridden approaching last - weakened run-in(op 4/1 tchd 11/4)
7th 9 Elusive Red (IRE) 9 G Poor Barry Murtagh 135 lbs 80/1 9.5 Prominent - not fluent 2nd - went second 4th - lost second 6th - soon behind(tchd 100/1)