Cartmel
14:55
Johnny & Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle
Cartmel Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 Distance: 2m6f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £11 Place: £2.90 £1.90 £2.40 Exacta: £60 Tricast: £407.89 Trifecta: £351.90
Non-Runners: Ascension Day (unsuitable ground), Sky Luna (unsuitable ground), Supreme Yeats (unsuitable ground), Topkapi Star (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Evenwood Sonofagun (IRE) 6 G Poor Lizzie Quinlan 163 lbs 10/1 Won Midfield - headway before 3 out - going best when led last - ridden and kept on well final furlong(op 13/2)
2nd 10 Star Vantage (IRE) 7 G Poor Rebecca Menzies 154 lbs 9/2 3.75 Held up in rear - headway when not fluent 2 out - pressed leader last - weakened from over 1f out - no chance with winner when went second towards finish(op 3/1)
3rd 7 Secret Secret (IRE) 8 G AVG James Moffatt 161 lbs 17/2 .5 Took keen hold - prominent - bad mistake and lost ground 4 out - soon dropped to rear - rallied after last - no chance with winner but kept on well and went third towards finish(op 7/1)
4th 12 Lady Mendoza (IRE) 8 M Poor Rebecca Menzies 158 lbs 9/1 .75 Led but pestered - joined 5th - headed before 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - soon lost ground - rallied approaching last - kept on well inside final furlong(op 14/1)
5th 2 The Navigator (GB) 10 G AVG Dianne Sayer 168 lbs 10/1 0.3 Took keen hold - midfield - some headway after 3 out - weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 9/1)
6th 14 Kajaki (IRE) 12 G AVG Nicky Richards 156 lbs 11/2 .5 Pressed leader - joined leader 5th - led before 4 out - headed last - raced in second when weakened quickly inside final furlong - soon lost four positions(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
7th 6 Vanilla Dancer (GB) 6 M Poor Chris Grant 157 lbs 14/1 10 In touch with leaders - outpaced after 3 out - weakened after last(op 11/1 tchd 16/1)
8th 11 Military Tycoon (IRE) 5 G AVG Neil Mulholland 159 lbs 5/2F 47 In touch with leaders - outpaced after 3 out - struggling from 2 out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the sharp nature of the track; vet had nothing to report)(op 7/2)
9th 4 Balally Park (IRE) 6 G Poor Rebecca Menzies 165 lbs 14/1 0.3 Midfield - not fluent 4th - headway before 7th - prominent before 3 out - lost ground approaching last - went right then weakened after last(op 10/1)
99th 9 Pateen (IRE) 13 G AVG Jessica Bedi 152 lbs 22/1 - Midfield - lost ground before 5th - towards rear before 4 out - soon struggling - pulled up before 3 out(op 20/1 tchd 28/1)