GBCarlisle Races

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Carlisle
14:48
Racing Blogger Handicap Chase
Carlisle Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £16 Place: £4.50 £1.50 £2.70 Exacta: £98 Tricast: £335.22 Trifecta: £679.50
Non-Runners: Whispering Dancer (self certificate, abscess)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m½f 2m7½f 3m 3m1½f 3m2½f
1st
In touch with leaders - went third 4 out - going easily 2 out - switched right approaching last - ridden to lead run-in - kept on well (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparemt improvement in form - that gelding appreciated the slower ground - officially described as soft - heavy in places - and a return to Carlisle where gelding had previously won)(op 20/1 tchd 12/1)
10 G AVG
Lucinda Hughes 161 lbs 14/1 Won
3m2f
3m6f 3m½f 3m 3m 3m
2nd
Prominent - pressed leader 2 out - kept on run-in - no extra inside final 110yds(op 11/2)
8 G AVG
Tim Easterby 158 lbs 4/1F 2
3m2f 2m7½f
2m3½f 2m4f 2m4½f 3m 2m7½f
3rd
Held up in rear - bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 4th - some headway 4 out - still plenty to do 3 out - stayed on approaching last - went third inside final 110yds - not reach leaders(op 11/2 tchd 9/2)
6 G Poor
Sandy Thomson 146 lbs 5/1 4.5
3m
2m4f 3m½f 3m½f 3m5½f 3m
4th
Led - faced challenge 2 out - headed and weakened run-in(op 22/1 tchd 28/1)
11 G AVG
Philip Kirby 165 lbs 25/1 1.75
3m
3m½f 3m 3m 3m 3m
5th
Midfield - ridden 12th - headway 14th - jumped left and bumped rival 4 out - slow jump 2 out - weakened last(op 22/1 tchd 16/1 and 25/1)
9 G Poor
Jake Thomas Coulson 145 lbs 20/1 0.2
3m
3m½f 3m½f 3m 3m 3m
6th
Prominent - lost position 14th - weakened 2 out(op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and 9/1)
10 G Poor
Jane Walton 142 lbs 17/2 4
2m7½f 2m7½f
3m2f 3m½f 3m 3m 3m
7th
Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - ridden 12th - kept on from 2 out - no telling impression (jockey said mare never travelled)(op 4/1)
6 M Poor
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 158 lbs 6/1 13
3m
3m1f 3m½f 3m 4m 3m
8th
Midfield - headway 14th - bumped 4 out - weakened 2 out(op 16/1)
9 G Poor
Gary Rutherford 149 lbs 12/1 7.5
-
3m2f 3m 3m 3m 3m
99th
Midfield - headway 9th - weakened quickly 13th - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 7/1)
10 G AVG
Ewan Whillans 142 lbs 10/1 -
-
3m2f 3m1f 3m 2m7½f 2m4f
99th
In touch with leaders - bad mistake 2nd - lost ground quickly before 11th - tailed off when pulled up 15th(op 33/1)
10 M Poor
Donald Whillans 146 lbs 40/1 -
3m
3m 2m5½f 3m 2m5f 3m
99th
Held up in rear - weakened 4 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding ran flat; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 7/1 tchd 8/1)
8 G Poor
George Bewley 149 lbs 6/1 -
3m
2m4½f 3m 3m½f 3m½f 2m4f
99th
Midfield - bad mistake and reminders 3rd - weakened 4 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
9 G Poor
Chris Grant 155 lbs 11/2 -
3m