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16:25 Carlisle

Border Esk 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 110y
  • Going: Soft (Soft in places)
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 27.30s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Ballystone (IRE)

11/10

    2
    Silk -

    Tipsy Mouse (IRE)

    16/1

      1
      Silk - Emerald green, white stripe, white sleeves, emerald green armlets, emerald green and white quartered cap

      Castle Richard (IRE)

      26
      6/4
      • Form U-6512
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-10

      held up in touch, dropped rear 7th, mistake next and soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out

      2
      Silk - Purple, Red epaulets, Pink sleeves, Red cap

      Ballystone (IRE)

      68
      11/10
      • Form P2U21U
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-3

      tracked leaders, headway 4 out, led next, ridden out

      4
      Silk - White, Emerald Green Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves, check cap

      Capricorn

      10
      9/2
      • Form 40-52
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-3

      held up, effort 4 out, outpaced next

      5
      Silk - White, Red Cross of Lorraine and star on cap

      Lord Lupin (IRE)

      11
      25/1
      • Form 0-0P404
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-3

      held up, mistake 7th, effort when mistake 4 out, soon outpaced

      6
      Silk - Emerald Green and White (quartered), Black sleeves, White cap

      Place Above (IRE)

      11
      50/1
      • Form P251F-0
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-3

      tracked leader, disputed lead from 6th to 7th, ridden and weakened after 4 out

      7
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap

      Tipsy Mouse (IRE)

      10
      16/1
      • Form 1-P004
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-3

      made most to 3 out, soon ridden, one paced approaching last

      3
      NR

      Blood Sub (IRE)

      11
      • Form 25
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-3

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      On bare form figures, this looks to be a match between Castle Richard and Ballystone. With Tony Dobbin riding plenty of winners in the North, we'll trust his judgement and go with the latter. The fortunes of Lenny Lungo's stable have brightened significantly over the last couple of weeks and Ballystone is equally effective over fences and hurdles. Castle Richard has done nothing wrong and is open to improvement. He battled well to defy Silver Knight at Sedgefield but that penalty for the victory could be his undoing here. Blood Sub has been well supported on his two starts and any support in him would be interesting as Liam Cooper reported that the gelding had a breathing problem when posting a below-par run at Exeter last time out. The remainder have yet to win a race between them and will need to improve dramatically in order to take a hand in the finish.