Racecards
14:40 Cartmel
Jennings Bitter Maiden Hurdle (Class D)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f 110y
- Going: Soft
Alvaro (IRE)
14- Form 0R0/60-0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
tracked leaders, ridden and effort approaching 2 out, kept on same pace run in
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer G McKeever
- Jockey N Hannity
raced keen, held up in rear, ridden 3 out, soon beaten
- Form 640-6
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
tracked leader, mistake 3 out, soon ridden, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up before next
Ratified
2- Form 4305-05
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M Chapman
- Jockey W A Worthington
held up in touch, headway when mistake 3 out, led 2 out, soon ridden, headed close home, no extra
Warton Crag
53- Form 0-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D Moffatt
- Jockey D J Moffatt
raced keen, held up towards rear, tailed off halfway, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 00PP-00
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer K Hogg
- Jockey Jim Crowley
led, mistake 2 out, ridden and headed 2f out, hard ridden to lead close home, kept on
Romany Lass
36- Form 0-0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
held up, pushed along 3 out, effort approaching last, soon one-paced
In depth
Verdict
Ratified has become disappointing over fences but should not be inconvenienced by the testing conditions. A former winner on the level, he may make the most of this easy opportunity at the main expense of King Plato who failed to last home on his hurdling bow over two and a half miles and is capable of better. Alvaro is exposed as a poor hurdler and has shown his best form on a faster surface.