Racecards
14:45 Carlisle
Sportingoptions.Co.Uk Max 3% Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (Class F)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 04302
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Whillans
- Jockey P Robson
chased leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching last
- Form 022
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs S J Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
close up, ridden and led after 3 out, hit next, headed last, hard ridden and ran on to lead towards finish
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey F King
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden and one pace
- Form 00
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey D Verco
in touch, headway approaching 3 out, weakened next
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer L Lungo
- Jockey G Berridge
held up, mid-division, effort approaching 3 out, soon no impression
- Form 5345
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey A Dempsey
chased leaders, ridden 3 out, kept on same pace final 2
Parsifal
18- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey G Lee
in touch, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 3
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey P J Brennan
held up, pushed along 5th, some headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened
Safe Shot
18- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs J McGregor
- Jockey Jim Crowley
mid-division and behind at 6th
Scotmail Park
107- Form P
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey R Garritty
led to 4th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 30
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer F Murtagh
- Jockey B P Harding
held up, hit 5th, headway next, soon weakened
- Form P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J Wainwright
- Jockey D N Russell
held up, mid-division, weakened and behind at 5th, tailed off when pulled up 3 out
Bodfari Rose
87- Form 33
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
prominent, led 4th, ridden and headed after 3 out, led and blundered last, no extra towards finish
- Form P40440
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J Hetherton
- Jockey Reserve
prominent, ridden 5th, weakened from 3 out
- Form 05
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey K Renwick
held up, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, kept on and no impression from next
Verdict
Some lightly raced and potentially useful hurdlers on show but Bushido sets a fair standard and is taken to open his account over timber. Sue Smith's ex-Irish performer made a promising British debut in November when a close second in a claiming event at Catterick before occupying the same position behind the smart Far Pavilions in better company on a return visit to the Yorkshire track there following month. The son of Brief Truce has not been seen out since but should be fit enough to do himself justice and a reproduction of his latest start will suffice at this level. Montessori Mio has some useful form to his name including a placed effort in a Listed Juvenile contest at Wetherby in November but his stable has been going through a lean spell and he is perhaps best watched on his return from an absence of over three months. Astafort ran well last time in an amateurs handicap but his overall form leaves him with plenty to find so Rust En Vrede, who ran well on his hurdling debut at Musselburgh last month, looks a bigger danger.