held up in mid-division, stumbled and unseated rider 8th
held up towards rear, strunggling 11th, soon weakened, tailed and pulled up before 3 out
held up in mid-division, headway and in touch 5th, chased leader 11th, led 13th, headed approaching 3 out, no extra between last 2
held up towards rear, ridden and weakened 14th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
held up in rear, pushed along 13th, stayed on same pace from 2 out, not reach leaders
tracked leader, led 9th, headed 13th, ridden to lead again approaching 3 out, stayed on strongly
held up in rear, mistake 3rd, soon lost touch, tailed off and pulled up after 9th
held up in mid-division, striggling after 4 out, headway under pressure 2 out, stayed on stayed on well flat
tracked leaders, lost place 11th, soon pushed along weakened approaching 4 out
led, headed 9th, weakened quickly next, tailed off and pulled up before 13th
in touch, headway 10th, disp 2nd when blundered 11th, ridden next, weakened approaching 4 out
in touch, close 3rd when jumped awkwardly and unseated 10th
An excellent contest here for this feature race at Carlisle. Young Thruster is taken by TEAMtalk to continue the recent good form of trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies. The nine-year-old was at the top of his game without winning at the backend of last season and has some useful form under these conditions. Solway Rose was doing his best racing towards the end of last season including over this course and distance and has the ability to reward backers at decent odds. However last season he took a couple of races to come to hand and it could be the same this season. Fandango De Chassy combined both hurdling and chasing last season and fared well at both. He will need to improve on racecourse form to land this but he ran well for a long way last time out at Market Rasen and should give a good account of himself here. Impertio is a frustrating sort who seems to need a slowly run race to show his best. He has a new jockey aboard today so a watching brief is advised. Weaver George rarely runs a bad race and he ran up a sequence this time last season. Capable on any ground he should run well for his usual pilot Graham Lee. Hugo De Grez is a course and distance winner whose only really poor run came last season over an inadequate 20 furlongs. This trip will suit better and a good run is expected. Kerry Lads is another who needs a slow pace to show her best but is unlikely to get what she needs in this competitive field.
