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15:05 Cartmel

Saturday 22 July 2017

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

totepool Cumbria Crystal Cup Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 39.15s

1^st

Altruism

711-12

11/1

T: James MoffattJ: Charlotte Jones (10)

Made all, clear from last, kept on strongly run-in tchd 10/1 and tchd 12/1

2^nd

Gran Maestro

810-7

12/1

T: P WinksJ: Ryan Winks (5)

Tracked winner, ridden before last, kept on and no impression op 14/1

3^rd

Nautical Nitwit

811-11

16/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson (5)

Soon tracked leaders, in 4th and well held before last, soon left 3rd, one pace tchd 14/1

4^th

1 ¾

Doubly Clever

511-6

8/1

T: M BlakeJ: M G Nolan

Held up in touch, in 5th and never dangerous before last, left 4th and one pace from last op 7/1

5^th

Royal Village

511-5

3/1f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, pushed along and outpaced 3 out, headway before 2 out, in 6th and ridden when weakening before last op 7/2

6^th

Idder

610-6

10/1

T: James MoffattJ: Henry Brooke

In rear, headway before and mistake 2 out, weakened before last op 13/2

Also Ran

Boruma

711-3

4/1

T: James MoffattJ: B S Hughes

Prominent, ridden before last, disputing 2nd and looking held by winner when fell last op 7/2

Petrou

711-3

9/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews (3)

Held up mid-division, headway 4 out, weakened and pulled up before 2 out op 11/2

Cleni Wells

611-0

7/1

T: M HillJ: Charlie Deutsch (3)

Always towards rear, weakened from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 15/2

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Non-Runners

Mr Boss Man¹⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 9

T: N Slevin J: Rachael Blackmore

Allbarnone⁵⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 9

T: W Kinsey J: G Sheehan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.50Pl:£2.40, £3.70, £3.90EX:£166.60Trifecta:£1,538.50Tricast:£2,107.59SF:£131.40Swingers:£38.10, £22.50, £38.10

Forecasts

Royal Village (3/1), Boruma (4/1), Petrou (9/2), Cleni Wells (7/1), Doubly Clever (8/1), Idder (10/1), Altruism (11/1), Gran Maestro (12/1), Nautical Nitwit (16/1), Mr Boss Man (25/1), Allbarnone (25/1)

A strong line up as one would expect for the centre-piece of the entire season at Cartmel. The £27,000 Cumbria Crystal Cup is the most valuable race run at the Lakes venue, and features no shortage of recent winners with Doubly Clever, ROYAL VILLAGE and Boruma seeking respective hat-tricks, whilst the thriving Petrou remains unbeaten for Dan Skelton and switches back to hurdles seeking a five-timer. Finding the winner is a challenge, and although it requires a career best effort from a mark of 127 on handicap debut, the Philip Hobbs trained, Richard Johnson ridden Royal Village might be the answer. He is improving with hurdling experience and he thrived when upped in trip at Worcester recently so gets the nod in an open contest.