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16:00 Cartmel

Saturday 26 August 2023

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3617:0617:36

Fitzdares Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 16.13s

1^st

Young Merlin

710-13

9/2

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Held up in mid-division, pushed along after 3 out, ridden next, went fourth after last, soon every chance, kept on well to lead towards finish tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1

2^nd

Very Excellent

710-4

40/1

T: M E SowersbyJ: Aaron Anderson (5)

Raced in mid-division, went second after 2 out, ridden to lead rounding home turn, kept on well but headed towards finish op 28/1 tchd 50/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Well Educated

710-10

15/2

T: G BewleyJ: Jonathon Bewley

Prominent, joined leader 3 out, led next, ridden along after last, headed rounding home turn, ran on op 7/1 tchd 17/2

4^th

nse

Call Me Rocky

610-12

17/2

T: M F HarrisJ: Bradley Harris (5)

Held up in rear of mid-division, pushed along after 2 out, ridden along and kept on after last, not pace to challenge op 8/1 tchd 15/2

5^th

7 ½

Gavin

510-5

9/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Never better than mid-division op 15/2 tchd 7/1

6^th

5 ½

Glorious Zoff

612-0

5/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Liam Harrison

Held up off the pace in rear, some headway into mid-division after 2 out, ridden along rounding home turn, no extra after last tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

7^th

4 ¼

Vocal Duke

710-11

8/1

T: James MoffattJ: Danny McMenamin

Tracked leaders, ridden along after 2 out, faded after last op 15/2

8^th

Calevade

710-6

7/2f

T: B HaslamJ: R P McLernon

Prominent, pushed along before 3 out, lost position before next, weakened op 9/2

9^th

For Pleasure

811-2

8/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Led, joined 3 out, headed next, soon weakened op 17/2 tchd 9/1

10^th

Calum Gilhooley

910-8

40/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Joshua Thompson (7)

Mid-division, dropped to rear and ridden along headed out onto final circuit, detached when not fluent 2 out, tailed off op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.10, £8.10, £2.20EX:£168.40Trifecta:£388.80Tricast:£1,312.67SF:£141.08Swingers:£41.20, £7.20, £58.10

Forecasts

Calevade (7/2), Young Merlin (9/2), Glorious Zoff (5/1), Well Educated (15/2), Vocal Duke (8/1), For Pleasure (8/1), Call Me Rocky (17/2), Gavin (9/1), Very Excellent (40/1), Calum Gilhooley (40/1)

YOUNG MERLIN looks on a feasible opening handicap mark in this sphere, particularly with further progress likely, and can stretch his unbeaten hurdle record to 3. Glorious Zoff and Calevade, who has done very well here this summer, head the dangers.