Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Carlisle - Sun 18th Mar 2012
14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00

14:30 Pirelli International Rally 21st Anniversary Novices' Hurdle2m 1f
Weighed In - (Class 4), £4,000 added, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winner £2,599 2nd £763 3rd £382 4th £191
Going: Soft (good to soft in the home straight Surface: Turf
Carlisle Jockey Specials: Lucy Alexander to ride a Double 22/1. Bet now

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 4m 33.00s
Off time: 14:31:01

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Diamond D'amour (IRE)	11/10
2nd	Crescent Beach (IRE)	11/4
3rd	Formulation (IRE)	8/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1	3-43126	Diamond D'amour (IRE) 27	6	11-6	Jonathon Bewley (7)	G Bewley	116	11/10
2	4-6424	Crescent Beach (IRE) 22	5	11-0	A O'keeffe	Jennie Candlish	113	11/4
3	004	Formulation (IRE) 19	5	11-0	Lucy Alexander (5)	Ferdy Murphy		8/1
4	5	Mr Puck (IRE) 12	5	11-0	J Reveley	K G Reveley		12/1
5	45098	Oscar Stanley (IRE) 12	5	11-0	K Renwick	Mrs R Dobbin		66/1
6	7	Tc Spitfire (IRE) 33	5	11-0	J M Maguire	D McCain Jnr		33/1
7		Winged Cavallo (IRE)	7	11-0	Henry Brooke (3)	B Mactaggart		100/1
8		Blewit (IRE) 100	4	10-7	Charlie Huxley (3)	W Kinsey		14/1
9	7	Illustration (IRE) 116	4	10-7	Brian Harding	F P Murtagh		25/1
10	05	Mojolika 7	4	10-7	R McGrath	T D Easterby		20/1

Verdict

DIAMOND D'AMOUR has the best form on offer and can defy a penalty for December's victory over C&D reunited with winning partner Jonathon Bewley. He makes more appeal than Crescent Beach, who was well beaten in Grade 2 company last time but had finished runner-up at Bangor before that. Formulation and Mojolika were of a similar ability on the Flat but neither have shown any form over hurdles as yet. Mr Puck never got into it when fifth on his debut in a bumper at Newcastle but he's one to note hurdling for the first time.

Formwatch

Diamond D'amour (IRE) 4-6fav (11-12) Led, pushed along and headed before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 34l behind Nowurhurlin (11-3) at Carlisle 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-120 (4) hvy in Feb.

Crescent Beach (IRE) 40-1 (11-2) Raced keenly, led, headed soon after 3 out, soon ridden and weakened rapidly, tailed off, 4th of 6, 36l behind Grumeti (11-0) at Kempton 2m nov hdl G2 (1) gd in Feb.

Formulation (IRE) 28-1 (10-10) Behind, hit 6th, headway to modest 5th after 3 out, hit 2 out, went 4th before last, 4th of 15, 32l behind Star In Flight (11-10) at Catterick 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Feb.

Mr Puck (IRE) 3-1 (11-4) In rear, pushed along over 4f out, never dangerous, 5th of 11, 12l behind One For Hocky (10-10) at Newcastle 2m mdn nhf (6) gs.

Oscar Stanley (IRE) 40-1 (11-1) Behind, mistake 1st, slow 2nd, weakened after 4 out, 8th of 10, 34l behind Talkin Thomas (10-8) at Newcastle 2m nov hdl (4) gs.

Tc Spitfire (IRE) 15-2 (11-3) Tracked leader, reminders over 6f out, soon lost place, 7th of 9, 41l behind Dante's Frolic (9-7) at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) sft in Feb.

Winged Cavallo (IRE) Winged Love gelding out of Cavalry.

Blewit (IRE) 3-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along in 4th entering straight, no impression under pressure in 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Master Melody (8-9) at Dundalk 1m 3f 3yo hcp 47-75 pol in Dec (flat).

Illustration (IRE) 33-1 (10-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along 3rd, not fluent 4th, ridden after 4 out, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 11, 43l behind School For Scandal (10-12) at Wetherby 2m 3yo mdn hdl (5) gs in Nov.

Mojolika 20-1 (10-7) Pulled hard, tracked leading trio, not fluent 6th, weakened and mistake next, 5th of 7, 30l behind Victor Leudorum (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) gd.