Carlisle Races

The weather with lots of showers resulted in a disappointing turn out for the races yet, it was not a day for the favourites with only two winning. There was also a double for jockey Kevin Stott.

The 3:50 showed a horse to keep an eye on as it won with so much ease. Rock Hill was the leader, and Zizum was wide but close up next to Rickyroadboy although Final Go tracked leaders near the in touch Sir Derrick. The rest of the runners didn't have much in them, but two furlongs out Rickyroadboy and Wensley were ridden out. The lead at one furlong to go changed to Zizum briefly as Sir Derrick got hindered in his running. However Fard and Danehill Desert were making head way, Final Go was very keen and going to the final furlong managed to get the lead. This horse throughout the race was not under any pressure with jockey Sam James willing to just sit behind the leaders and went on to win without much trouble by 1 1/2 lengths to Danehill Desert who kept on with Fard in third by a short head.

The 4:55 had Motahassen leading the whole way, with Dwight D and Bahkit prominent and being tracked by Sioux Frontier and Mr Coco Bean. The whole field was close with not much between them. Yet Motahassen did not have his lead challenged but swapped to the standside rail with two furlongs to go, Dwight D, Mr Coco Bean and Snookered were being ridden strongly to keep in touch,  most of the field closing around the leading few. With one furlong to go Motahassen was now being ridden along and driven again, Dwight D was challenging and battling for the lead. Snookered and Mr Coco Bean were merely staying on and Bahkit and Sioux Frontier had no more to give. As the challenge from Dwight D became stronger, Motahassen just went clear and kept on well winning by 2 lengths to Dwight D, second by 3/4 of a length to third Snookered who finished 4 lengths clear of the rest of the field. This gave a well deserved winner to the trainer Declan Carroll who has been continuously knocking on the door with numerous seconds in the past couple of weeks.

Next blog update will be on Saturday's racing at Redcar.