Carlisle racecourse

The evening meeting was reasonably well attended with dry and sunny spells. The first two races were taken by Karl Burke who's horses seem to be flying. An other notable trainer is Tim Easterby who had an across the card four timer with Amadeus Grey and Rux Ruxx at Carlisle and Dew Pond and Gullane One at Thirsk. Additionally there needs to be a mention of jockey Phil Dennis, who undoubtedly is a hot jockey at the moment, anything he is riding must be considered as was shown yesterday with the win in the 6:30 race. It however was not a day for the favourites, only one won.

The first race saw the only favourite of the evening win. Prissy Missy was the leader for much of the way with the rest of the field chasing. However, due to the young age of many of the horses they either ran green or misbehaved like Good Night Mr Tom, Pearl Stream and Heavens Open. There was movement up the field by Wafrah, Ventura Flame and Classy Moon at two furlong marker but Prissy Missy kept her lead. At one furlong out Ventura Flame led for a short period of time before Classy Moon took over, they were still being closely followed by Good Night Mr Tom and Heavens Open. Prissy Missy soon weakened. Many of the field struggled to run straight especially within the closing stages. But Classy Moon went well clear and kept on gamely winning by 2 1/4 lengths, second Ventura Flame by 1/2 length and third Good Night Mr Tom by 3 1/2 lengths.

The 7:30 saw Harvey Dent take the lead early on, with Ramesses, Amadeus Grey and Beautiful Gesture chasing the leader. Harvey Dent was allowed to take control for the majority of the race only to be challenged in the final two furlongs when Reggae Runner, Archaeology and Ramesses were being driven along. Two furlongs out also saw Sesame struggling to keep on. With one furlong to go Amadeus Grey started to lead, but the rest of the horses gave chase. Despite this Amadeus Grey was extending his lead, who could not be beaten by the rallying Harvey Dent. The big hill seemed to cause problems for many including Reggae Runner, Archaeology and Ramesses who all weakened in the closing stages. Amadeus Grey went on to win by 1 length, Harvey Dent second by 1 3/4 lengths and third Reggae Runner by 1 3/4.

On another note, I have recently seen hate directed towards jockeys and trainers from keyboard warriors popping up on twitter. There are many expletive filled and generally nasty comments for example one trainer being told they should end up on a stretcher soon. I just don't understand why and how people think it's acceptable to type something they would never say to a trainers/jockeys face. Often luck has just been against them and if a mistake has been made they probably already know and don't need vile and threatening reminders. This clearly needs to change!

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