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Carlisle Course Guide
Racing has been staged on the current site of Carlisle Racecourse since 1904 and the track has the claim to fame of being the first in the UK to host pool betting when the Tote opened for business at the track in 1929.
A right-hand course with a stiff uphill finish, Carlisle stages racing both on the Flat and over jumps. The feature races on the Flat, the Cumberland Plate and the Carlisle Bell are both held at their June fixture. The Cumberland Plate, first staged in the 1842, is run over one mile and three and a half furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards whilst the one-mile Carlisle Bell dates back even further than the Plate to 1599 and the name of the race originates to the prize that was awarded to the winners.
Over jumps Carlisle has emerged as a popular course among trainers in the north and south and the track’s feature race, the Colin Parker Memorial Chase, run over two and a half miles in November, has been won by the likes of Many Clouds, Tidal Bay and Monet’s Garden in recent years.
Right handed, galloping. The pear-shaped course is just over a mile and a half in extent, with a stiff uphill finish of just over three furlongs. In races over seven furlongs and further, a prominent position on the home turn is often an advantage, with those racing up the centre of the home straight favoured. Although the turns are easy, it provides a stiff test of stamina, especially for two-year-olds. When the ground becomes testing, jockeys inevitably switch to the better ground on the stand side.
You don’t see much trouble in the last couple of furlongs of staying races at Carlisle and that’s due, in part, to the fact that the ground drops away dramatically from about a mile and three out. Having an injection of pace at that stage obviously means you sort the wheat from the chaff quite early on, so fields usually thin out before the closing stages. It’s different in sprints, with the horses often fanning out. Whatever the trip, though, Carlisle takes some getting. It’s a fair old climb up that finishing hill.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Right handed, undulating, most galloping. A notably stiff track on account of the home straight being uphill, though as a consequence many races are steadily run with riders keen to conserve their mount's energy. Fences are the easiest in the country. Almost invariably extremely testing ground in mid-winter.
Carlisle is a really lovely course, a good, galloping track that attracts an awful lot of nice horses from big stables, and Jonjo O’Neill, who used to train nearby, has always loved it. There are a couple of bogey obstacles, though, which can get your mount thinking about what it’s doing. The first in the home straight can test a horse, particularly a novice, because you run downhill to it after coming off a bend. The same is true about the first in the back straight and both those, while fair, demand respect.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 207y Brewin'upastorm (Good to Soft) 24 Oct 2019 3m 55.1s 2m 4f Count Meribel (Good) 04 Nov 2018 5m 0.3s 2m 4f 198y Amilliontimes (Good to Soft) 13 Oct 2016 5m 24.1s 3m 110y Firth Of The Clyde (Good to Soft) 20 Mar 2016 6m 13.5s 3m 2f 34y Looksnowtlikebrian (Good) 04 Nov 2018 6m 38.9s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 1f Maire Banrigh (Good) 25 Oct 2018 4m 0.4s 2m 3f 61y Imperial Aura (Good) 25 Oct 2018 4m 33s 2m 4f 8y Aspen Colorado (Good) 04 Nov 2018 4m 55.6s 3m 1f Total Assets (Good to Soft) 15 Apr 2017 6m 17.7s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f Alright Sunshine (Good) 04 Nov 2018 3m 20s 2m 1f Lieutenant Gruber (Good-Good to Firm in places on hurdle course) 05 May 2016 4m 4.3s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f El Hombre (Good to Firm) 13 Jul 2017 59.81s 5f 193y Dizzy G (Good to Firm) 12 Jul 2018 1m 11.7s 6f 195y Elusive Beauty (Good to Soft) 28 Jun 2017 1m 20.79s 7f 173y Waarif (Good to Firm) 27 Jun 2018 1m 35.84s 1m 1f Rock N Rolla (Good to Firm) 07 Jul 2018 1m 55.48s 1m 3f 39y Aasheq (Good to Firm) 27 Jun 2018 2m 20.46s 1m 6f 32y Trendsetter (Good to Firm) 17 Aug 2016 3m 5.12s 2m 1f 47y Becky The Thatcher (Good to Firm) 21 May 2018 3m 49.5s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N G Richards 20 5 £56,883 25% £7.75 W Coltherd 21 5 £36,779 23.81% £9.75 B Ellison 18 5 £38,338 27.78% £17.83 Mrs S J Smith 42 4 £31,579 9.52% -£20.75 Mrs R Dobbin 18 4 £29,274 22.22% -£4.50 N W Alexander 16 4 £40,184 25% £7.88 J Candlish 10 4 £24,303 40% £15.33 K C Bailey 5 4 £39,010 80% £4.56 Miss Lucinda V Russell 32 3 £17,610 9.38% -£13.50 N A Twiston-Davies 18 3 £27,616 16.67% £2.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N G Richards 34 10 £73,002 29.41% £35.16 Micky Hammond 41 6 £26,904 14.63% £12.28 D McCain Jnr 70 5 £20,405 7.14% -£51.97 J E Dixon 16 5 £32,166 31.25% £16.25 P A Kirby 34 4 £24,044 11.76% -£3.25 S R B Crawford 14 4 £37,001 28.57% £1.00 Jonjo O'Neill 18 4 £28,377 22.22% £39.00 D Skelton 15 4 £30,057 26.67% £7.16 J P L Ewart 15 4 £18,715 26.67% £7.07 N A Twiston-Davies 7 4 £18,196 57.14% £1.54 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L S R B Crawford 12 5 £12,020 41.67% £3.54 N G Richards 5 3 £7,797 60% £2.13 D McCain Jnr 10 2 £4,873 20% -£4.50 F O'Brien 3 2 £4,548 66.67% £3.25 K Dalgleish 9 1 £2,599 11.11% -£7.80 D W Whillans 6 1 £2,664 16.67% £2.00 Ben Pauling 6 1 £2,599 16.67% -£3.00 Olly Murphy 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £0.50 Jamie Snowden 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £0.25 Ruth Jefferson 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £5.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L T D Easterby 153 14 £95,842 9.15% -£71.29 K Dalgleish 102 13 £54,986 12.75% -£21.33 R A Fahey 98 12 £77,348 12.24% -£33.71 K R Burke 46 9 £52,012 19.57% -£0.10 R G Fell 46 8 £53,822 17.39% £3.50 M Johnston 42 8 £54,404 19.05% -£17.35 M Dods 72 7 £41,467 9.72% -£43.00 Mrs Dianne Sayer 38 7 £34,608 18.42% £14.63 N Tinkler 16 6 £33,186 37.5% £31.50 K A Ryan 38 5 £28,529 13.16% -£25.55 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 66 7 £62,808 10.61% -£18.68 Sean Quinlan 23 7 £69,520 30.43% £19.33 C O'Farrell 19 6 £38,858 31.58% £20.75 Danny Cook 38 5 £48,664 13.16% -£15.50 R D Day 13 5 £53,992 38.46% £16.00 Ross Chapman 33 4 £40,007 12.12% -£1.50 Harry Skelton 17 4 £27,032 23.53% -£1.75 Sam Coltherd 23 4 £30,281 17.39% £2.25 David Bass 5 4 £39,010 80% £4.56 Ryan Mania 15 3 £29,555 20% £9.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 80 16 £95,421 20% -£7.36 Sean Quinlan 46 5 £29,761 10.87% -£20.25 Mr J Dixon 16 5 £32,166 31.25% £16.25 Danny McMenamin 29 5 £23,070 17.24% £0.63 R Johnson 13 5 £39,665 38.46% £7.57 Harry Skelton 15 5 £34,606 33.33% £12.66 Sam Twiston-Davies 9 4 £18,196 44.44% -£0.46 Danny Cook 28 3 £31,561 10.71% -£14.30 Ross Chapman 32 3 £20,080 9.38% -£24.75 Jamie Hamilton 21 3 £13,647 14.29% £18.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 20 9 £22,416 45% £2.73 P J Brennan 4 2 £4,548 50% £2.25 R D Day 4 2 £5,198 50% £0.75 Adrian Heskin 4 2 £5,198 50% £3.50 Sean Quinlan 12 1 £2,599 8.33% -£5.50 R Johnson 5 1 £2,599 20% -£1.75 C O'Farrell 8 1 £2,274 12.5% -£4.00 Callum Whillans 4 1 £2,664 25% £4.00 Joe Colliver 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £0.50 D A Jacob 5 1 £2,599 20% -£2.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B A Curtis 69 13 £60,422 18.84% -£22.28 P Mulrennan 76 11 £49,164 14.47% -£3.55 J Fanning 37 8 £47,936 21.62% -£12.14 S A Gray 47 8 £33,961 17.02% £14.83 G Lee 58 7 £36,162 12.07% -£21.50 Kevin Stott 40 7 £32,669 17.5% £1.50 P J McDonald 21 7 £40,108 33.33% £7.50 T Hamilton 43 6 £28,852 13.95% £4.50 S P Davis 38 6 £32,022 15.79% -£9.67 Nathan Evans 39 5 £42,372 12.82% -£3.13
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