UK Horse Racing Tips: Carlisle

MOLLY'S LAD was deemed good enough for a Listed bumper at Cheltenham on New Year's Day and performed creditably for fifth, and also went well when taking the bronze medal at Doncaster on his hurdling debut. Entitled to have improved plenty for that run, he could be the way to go. Lucy The Wire is more experienced over timber and boasts a victory at Leicester, so she's noted along with Newcastle bumper winner Majordomo.
Prediction : 1st Mollys Lad 2nd Lucy The Wire 3rd Majordomo

TOMMY'S OSCAR's latest second behind the smart JPR One at Musselburgh reads well in the context of this veterans' handicap chase and the 11-year-old can give these rivals weight and a beating. Credo looks the pick of the Anthony Honeyball pair and brings winning C&D form to the table, while Hillcrest is a player too judged on his Uttoxeter second.
Prediction : 1st Tommys Oscar 2nd Credo 3rd Hillcrest

GUET APENS is going to take a bit of beating in this novices' hurdle. A useful performer on the Flat, the six-year-old shaped as though he'd improve plenty for his opening hurdles third at Musselburgh and connections have found him a nice race. Itsinthename won at Catterick and They Want Me struck at Kelso, but it's questionable as to whether they're good enough to give the weight away to Guet Apens.
Prediction : 1st Guet Apens 2nd Itsinthename 3rd They Want Me

Having supplemented a Wetherby demolition job when following up over C&D, Celestial Fashion merits the utmost respect in her hat-trick bid. However, another 8lb rise could anchor Ian Duncan's mare and preference is for BENMORE. The six-year-old was running with credit before a last-fence fall at Southwell and he may prove to be slightly better treated. Kadjar Des Mottes might take the bronze medal ahead of Kahavari.
Prediction : 1st Benmore 2nd Celestial Fashion 3rd Kadjar Des Mottes

HUDSON DE GRUGY returned to form when second over track and trip and a return to class 4 company could prove just the tonic. The nine-year-old is expected to appreciate these calmer waters and has plenty going for him off an unchanged mark. Latenightrumble arrives on the back of a respectable fourth at Chepstow and should give another good account, while Lady In The Park is entitled to build on her second-placed reappearance here.
Prediction : 1st Hudson De Grugy 2nd Latenightrumble 3rd Lady In The Park

A wind operation has revitalised VANILLA DANCER and a 2lb nudge for winning at Catterick looks highly workable in this company. Cutting back in trip was instrumental in that North Yorkshire success and Chris Grant's mare has a good chance of following up. Holly Bird travelled strongly when she won over an extended 2m4f at Newcastle and is another solid option, while Disco Annie and last year's winner Lady Babs tend to go well here and also command respect.
Prediction : 1st Vanilla Dancer 2nd Holly Bird 3rd Disco Annie

HOLLYWOOD HARMON was no match for the Cheltenham Festival-bound Stattler at Fakenham last month, but a literal reading of her proximity to that one-time Grade 2 winner gives her the most solid credentials here. Bellaney Lord was a 12-length winner in a point-to-point most recently and has to be of interest on just his second start over regulation fences. The returning A Moments Madness is a class dropper to bear in mind on his debut in a hunters' chase.
Prediction : 1st Hollywood Harmon 2nd A Moments Madness 3rd Bellaney Lord