CARLISLE (22 Jun 2005)

Good To Firm

3:20 Carling Carlisle Bell (Handicap) (4) (3yo+,0-80)

[off 3:21] £16,883.75, £5,195.00, £2,597.50, £1,298.75 (7f200y) 8f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Hartshead (14) G A Swinbank 6 9-9 F Lynch 7/1C 78 79 89

2 1 Goodbye Mr Bond (8) E J Alston 5 9-9 D Allan 7/1C 78 77 87

3 nk African Sahara (USA) (5) Miss D Mountain 6 9-6 tp P Makin(3) 40/1 78 76 86

4 ½ Hills Of Gold (9) M W Easterby 6 9-0 P Mulrennan(3) 9/1 72 69 79

5 ¾ Nevada Desert (IRE) (2) R M Whitaker 5 9-9 Dean McKeown 11/1 78 73 83

6 hd Top Dirham (6) M W Easterby 7 9-10 Dale Gibson 10/1 79 74 84

7 ½ Riley Boys (IRE) (11) J G Given 4 9-8 v1 A Culhane 7/1C 77 71 81

8 nk Blonde Streak (USA) (1) T D Barron 5 9-10 J P Spencer 9/1 79 72 82

9 hd Anduril (3) I W McInnes 4 9-5 b R Winston 12/1 74 67 76

10 nk Mystic Man (FR) (10) K A Ryan 7 9-10 b N Callan 14/1 79 71 81

11 2 Oddsmaker (IRE) (12) P D Evans 4 9-4 R Mullen 11/1 73 60 70

12 nk Kirkby´s Treasure (4) A Berry 7 9-8 W Supple 28/1 77 63 73

13 ½ Takes Tutu (USA) (17) K R Burke 6 9-10 F Norton 8/1 79 64 74

14 3½ Titinius (IRE) (13) M D Hammond 5 9-9 P Hanagan 50/1 78 55 65

15 3 Jordans Elect (16) I Semple 5 9-4 Darren Williams 22/1 73 42 53

15 ran TIME 1m 37.69s (fast by 1.91s) TOTAL SP 120%

NON RUNNERS: Everest (IRE) ,Sea Storm (IRE)

1st OWNER: B Valentine BRED: Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd TRAINER: G A Swinbank

2nd OWNER: Peter J Davies

3rd OWNER: Miss Debbie Mountain

TOTE WIN £8.40 PL £2.60, £3.20, £8.80; Ex £94.80; CSF £51.94; TRICAST £1891.98

ANALYSIS: A valuable prize on offer for this competitive 0-80 handicap.

A dream run for HARTSHEAD, who came from last to first up the inside rail to win in style. His four wins last year came at up to 7f but he had no trouble staying this extra distance, especially on his favourite fast ground.

Goodbye Mr Bond, winner of this race last year, ran really well in defeat off an 11lb higher mark, while African Sahara, with cheekpieces on for the first time, produced a solid effort from a far from favourable draw.

Hills Of Gold kept on well under pressure to nick fourth, but was never quite finding enough in time. In a blanket finish, Nevada Desert, who was drawn wide, was another to run with credit, along with the 2003 winner of this race Top Dirham, another drawn low, who had to be pulled to the outside and who kept on, though not quickly enough to reel in the leaders.