7:42 Carlisle Tips

Trilby is a horse very much in form at the moment and looks well up to winning this handicap. He's best suited to a stiff uphill track like Carlisle, given that he can sometimes be slowly away but does stay on well towards the finish. He won on his favoured soft ground at Haydock two runs back, then finished a very good third at York, not his ideal track, in a much better race than this.

Decent return but has gone the wrong way since, including when 7th at Catterick last time. Hopefully will strip fitter here. Each-way bet

Improving with each run and wasn’t troubled on his return over 5f at Newcastle three weeks ago after a breathing operation. He should be capable of further progress now moving into handicaps.

Vince L'Amour is a 5yo gelding trained by Tim Easterby. He holds no secrets from the handicapper, being a five-time winner from 38 career starts. Vince L'Amour is an absolute powerhouse within the scaled ground-and-trip categories. His core historical metrics prove that he saves his absolute best performance figures strictly for testing turf over a minimum sprint distance. Tomorrow’s rain-affected soft Carlisle track aligns perfectly with his optimal speed window. At his current double-digit market price (14/1), he represents an incredibly well-treated, out-and-out ground specialist who has plenty of engine headroom to slice right through the public favorites, such as Trilby (received 2 lb), whom he beat by 1.25 lengths at York on soft ground in October 2024 and is 3 lb better off today.