Carlisle Horse Racing Tips for Sunday

The going is likely to be testing when Carlisle's seven-race jumps card begins late on Sunday morning, featuring the Class 2 Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle.

The latest horse racing betting tips for Sunday's meeting at Carlisle are provided by Racing Post tipster Dave Randall.

Sunday's Carlisle Horse Racing Betting Tips and Odds

11:55 Carlisle - Wellington Arch @ 8/15
14:07 Carlisle - Icare Allen @ 4/1
15:15 Carlisle - Crying Lightning @ 9/2

11:55 Carlisle - Wellington Arch @ 8/15

12 runners are set to go to post in the opening Class 4 2m1f Novices' Hurdle from Carlisle (11.55), and Wellington Arch is worth supporting given his decent form claims, representing Jonjo and AJ O'Neill.

The Cheltenham training partnership are 2-11 (18%) with their runners over hurdles at Carlisle and Jonjo O'Neill Jr is continuing his winning association with our first selection in the saddle.

Wellington Arch won a Worcester bumper on his debut on good to soft ground in October 2023, while he performed with credit under a penalty in his next two starts in that sphere in behind a couple of talented individuals at Ascot and Sandown.

Regent's Stroll and Sixmilebridge were successful in those contests. They have both won maiden hurdles in recent weeks and have untapped potential.

The selection was entitled to have had enough for one season when down the field in Grade 2 company at Aintree in April, and he bounced back to his best when an encouraging second of three on his debut over hurdles at Exeter in November.

The three-length winner Sorceleur has since franked the form by following up at Wincanton.

Wellington Arch is a full brother to the useful bumper and 2m-2m4f hurdle/chase winner Pembroke and is a half-brother to five more winners.

He should appreciate the testing ground and is considered capable of going one place better, given the likelihood of further progression.

14:07 Carlisle - Icare Allen @ 4/1

Jonjo and AJ O'Neill could be set for another really fruitful day with their hurdlers up at Carlisle as their representative Icare Allen has decent follow-up claims in the feature £30,000 Class 2 3m1f Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (2.07).

Jonjo O'Neill Jr continues in the saddle. He only had to push the six-year-old gelding out to win a decent Uttoxeter contest over a slightly shorter trip on soft ground three weeks ago.

The selection has been raised 7lbs for that third success over hurdles, but he showed the ability to win in Grade 3 company on a testing surface at Fairyhouse when trained by Willie Mullins in Ireland.

He can utilise that back-class to defy the rise in the handicap.

15:15 Carlisle - Crying Lightning @ 9/2

Finally, Crying Lightning should leave her debut effort well behind when dropping in grade to contest the Class 5 2m1f Mares' bumper that concludes the Carlisle card (3.15), representing Nigel Twiston-Davies.

Twiston-Davies went 4-26 (15%) with his runners in the past 14 days and he is 28-149 (19%) with his runners at Carlisle.

James Turner takes off a handy 5lb in the saddle and he is 13-100 when riding for the yard.

The selection finished ninth of 12 on her debut in a Listed mares' bumper on good ground at Cheltenham last month, but that initial experience will not be lost on her.

She was awarded an encouraging Racing Post Rating (RPR) of 95 for that effort.

The daughter of Shirocco is out of an unraced half-sister to useful winners Guitar Pete and Somethingwonderful and she should get much more competitive on this occasion.

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