AGMA Stablemate Carlisle Bell
Handicap, Carlisle 15:30 £31,000 added, 7f 173y, Class 4
Wednesday 23rd June 2021

1 Chichester 11/2
2 Global Spirit 9/1
3 Lion Tower 12/1
15 ran 
Time: 1m 37.25s (slow by 0.15s) 

Jockey Joe Fanning won the Bell for the third time on Chichester, the middle leg of a 154-1 treble on the card for trainer Keith Dalgleish.

Chichester, owned by Hamilton racecourse chairman Sir Ian Good and daugther Catriona, flew home late to prevail in a three-way finish with Global Spirit and Lion Tower.

"They went a good gallop, which suited my horse as I think he wants a bit further," said Fanning. "He just does enough when he gets there and the cheekpieces helped a little bit. 

"He's a nice horse for these big handicaps and I'm sure there's another one or two in him." 

As the quiet man of the weighing room, Fanning has been a reluctant star since winning the Gold Cup Royal Ascot showpiece on Subjectivist, but there was no hiding how much it meant to him.

"To go down to Royal Ascot and have a winner, especially in that race, was grand," he said. "We were expecting a big run from him as he's been working well all year and he was very good at Ascot."

Carlisle Bell
£31,000 added, 7f 173y, Class 4
15 ran
Going: Good to Firm

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (12)     Chichester 4 9-9 Keith Dalgleish Joe Fanning 11/2
2 (2) nk Global Spirit 6 9-6 Roger Fell Jason Hart 9/1
3 (9) hd Lion Tower (IRE) 4 9-2 Grant Tuer Sam James 12/1
4 (7) 4½ Ulshaw Bridge (IRE) 6 9-3 Edward Bethell Rowan Scott 28/1
5 (8) shd Garden Oasis 6 9-5 Tim Easterby David Allan 5/1
6 (1) hd Fred 4 9-9 Mark Johnston Ben Curtis 16/1
7 (4) 2 Billhilly (GER) 4 9-5 Charlie Fellowes Richard Kingscote 4/1F
8 (16) nk Star Shield 6 9-7 David O'Meara Daniel Tudhope 6/1
9 (6) 1 Howzer Black 5 9-9 (IRE) Keith Dalgleish Shane Gray 14/1
10 (14) 1½ Defence Treaty 5 9-3 (IRE) Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan 16/1
11 (15) ¾ Hayadh 8 9-6 Harvey Bastiman Billy Garritty 11/1
12 (11) 2¾ Hajjam 7 9-4 Liam Bailey David Nolan 66/1
13 (10) 1 Chookie Dunedin 6 9-4 Keith Dalgleish Callum Rodriguez 25/1
14 (3) 1 Waarif (IRE) 8 9-8 David O'Meara Connor Beasley 40/1
15 (5) 8½ Gallipoli (IRE) 8 9-7 Richard Fahey Tony Hamilton 50/1