Carlisle Placepot picks: Richard Birch offers a small perm for the jumps meeting

Applaus, who boasts course figures of 122 in Carlisle handicap hurdles, should make a bold bid to land the conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle (1.00), the opening leg of the Placepot.

Fellow course winner Frightened Rabbit seems sure to have benefited from a recent Catterick lung-opener, and could outrun likely big odds.

Irish raider Rightplacerightime will be popular in the novice limited handicap chase (1.35), but might find the concession of 19lb to sharp improver Houston Texas, a winner at the track last time, too much.

Masked Crusader, who represents the Donald McCain stable that has already sent out nearly 130 winners this term, stands out in the 2m1f novice hurdle (2.10).

Trooper Turnbull has more to offer from his current mark, and appeals in the 2m handicap chase (2.45), but teenager Halcyon Days, although not the force of old, can make him work hard in receipt of 21lb.

Morozov Cocktail has plenty of scope as a stayer, and the step up in trip can help him resume winning ways in the 3m2f handicap chase (3.20), while Gamesters Icon, a strong stayer at the trip, and Duty Calls are the pair to focus on in the 2m1f handicap hurdle (3.55).

Carlisle Placepot perm

1.00
8 Applaus
12 Frightened Rabbit

1.35
5 Houston Texas

2.10
3 Masked Crusader

2.45
1 Trooper Turnbull
5 Halcyon Days

3.20
5 Morozov Cocktail

3.55
4 Gamesters Icon
5 Duty Calls

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