First runner from Sandown void race bids to set record straight at Carlisle

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Jockeys who rode in last weekend's controversial void race at Sandown discover their fate on Tuesday – punters get their first clue how good the race was on Sunday.

Shanroe Santos is the first runner to emerge from the London National in which seven riders carried on despite a stop flag signal and received ten-day bans that they appeal against next week.

Background:

Seven jockeys receive ten-day bans after race declared void at Sandown

Punters and bookmakers left in the dark after void London National confusion

BHA to revise procedure for announcing void races after Sandown chaos

His jockey at Sandown, Brian Hughes, was not one of those punished as he pulled the chaser up four out after a troubled run and the topweight returns to a track where he runs well. Leighton Aspell is reunited with the ten-year-old here.

He has a first, a third and a fourth to show from the three previous times he has made the 275-mile trip up from Newmarket, and trainer Lucy Wadham said: "It was unfortunate what happened at Sandown but you can put a line through his run, he got hampered early on and then he was knocked sideways in the kerfuffle at the Pond Fence.

"He'd run well at Fontwell the time before and he'll be happier in this smaller field."

Carlisle is a much shorter trip for Borders trainer Stuart Coltherd, whose Pookie Pekan has run five of his last six races here and won well over 2m4f last month.

He steps up six furlongs in distance this time, but Coltherd said: "He stayed on well last time, he ran in point-to-points and I don't think the trip should inconvenience him.

"He's a young horse who's going in the right direction. He's made a good start to the season and I hope he'll run a big race."

Lucinda Russell hopes Misfits can bounce back from a modest effort at Hexham last month.

"He just didn't pick up the bridle and hated it," the trainer said. "I've got no idea why but he seems in really good form at home.

"I'm hoping he's over whatever was ailing him – he needs a good staying trip like this but it's undoubtedly a step up in class."

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