Carlisle top each-way bet: Schalke widely tipped to outrun hefty price

16:15 Carlisle: Opera Bingo Lucky Dabber Challenge Handicap Hurdle (3 miles 1 furlong)

If the bookies’ early calcualtions are a reliable benchmark, then we look set for a two-horse contest between market leaders Enemy At The Gate and Clovis Island, both of whom are available at a best-price 5/2 at the time of writing, with both holding obvious claims here.

Arctic Mann and Shantou Moon are expecting to vie for the minor places, but of the four remaining runners, all available at double-digit odds, it is the unfancied Schalke who has created a significant buzz in the Tipstrr camp.

Each-way punt: Schalke each way in the 15:00 at Musselburgh

Winless since a success at Kelso in December 2022, Rebecca Menzies’ nine-year-old has done little in his seven subsequent outings to suggest a return to winning form is imminent, not least his two recent outings over at Haydock in February and most recently just ten days ago, when he finished eighth of nine.

A positive outcome to emerge from those results is the drop in weights that has brought his mark down to a two-year low and four pounds lower than when he last crossed the line first.

The capable Nathan Moscrop is entrusted with the reins, and if he can coax a smooth clear round out of the mare, then she might justify her support on Tipstrr and reward a cautious each-way play here.

Tip advised by The Profit Rocket on Tipstrr