Outsider Tro Nesa springs surprise at Carlisle

There was a shock result to the Blucher Social Club Caffrey's Maiden Auction Stakes at Carlisle as 40-1 chance Tro Nesa made a winning debut for Ann Duffield today.

Sophie's Hero was sent off the hot favourite to build on his debut second at Newcastle but having cut out much of the running, he faded into fourth in the rain-softened ground.

Royston Ffrench was one of the first jockeys at work on Tro Nesa but she kept finding for pressure and passed the post a length and a quarter ahead of No Poppy.

The Holmeside Hall Labour Club Grolsch Claiming Stakes looked a match on paper between Cobo Bay and Fremen and it was the former who came out on top in emphatic fashion.

Sent off at 11-10 after finishing third in a better race at Ripon last time, Kevin Ryan's charge was sent straight to the head of affairs by Jamie Spencer.

The five-year-old had all of his rivals in trouble from the turn for home and only had to be kept up to his work to score by nine lengths from Night Knight.

Fremen was chasing a remarkable seventh straight victory but looked in trouble from an early stage and had to settle for third.

Ailsa Craig recorded her first win since being snapped up by Edwin Tuer for 5,500 guineas in the Bedlington Station Worthington's Handicap.

Sent off at 8-1 having gone without success since scoring for Richard Hannon last August, the four-year-old was settled close to the pace by Tony Hamilton as Call Of Duty cut out much of the running.

As the latter began to tire, Ailsa Craig went to the front halfway up the straight and was kept up to her work to pass the post two and three-quarter lengths ahead of Classic Descent.