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15:10 Ayr

Tuesday 8 January 2019

All12:5513:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 3m 59.7s

1^st

Apache Jack

1111-5

14/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: J J Slevin

Made virtually all, jumped right 2 out, edged left flat, driven out op 12/1 tchd 16/1

2^nd

Bold Emperor

610-10

2/1f

T: J C McConnellJ: S Bowen

Tracked winner, led briefly 3rd, stayed pressing, hampered 2 out, hung left flat, held final 100 yards, switched right towards finish, kept on op 9/4 tchd 5/2

3^rd

Crixus's Escape

611-5

7/2

T: G BoanasJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders, slightly outpaced after 4 out, stayed on from 2 out, 3rd before last, unable to challenge op 3/1

4^th

Spirit Of Kayf

811-12

9/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander

Held up in rear, took keen hold, outpaced after 4 out, ran on and went 4th flat, unable to get on terms tchd 7/1

5^th

1 ½

Cornborough

811-10

3/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Held up, blundered 5th, outpaced after 4 out, well beaten 3 out, ran on flat op 5/2 tchd 10/3

6^th

1 ¾

Deepsand

1010-12

25/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Thomas Willmott (7)

Towards rear, outpaced after 4 out, kept on flat, never dangerous

7^th

1 ½

Beau Et Sublime

910-11

15/2

T: R M SmithJ: Dale Irving (3)

Held up, mistake 1st, soon in touch, mistake 4th, close 3rd when mistake 3 out, 4th and weakening last op 12/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.10Pl:£6.20, £1.50EX:£46.80Trifecta:£147.80SF:£42.41Swingers:£4.50, £5.60, £1.80

Forecasts

Bold Emperor (2/1), Cornborough (3/1), Crixus's Escape (7/2), Beau Et Sublime (15/2), Spirit Of Kayf (9/1), Apache Jack (14/1), Deepsand (25/1)

There are obvious question marks against the majority of those declared, so this rates as a very winnable looking Class 3 handicap hurdle. A number of the runners have witnessed precious little in the way of competitive action in recent years including the once useful novice Spirit of Kayf, the capable mud-lark Deepsand and the very noteworthy Irish raider Bold Emperor. Crixus's Escape will be suited by dropping back in trip (to 2m), albeit he is almost certainly high enough in the weights off a mark of 121, so a clear preference is for the November Wetherby winner CORNBOROUGH. He has possibly been left off lightly with a subsequent 4lb rise in the weights.