17:05 Ayr

Friday 12 April 2019

All13:5014:2014:5515:2516:0016:3017:05

Fosters Your Local Family Funeral Directors Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   3m 70y  |   Good  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:05  |   Winning time: 5m 57.9s
1st
Horse silk
7
3/1f
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Tracked leaders, went 2nd before the last, driven and stayed on to lead run-in op 7/2 tchd 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
3 ¾
5
5/1
T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan
Keen, tracked leading pair, 2nd on long run to 2 out, led 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in
3rd
Horse silk
6
1
5/1
T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath
Led, headed 2 out, lost 2nd before the last, no extra run-in op 6/1 tchd 7/1
4th
Horse silk
1
6
911-3
20/1
T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob
Mid-division on inside, pushed along on long run before 2 out, kept on run-in, never going pace to threaten op 14/1
5th
Horse silk
½
4
9/2
T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien
Raced wide, chased leader, hit 2nd, lost 2nd on long run to 2 out, soon outpaced, plugged on run-in tchd 5/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ¾
2
16/1
T: A M ThomsonJ: Rachel McDonald (5)
Mid-division early, dropped to last pair 4th, never on terms after tchd 14/1
7th
Horse silk
11
8
20/1
T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander
Ran in snatches, held up last, slightly hampered 4th, never involved op 16/1
8th
Horse silk
4 ½
3
511-9
4/1
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Held d up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 8th, not fluent next, weakened on long to 2 out op 10/3 tchd 3/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
9
1210-12
20/1
T: S R B CrawfordJ: R Johnson
Held up in last pair, fell heavily 4th tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.40Pl:£1.70, £1.80, £2.00EX:£18.30Trifecta:£109.90Tricast:£70.23SF:£18.24Swingers:£3.60, £3.20, £4.70

Forecasts

From Eden (3/1), My Way (4/1), Shoal Bay (9/2), Stop The World (5/1), Follow The Bear (5/1), Arthurs Secret (16/1), Markov (20/1), Ballynanty (20/1), Mill Forge (20/1)

Verdict

Another tricky race to finish off with. Old Mill Forge could go well, especially if he can build on his recent Gowran Park second, and the booking of Richard Johnson does take the eye. Follow The Bear could be a danger to all if putting in a better round of hurdling, but the vote goes to the genuine ARTHURS SECRET, who probably doesn't have that much in hand of the handicapper but continues to run well, and looks more likely to run his race than a few here. From Eden represents powerful connections, but is not guaranteed to get this trip, so a bigger danger could be Stop The World, who surely has his best days to come.
  1. Arthurs Secret
  2. Stop The World
  3. Mill Forge

Previous Winners

2018
Chapel Stile
Weight: 11-9  |Age: 6
J: R D Day  |  T: N G Richards
10/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,007.002nd: £2,938.003rd: £1,469.004th: £735.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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