Ayr 18/04/2008 Good to Soft (Good in places) 2.20 Tam O'Shanter Poppyscotland Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class 3) £20000 added, 4yo plus, 3m 110yds, penalty £12524, 7 ran. 1st   Asian Royale (IRE) 7 N P Madden 7-4 11 1 C Byrnes Held up towards rear, smooth headway approaching 3 out, soon led, challenged 2 out, kept on from last Opened 2/1, touched 9/4 £2250-£1000, £1800-£800, £1687-£750, £1125-£500(x2), £900-£400(x3), £2000-£1000, £1000-£500, £3750-£2000, £750-£400 2nd 3¼  l Big Fella Thanks   S Thomas 4-1 11 12 P F Nicholls Tracked leaders, every chance 2 out until after last one pace Opened 3/1, touched 4/1 £1400-£400 each way, £1000-£300 3rd 11l Honour High 6 Felix De Giles(5) 8-1 11 7 Lady Herries In touch, hit 6th, chased leaders from 7th, led approaching 3 out, soon headed, weakened next Opened 13/2, touched 8/1 4th nk Mr Preacher Man   P Buchanan 20-1 10 6 Miss Lucinda V Russell Tracked leader, ridden to lead after 4 out, headed approaching 3 out, weakened next Opened 25/1, touched 33/1 5th ¾l Galant Nuit (FR)   K Mercer 6-1 10 2 Ferdy Murphy Held up in rear, ridden and weakened 4 out Opened 6/1 6th dist Tank Top   B Harding 7-1 10 9 T R George Led, headed after 4 out, ridden and weakened Opened 8/1 £4000-£480 Pulled Up   Quarry Town (IRE)   T Scudamore 9-2 11 3 D Pipe Held up, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out, pulled up after Opened 7/1, touched 15/2 £4000-£520 Non Runner Hold The Pin(IRE) Winning time: 05:59.400 Ayr results 2.20   2.50   3.25   4.00   4.35   5.10   5.45