Ayr 18/04/2008 Good to Soft (Good in places) 3.25 Artemis Investment Supporting Poppyscotland Handicap Hurdle (Class 3) £10000 added, 4yo plus, 3m 110yds, penalty £6505, 9 ran. 1st   Quws Law (IRE)   P Buchanan 14-1 11 6 Miss Lucinda V Russell Tracked leaders, led approaching 7th, stayed on well from last Opened 12/1, touched 14/1 2nd 2¼  l Rathowen (IRE) 9 Jakub Kocman(10) 40-1 11 7 G A Charlton Held up, outpaced 4 out, stayed on well to take 2nd towards finish Opened 28/1, touched 40/1 3rd 1l Herecomesthetruth (IRE)   S Thomas evens 11 12 P F Nicholls In touch, challenged 3 out, no extra when lost 2nd towards finish Opened evens, touched 11/8 £687-£500, £1000-£800, £625-£500, £3600-£3000, £1200-£1000(x3), £600-£500(x3), £1100-£1000(x5), £550-£500(x2), £440-£400, including office money 4th 8l Paddy The Piper (IRE) 11 R McGrath 10-1 11 12 Miss P Robson Held up towards rear, headway 4th, hit 6th, weakened 3 out Opened 10/1 5th 10l Never So Blue (FR)   A Coleman(5) 4-1 11 2 Miss V Williams Held up, chased leaders approaching 4 out, weakened 3 out Opened 13/2 £1500-£300 6th 3¾  l Em's Royalty 11 F Davis(5) 20-1 10 0 A Parker Close up, weakened from 7th Opened 16/1, touched 20/1 7th 1¾  l Mouftari (USA) 7 N P Madden 14-1 11 2 C Byrnes In rear, weakened 7th, mistake next Opened 10/1, touched 16/1 £6400-£400 each way 8th ½l Young Albert (IRE)   B Harding 6-1 11 1 N G Richards Held up in touch and keen, weakened 4 out Opened 7/1 £3600-£600 9th dist Our Joycey 7 J Reveley(5) 33-1 10 0 Mrs K Walton Led, headed approaching 7th, weakened approaching 4 out Opened 25/1, touched 33/1 Winning time: 06:03.200 Ayr results 2.20   2.50   3.25   4.00   4.35   5.10   5.45