18:25 Hamilton

Friday 19 May 2017

All17:5518:2519:0019:3020:0520:4021:10

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  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m 68y  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:26  |   Winning time: 1m 50.08s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(7)
Horse silk
Ionization10
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-10| J: T P O'Shea| T: J P Shanahan| OR:  87| C| D
7/1
Successful over an extended 7f at Chester (good) in July on her final outing of 2016. Put a heavy defeat on debut behind her when finishing a close third over 7f at Ayr (good-to-firm) last time out and likely to run well if handling this step back up in trip.
3
(5)
Horse silk
Safe Voyage78
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-7| J: J Garritty| T: J & S Quinn| OR:  84
9/1
Successful three times including when registering a Newcastle double on the AW over 7f in January. Beaten 1¼L over the same C&D last time out and interesting on his first turf start since September last year.
4
(8)
Horse silk
Nicholas T11
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-3| J: S H James| T: J S Goldie| OR:  80| D
15/8
Winner of a competitive 17 runner handicap at Doncaster over this trip on good-to-firm ground on his penultimate outing and beaten a short-head off his revised mark subsequently. Races off a 3lb higher mark here and one for the shortlist today.
5
(6)
Horse silk
Brilliant Vanguard27
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR:  79
11/2
Finished runner-up twice over shorter on the AW last November and seemed to handle the step up in trip well enough when beaten 3L into fourth over an extended 1m at Nottingham (good-to-firm) on his second start of 2017. Interesting runner here.
6
(4)
Horse silk
Archie's Advice10
Age: 6|  Weight: 9-1| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR:  78| CD
11/2
Successful over 1m1f at Ayr (good-to-soft) last October and ran well off this 4lb higher mark upped to 1m2f at the same track on good-to-firm ground earlier this month. Remains to be seen how he'll handle dropping back to 1m here
9
(1)
Horse silk
Rockwoodv25
Age: 6|  Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: Karen McLintock| OR:  75| D
3/1
Victorious five times in a 33 race career to date. Surprised many when winning over 1m at Pontefract (good) on his seasonal debut last month and finished fifth over the same C&D off this mark subsequently. Worth a check in the market here.

Non-Runners

2
(3)
Horse silk
Dark Devil222
Weight: 9-9|  Age: 4
T: R A Fahey  J: T Hamilton
NR
7
(9)
Horse silk
Zealous39
Weight: 8-13|  Age: 4
T: G A Swinbank  J: Non Runner
NR
8
(10)
Horse silk
Vizier15
Weight: 8-13|  Age: 4
T: D O'Meara  J: Patrick Vaughan
NR
10
(2)
Horse silk
Be Kool12
Weight: 8-9|  Age: 4
T: B Ellison  J: Cam Hardie
NR

Forecasts

Nicholas T (15/8), Rockwood (3/1), Brilliant Vanguard (11/2), Archie's Advice (11/2), Dark Devil (6/1), Ionization (7/1), Safe Voyage (9/1), Be Kool (10/1), Zealous (12/1), Vizier (16/1)

Verdict

SAFE VOYAGE has made all for victory in the past and with no confirmed front-runner here connections may be tempted to employ similar tactics in this. The selection made all to win at Newcastle in January and again raced prominently when finishing runner-up last time out. Irish trainer Pat Shanahan has a respectable 15% strike-rate at this track (12/82) and his Ionization can run well to claim second here ahead of Nicholas T who has been in good form so far this season.
  1. Safe Voyage
  2. Ionization
  3. Nicholas T

Prize Money

1st: £5,175.002nd: £1,540.003rd: £770.004th: £385.00

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