16:15 Ayr

Monday 14 August 2017

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:15

William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 1m 0.21s

(10)

Dawoodi^h¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 62

25/1

Formerly with Hugo Palmer he remains a maiden having had had seven starts for this yard with all but one coming here. Hasn't performed that well in a higher grade in his last few starts although he's not certain to produce anything better here dropping in grade for a yard that appears to be going through another fallow period.

Form: 700447

(4)

Pillar¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 58| D

3/1

Irish raider with a career record that reads 1/34 although he's looked in good enough heart of late over this trip/grade. Overall record tempers any immediate enthusiasm but is relatively consistent and may be able to grab another place.

Form: 220092

(12)

Star Cracker^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: P J McDonald| T: J S Goldie| OR: 55| CD

5/1

A C&D winner in this grade off a much higher mark (64) and is starting to look interesting off this sort of mark given that he looks to be coming to the boil. Ran his best race of the season last time out when finishing third in a race that could be better than a 0-60 and he's of interest here given that run.

Form: 760663

(7)

Catwilldo^b³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: B A Curtis| T: G Donnelly| OR: 54| D

7/2

Twice a winner over this 5f trip in Ireland last year showing her best form for ages she's never quite matched those runs since and is yet to really fire this season. Possible that she can take a hand here though having slipped 9lb below her last winning mark.

Form: 068344

(2)

Lady Joanna Vassa^h,v⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: J Fanning| T: R C Guest| OR: 48| BF| D

9/4

Speedy individual who led the field a merry dance at Catterick recently in a 0-60 over 5f on soft ground finishing in the runner-up slot for her second consecutive race. The latest headgear combination really appears to have sharpened her up and she may be hard to catch again if operating on this quicker ground (has won on good).

Form: 768622

(3)

Olaudah⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 48

8/1

Remains a very modest maiden with very little form to speak of and even off this basement mark he makes very little appeal here.

Form: 0-80960

(6)

Brendan¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Nathan Evans| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

20/1

Showed something even if it was only modest form on his penultimate start (his second in a handicap) over 5f at Musselburgh. Failed to build on that though next time out and hard to think that he's much better than his lowly mark.

Form: 77-7036

Non-Runners

(5)

Gnaad²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: A Bailey J: Non Runner

(11)

Picks Pinta¹⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: J Riches J: Lewis Edmunds

(1)

Eternalist³⁹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: J S Goldie J: Sean Mooney

(8)

Maggi May¹⁶

Weight: 8-8| Age: 3

T: D H Brown J: Non Runner

(9)

Knockamany Bends⁷

Weight: 8-6| Age: 7

T: J S Wainwright J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Lady Joanna Vassa (9/4), Pillar (3/1), Catwilldo (7/2), Star Cracker (5/1), Eternalist (6/1), Olaudah (8/1), Gnaad (8/1), Maggi May (8/1), Knockamany Bends (10/1), Picks Pinta (12/1), Brendan (20/1), Dawoodi (25/1)

It looks likely that there are only a few to concentrate on here in this low-grade handicap with trainer Jim Goldie holding a strong hand and looking to have a fair chance of landing this with either Eternalist or STAR CRACKER with the latter just getting the nod. He ran well here in a race that looked a strong one for the grade and is still well below his last winning mark. Lady Joanna Vassa is very quick but might just fail to last home here as she has on her last two runs with a place the best she can hope for again. Catwilldo and Pillar are a couple of others to note who have a chance in this lowly grade.