14:30 Ayr

Wednesday 23 May 2018

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Whyte & Mackay Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 14:33 | Winning time: 1m 11.29s

(6)

Mo Henry^v¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 60| CD

11/4

C&D winner who was last of all in a competitive Curragh handicap last time, but this much faster surface should see him to better effect. He was in good form prior to that last run.

Form: 644490

(7)

Lily's Prince^p⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: B A Curtis| T: G Donnelly| OR: 60| D

7/4

Irish raider who was far from disgraced in third at Cork last time out. Races off the same mark here over a trip he enjoys (five career wins over 6f) and should go very well.

Form: 262003

(2)

Taras Way^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P Hanagan| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 53

7/1

Hasn't had an impact in any of three races she's been involved in so far this campaign. General form so far isn't exactly exciting and she has improvement to find in order to play a hand.

Form: 679-080

(4)

Eva Docc³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 56

12/1

Flashes of ability both in novice and handicap company, though it's difficult to tell how she'll cope on this quicker ground.

Form: 28376-7

(9)

Jessie Allan⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

9/1

39 race maiden who has run a couple of vaguely promising races on the AW recently, but hasn't looked much closer to getting off the mark when running on turf.

Form: 227806

(12)

Molans Mare²⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Evans| T: N C Kelly| OR: 45

16/1

Remains a maiden after 23 races and most of his slightly less poor efforts for previous stable were over 5f. Plenty of questions to answer on debut for this trainer.

Form: 280095-

(1)

Brendan^h²⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Barry McHugh| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

33/1

Best efforts have come on good to firm ground but not the most consistent and this step back up in trip not certain to suit.

Form: 036758-

(8)

Fintry Flyer²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: P J McDonald| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

16/1

Not as hopeless as some of the maidens who line up here, but most of her best form over 5f and on the AW.

Form: 33-2569

(11)

Ruby Cherub²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 46

28/1

Down the form in all three runs in novice company, and tough to build a case for on handicap debut stepping back in trip.

Form: 988

Non-Runners

(5)

Tivra³⁹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: B Smart J: G Lee

(10)

Be Bold²³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: Rebecca Bastiman J: Connor Beasley

(3)

Sienna Dream²⁶

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: A C Whillans J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Lily's Prince (7/4), Mo Henry (11/4), Be Bold (5/1), Taras Way (7/1), Tivra (7/1), Jessie Allan (9/1), Sienna Dream (10/1), Eva Docc (12/1), Fintry Flyer (16/1), Molans Mare (16/1), Ruby Cherub (28/1), Brendan (33/1)

A number of these look to have very little ability, but one who could be better than their mark is SIENNA DREAM. Alistair Whillians' filly ran a nice race on handicap debut at Doncaster last time out and off the same mark is entitled to progress and get off the mark here. C&D winner Mo Henry is another to note if he can bounce back from his poor run last time out, while Be Bold may get an uncontested lead, as when winning last time out.