15:00 Hamilton

Wednesday 6 June 2018

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Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 2m 50.56s

(5)

Akamanto³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 67

3/1

Formerly with Richard Hannon he won a Leicester seller on his final start for that yard (1m2f) in August 2017. Up 3lb for an excellent seasonal return at Musselburgh last month (1m4f) when beaten a neck by Theglasgowwarrior.

Form: 51404-2

(6)

Kings Gold^p,t⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez⁽³⁾| T: M Dods| OR: 64

9/2

Remains a maiden after 12 attempts, but well treated off this mark on his previous form in 2016, and back to form at Catterick latest (1m4f good to soft) beaten a staying on 2¼L by New Society.

Form: 33/0692

(2)

Sunrize⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 63| BF

7/2

Hasn't seen much racing (0 from 5), but is gradually finding his feet as he steps up in trip, posting a career best when finishing just under 5L third to Indian Vision at Redcar last week (1m6f good to firm).

Form: 536-43

(4)

Ruler Of The Nile⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Barry McHugh| T: Mrs Marjorie Fife| OR: 61

22/1

Back on turf for the first time since June 2017 (when with Robert Stephens), racing over marathon trips on Fibresand at Southwell more latterly. Bought for £4,000 in March 2018 and debuts for a much respected yard.

Form: 42-0624

(7)

Al Hawraa⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 59| C

12/1

Rounded off the previous campaign in solid form, breaking her duck here (1m1f) in early September. Shaped like a possible stayer there, but has stamina to prove off the back of a poor return at Beverley in April (1m2f).

Form: 50813-0

(9)

Royal Cosmic¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 57

13/2

Both of her career victories have come at Musselburgh (1m4f+) which is a vastly different track to Hamilton. 2lb above her last winning mark with ground conditions broadly in her favour.

Form: 2113-55

(1)

London Glory^b³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: J Fanning| T: D Thompson| OR: 56| C

9/2

Course winner in early September 2017 (1m4f soft) beating Paddy's Rock by ½L, but has had plenty of goes since without quite managing to force his head back to the front.

Form: 4-25504

(10)

Mitcd⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-4| J: J P Sullivan| T: G Bewley| OR: 47

14/1

Not raced on the Flat (turf) since September 2014, and remains a maiden. Better known as a hurdler, but effectively hasn't had a proper race since January, with last week's hurdling return voided mid-race.

Form: 8558/64-

(8)

One Cool Girl^t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: Shane Gray| T: D Broad| OR: 45

40/1

A seven-race Irish maiden (6f to 1m4f) who makes no appeal whatsoever on all known form from a lowly official rating of 36.

Form: 9000-06

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(3)

Pink Ribbon²⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: J J Lambe J: T Eaves

Forecasts

Akamanto (3/1), Sunrize (7/2), Kings Gold (9/2), London Glory (9/2), Royal Cosmic (13/2), Pink Ribbon (10/1), Al Hawraa (12/1), Mitcd (14/1), Ruler Of The Nile (22/1), One Cool Girl (40/1)

A race in which you are advised to stick towards the top end of the handicap with both AKAMANTO and Kings Gold likely leading players. The selection likes to race prominently and will need to hang tough for longer over this extended 1m5f trip, but his most recent Musselburgh form has been franked with Theglasgowarrior (winner), Northwest Frontier (third), Riviere Argentee (fifth) and Clemento (sixth) all winners since, so a 3lb rise in the weights is perfectly fair; and in fact is eliminated (and more) by the 7lb claim of Andrew Breslin.