15:35 Ayr

Monday 23 July 2018

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QTS Ladies Night On 11 August Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 1m 30.45s

(5)

Mischief Managed^e/s¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 66| CD

6/4

5lb higher than when a winner in this grade over C&D (good to firm) in May - form tested by Royal Duchess in Division 1 - has continued to acquit himself well since, finishing runner-up at Wolverhampton (7f) latest.

Form: 9-11332

(6)

Reinforced^p,t⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 64| CD

9/2

C&D winner in October 2016 (soft), and knocking at the door at Carlisle (goes well there) on more than one occasion since, including when finishing 2½L third to Uncle Charlie in June (7f, good).

Form: 9224-03

(11)

Inglorious^v¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Josh Quinn⁽⁷⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 62| CD

25/1

C&D winner off this mark in August 2017, and made all to score on soft ground at Musselburgh in October; no joy so far in 2018, backing out of things tamely when finishing last of eight over C&D 15-days ago.

Form: 014-878

(4)

Acadian Angel^b1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 61| D

7/1

Infrequent winner (not since July 2017), but a 7f-1m regular in Class 5 handicaps in 2018, so could appreciate this slight ease in grade if the first-time blinkers have a galvanising effect.

Form: 469376

(9)

Ingleby Angel¹⁸⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Paula Muir⁽⁷⁾| T: C J Teague| OR: 57| BF| C

33/1

Close up third off this mark at Nottingham (1m+) on his last turf start in November 2017, but has left David O'Meara since lining up on the AW at Newcastle in January; tough task on stable debut off a six-month absence.

Form: 2535-33

(2)

Harbour Patrol^b⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 50| D

14/1

Possibly needs some give in the ground these days, and was a winner off this mark at Thirsk (7f, good to soft) in April; risky in light of his subsequent lesser efforts (7f-1m on good or good to firm ground).

Form: 561408

(3)

Stardrifter¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: J P Sullivan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 48| CD

12/1

Back to form with an unexpected C&D win earlier this month (24 hours on from a spin over 1m2f), beating today's rival I Am Dandy by a head (form tested by Robben Rainbow in Division 1); more to do off 3lb higher.

Form: 2-08941

(10)

Chiswick Bey^p¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 8-11| J: P Hanagan| T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward| OR: 47| D

18/1

Veteran who has lost his way since a fair effort over C&D in May; finished a poor third in a 7½f seller at Beverley (good to firm) earlier this month, so shouldn't be good enough on that form.

Form: 903773

(8)

Cheeni^b1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: P J McDonald| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45| C

25/1

Just the one win in 29 starts, but that was at this track (6f) in July 2017; has also run some reasonable enough races in defeat here (5f-6f), but this trip is an unknown, and the blinkers need to bring about more improvement.

Form: 6-68429

(1)

Goninodaethat¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 8-9| J: George Downing| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45| CD

40/1

Stablemate of Cheeni who as an eight-time course winner (has never won elsewhere) knows his way around here blindfolded; no win for the best part of 14 months now, and whilst slipping massively in the weights, doesn't look to be the force of old.

Form: 0-00058

(7)

I Am Dandy¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: J Ewart| OR: 47

13/2

Closely matched with Stardrifter on recent C&D form, and whilst still a maiden after 11 starts, that narrow defeat (caught close home) was his strongest single piece of form; riders 3lb claim an obvious plus.

Form: 5-99542

Forecasts

Mischief Managed (6/4), Reinforced (9/2), I Am Dandy (13/2), Acadian Angel (7/1), Stardrifter (12/1), Harbour Patrol (14/1), Chiswick Bey (18/1), Inglorious (25/1), Cheeni (25/1), Ingleby Angel (33/1), Goninodaethat (40/1)

Possibly the weaker of the two divisions of this 7f Class 6 handicap in which old foes I Am Dandy and Stardrifter renew acquaintances. The former can be fancied to extract his revenge on the latter under the able handling of 3lb claimer Jamie Gormley, but the top-weight MISCHIEF MANAGED is preferred. The Tim Easterby-trained four-year-old was a C&D winner in this grade from a 5lb lower mark in May, and has held his form well since, including when finishing second at Wolverhampton latest.