17:00 Ayr

Monday 25 February 2019

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Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 3m 51.0s

Arion Sky¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Patrick Vaughan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| CD

5/1

Improved on her Irish form when beating a gambled on rival over C&D in a mares only Bumper recently. More on her plate here against the boys but should have more to come.

Form: 361

Arnica⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr Kit Alexander⁽⁵⁾| T: N W Alexander

40/1

Flat bred. Weak 16/1 shot when midfield in similar event on belated debut last month. More to do here but open to some improvement.

Form: 5

Emirat De Catana⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Blair Campbell⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

25/1

Pulled up in both Point-to-points when trained in Ireland late last year. Would need to show dramatic improvement for the switch in codes to play a part.

Form: PP

Emporteparlafoule⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁷⁾| T: A Crook

80/1

100/1 when tailed off on Wetherby debut in January and easy to look elsewhere in this stronger contest.

Form: 9

Highway Companion⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: K Dalgleish

5/2

Good second on Bumper debut to a previous winner at Haydock in December having filled the same position in a Point-to-point. 10L clear of the third who has since won so the form looks decent in the context of this.

Form: P2-2

Nickolson

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gregory⁽⁵⁾| T: O Murphy

10/11

Interesting newcomer who cost €45,000 as a two-year-old and half-brother to four winners including one in this sphere. Yard have excellent record in such events (11-29 this season) and commands plenty of respect.

Form:

Sirwilliamwallace

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽⁵⁾| T: A M ThomsonWS

20/1

Fourth foal of an unraced dam. Yard are capable of getting winners in bumpers. Already had a wind operation. Market should be informative.

Form:

The Maestro⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Steven Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart

16/1

Fetched £60,000 after winning a three runner Point-to-point last spring. Showed some ability when chasing home a gambled winner at Catterick in December though did shape like a stayer.

Form: 1-2

Portstorm

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁷⁾| T: I A Duncan

50/1

£15,000 purchase last year. Second foal of unraced dam. Stable don't tend to do winners in this type of race.

Form:

Weave Some Magic⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Harry Reed⁽³⁾| T: T Reed

66/1

22/1; eighth of 10 on debut here in early January and will need to show huge improvement in short space of time to figure.

Form: 8

Forecasts

Nickolson (10/11), Highway Companion (5/2), Arion Sky (5/1), The Maestro (16/1), Sirwilliamwallace (20/1), Emirat De Catana (25/1), Arnica (40/1), Portstorm (50/1), Weave Some Magic (66/1), Emporteparlafoule (80/1)

The market will reveal plenty about the interesting newcomer Nickolson who won't have to be anything special to make a winning debut but narrow preference is for HIGHWAY COMPANION whose Haydock second received a boost at the weekend. Arion Sky won nicely here recently but has more on her plate now.