19:20 Ayr

Tuesday 28 May 2019

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Book The Summer Saturday Raceday Handicap

Off time: 19:23 | Winning time: 1m 30.46s

(13)

Thornaby Nash^b¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ward| OR: 65| D

8/1

Winner of a 16 runner 7f handicap at Thirsk (good) at the end of last month and ran a decent race when 5L sixth over an extended 1m at Hamilton (good-to-firm) subsequently. One to note back down in trip.

Form: 319-616

(8)

Polyphony^h²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: J Mackie| OR: 64| D

9/2

Off the mark at the second attempt in handicaps wen successful by a neck over 7f at Musselburgh (good) in September. Good head second on soft ground at Redcar (7f) the following month and is one to note on seasonald ebut.

Form: 742412-

(3)

Desai³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C Lee| T: N Wilson| OR: 64

28/1

Maiden after five starts and finished 5½L eighth in a 7f novice event at Wetherby (good) last month. Worth a check in the market on handicap debut.

Form: R568

(6)

Lucky Violet^h⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: D Nolan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 64| C| D

13/2

Returning from a break when finishing third in a good-to-firm ground 1m handicap here last week. Has won here in the past and is one for the shortlist dropping in distance having won here in the past.

Form: 174-763

(10)

Insurplus²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: J S Goldie| OR: 64| D

14/1

Dual winner on the AW over 1m at Newcastle this year including in March off a mark 2lb lower than he races off here. Disappointed in two subsequent starts however.

Form: 612188

(5)

Royal Duchess²²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Murtagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs L B Normile| OR: 63| CD

16/1

C&D winner and placed twice here last year. Ran well when fourth on soft ground here in October on her final start of 2018 and worth a check in the market on seasonal debut.

Form: 7/72264-

(7)

Colour Contrast^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 61| D

11/2

Completed a 7f Musselburgh double when winning on good-to-firm ground earlier this month. Struggled over the same trip at Carlisle (good-to-firm) last week and races off a mark 8lb higher than for his most recent success.

Form: 345-118

(9)

Donnelly's Rainbow¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 57| D

4/1

Good second to Colour Contrast in a 7f handicap at Musselburgh (good-to-firm) last time out. Races off the same mark here and is a notable runner on this occasion.

Form: 662-952

(1)

Chaplin Bay^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: A Mullen| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 56| D

15/2

Finished third twice on the AW at Newcastle (7f) last month. Struggled on return to turf recently however and interesting to see how he performs.

Form: 438-338

(11)

Robben Rainbow¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: P Hanagan| T: K Scott| OR: 56| D

10/1

Winning for the third time when dead-heating for first in a 7f handicap at Musselburgh (good-to-firm) just over a fortnight ago. Interesting despite a 3lb rise in the weights.

Form: 46-9041

Non-Runners

(2)

Phantasmal¹⁷⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: W Coltherd J: P Mulrennan

(14)

Zoravan⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: K Dalgleish J: S A Gray

(4)

Kodicat¹⁰

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: K A Ryan J: Harry Russell

(12)

Searanger¹⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: R Menzies J: Ella McCain

Forecasts

Donnelly's Rainbow (4/1), Polyphony (9/2), Colour Contrast (11/2), Zoravan (11/2), Lucky Violet (13/2), Chaplin Bay (15/2), Thornaby Nash (8/1), Robben Rainbow (10/1), Kodicat (10/1), Phantasmal (12/1), Insurplus (14/1), Royal Duchess (16/1), Searanger (20/1), Desai (28/1)

ZORAVAN showed up well when placing on seasonal debut and he can go one better than when finishing runner-up that day. The trip and forecast underfoot conditions should both suit and he can take this with top weight Thornaby Nash capable of finishing runner-up dropping back in trip. Lucky Violet, another dropping in distance can finish third.