Hamilton Park Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 2m 53.00s

(1)

Qawamees^b,t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 74

7/2

Still a maiden after 14 attempts but has stacks of placed form in the book (runner up on five occasions); competes off the same mark as when finishing 1¼L second to Celestial Force at Beverley (1m4f, good to soft) last week; player.

Form: 28-0632

(5)

Echo^b²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 74

7/2

Has risen dramatically in the weights since early 2019 owing to a hat-trick of wins (1m4f-2m); did demonstrate that he can compete off this mark when beaten ¾L by Swordbill at Doncaster (1m6f); that said, others are undoubtedly handier weighted.

Form: 8-11127

(7)

Question Of Faith¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: D Nolan| T: M Todhunter| OR: 71| D

14/1

Stamina-laden mare who should always be feared when she has her favoured conditions (soft) at Ayr; appears to have taken a few runs to come to hand this season but is definitely worth monitoring with the future in mind.

Form: 174-984

(2)

Corton Lad^p,t⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Shane Gray| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 69| CD

7/1

Without a win since May 2017, but the chances are if he is able to finally snap that sequence it'll be at this track; showed pace before weakening from the two furlong pole over C&D last week in a race won by the centurion Be Perfect.

Form: 2-02455

(6)

Mondain¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 72

11/10

Has raced only on the AW to date, striking gold at the sixth time of asking over 1m4f at Lingfield recently, beating Natsovia by ¾L; just 2lb higher and is open to further improvement over today's longer trip; chance.

Form: 636-331

Non-Runners

(3)

Royal Cosmic¹⁴

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: R A Fahey J: Sean Davis

(4)

Fox Fearless²⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Mondain (11/10), Qawamees (7/2), Echo (7/2), Royal Cosmic (4/1), Corton Lad (7/1), Question Of Faith (14/1), Fox Fearless (14/1)

An open race which lacks a real standout contender. The lowly-weighted Mondain is open to further improvement over today's longer trip after breaking his duck on the AW at Lingfield. Royal Cosmic is strongest at this track but could ideally do with further rain, so we'll chance the top-weight QAWAMEES for the effervescent Mick Easterby. His 4yo is a 14-race maiden who boasts ample placed form in the book, finding only the very well backed Celestial Force stronger on the Westwood at Beverley last week.