20:50 Hamilton

Saturday 3 August 2019

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MacGregor Flooring Co Ltd Handicap

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Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: S H James| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 76| D

Took advantage of favourable handicap mark when making all last time out at Ayr; handicapper has not been too harsh on her and not unreasonable to think she can go well again though yet to race on a really soft surface.

Form: 947771

(3)

Set In Stone¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: Andrew Hughes| OR: 74| CD

Three of her four career wins have come at this track and took advantage of a falling mark to score well over this course and distance two weeks ago; up in the weights but currently looks progressive; one for the shortlist.

Form: 550631

(4)

Tagur^p²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 67| D

Has been running at Southwell of late and now returns to turf for the second time since victorious at Redcar (1m; soft) in November. Has a point to prove after posting two below-par efforts of late.

Form: 1-24490

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Orsera^h⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: G Lee| T: Miss T L Cogan| OR: 65

Irish raider; debut winner for Peter Chapple-Hyam but showed little for that yard afterwards and beaten 45L in three combined races for this trainer. Easy to oppose.

Form: 650-090

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Spirit Of Sarwan^v1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Harrison Shaw⁽⁵⁾| T: Stef Keniry| OR: 65| CD

Dual recent course and distance winner who clearly loves this track; any more rain would be a slight worry and handicapper may have his mark now; first time visor may improve him further; strong claims.

Form: 729101

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Equidae^t⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 65| D

Has been running some fair races in defeat since scoring at Southwell in March. Back to that mark again and it would not be a surprise to see him in the shake-up having run an encouraging race at Ayr on his latest start.

Form: 135453

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Home Before Dusk¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 64| D

Finally gained elusive first career success when off the mark at Newcastle three starts back but has struggled off revised mark and one to watch at present.

Form: 366150

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Iron Mike²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: S A Gray| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 61

Nicely drawn but has been disappointing this season generally finishing closer to last than first; slight chance on very best of old form but not one to rely upon.

Form: 446-969

Non-Runners

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Alexandrakollontai¹⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 9

T: A C Whillans J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Set In Stone (11/4), Alfa McGuire (7/2), Spirit Of Sarwan (4/1), Equidae (5/1), Iron Mike (10/1), Home Before Dusk (12/1), Orsera (14/1), Tagur (16/1), Alexandrakollontai (25/1)

The three last time out winners are all of interest, Alfa McGuire was a good winner at Ayr and has not been treated too badly by the handicapper and should go well if handling the expected soft surface; Spirit Of Sarwan loves it around here and comes here on the back of a recent victory, he holds every chance if things go his way. Set In Stone was also successful recently and if the handicapper has not found her out then she should run a big race. The selection, however, is EQUIDAE who has been running some great efforts in defeat and is still on a reasonable handicap mark. His liking for a soft surface and this track are two more pluses.