17:25 Ayr

Friday 18 September 2020

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Western House Hotel Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 1m 43.28s

(2)

My Ukulele⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 70| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Respectable third of 13 in handicap at Hamilton (8.3f, soft, 15/2) 48 days ago, running on. Won at this meeting 12 months ago and she has to be taken seriously again.

Form: 24-7303

(11)

Donnelly's Rainbow¹²^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Rowan Scott| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 65| CD

9/1

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Musselburgh (1m) 12 days ago by 4½ lengths from Chinese Spirit, suited by way race developed. Clearly back in excellent order and respected.

Form: 5-92041

(4)

Ralphy Boy Two^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: R Kingscote| T: A C Whillans| OR: 70

9/2

Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Hamilton (11.1f) 17 days ago, his stamina possibly stretched late on. Worth treating as still in form and claims back at 1m.

Form: 2-47325

(1)

Merricourt^p¹²^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: I Jardine| OR: 61| D

12/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, improved on recent efforts to win 13-runner handicap at Musselburgh (1m) 12 days ago. He's one to be interested in again if headgear continues to have desired effect.

Form: 605561

(3)

Forever A Lady⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 63| C

40/1

Course winner. 40/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good) 4 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Handicapper proving slow to relinquish his grip and others make more appeal.

Form: 321-789

(8)

Beverley Bullet^b1⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 62| D

14/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 4 days ago. Application of blinkers may put an edge on him and booking of Curtis catches the eye.

Form: 07-1065

(12)

Cassy O^b¹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: T D Easterby| OR: 65| C

10/3

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (33/1) at this course (7.2f, good to soft) 1 day ago. Has to be respected on the back of that if turned out quickly.

Form: 69-4401

(6)

Star Of St James⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 65

17/2

Form: 5-04426

(5)

Alioski^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 61| BF| C

14/1

Course winner here in August. 9/2, failed to confirm previous step forward when ninth of 12 in handicap at Catterick (7f, heavy) 10 days ago. Bounce back called for.

Form: 87-6419

(7)

Temper Trap¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 59| BF

11/2

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Hamilton in August. 5/4, below form in hat-trick bid when seventh of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) 10 days ago. Not one to write off back down in trip

Form: 8-72117

(9)

Chinese Spirit^p1⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: P J McDonald| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 53| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Musselburgh in August. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap (7/2) at Musselburgh (8f, good) 6 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 065125

Non-Runners

(13)

Oriental Lilly¹²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: J S Goldie J: P Mathers

(10)

Lucky Violet⁶

Weight: 8-7| Age: 8

T: Miss L A Perratt J: Jamie Gormley

Forecasts

Cassy O (10/3), Ralphy Boy Two (9/2), Temper Trap (11/2), My Ukulele (6/1), Star Of St James (17/2), Donnelly's Rainbow (9/1), Merricourt (12/1), Alioski (14/1), Chinese Spirit (14/1), Beverley Bullet (14/1), Oriental Lilly (14/1), Lucky Violet (33/1), Forever A Lady (40/1)

An ultra-competitive finale with the vote in favour of RALPHY BOY TWO. A steadily progressive 3-y-o handicapper on balance, it's feasible to think 11f stretched his stamina at Hamilton latest and he appeals as being on a handy mark. Donnelly's Rainbow, My Ukulele and Merricourt head up the dangers, in that order, though Cassy O is now highly respected after his career-best win here on Thursday.