15:55 Hamilton

Monday 21 September 2020

All14:2514:5515:2515:5516:3017:0517:35

Sodexo Veterans' Handicap

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 2m 44.76s

(3)

Stonific¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 81| D

11/2

Latest win at Beverley in July. 16/1, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at York (16.2f, good) 15 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 511036

(6)

Dragons Voice^p1⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: D Menuisier| OR: 78

9/1

Last of 11 in handicap (50/1) at Haydock (14f, good to soft) 65 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 2448-00

(2)

Daawy^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 74

9/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2018. 9/2, fourth of 6 in handicap at Chester (14.4f, good to soft) 9 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 355354

(4)

Nietzsche¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 70| D

4/1

Shaped encouragingly after 10 months off when fourth of 11 in handicap at York (11.8f, good) 15 days ago. Entitled to come on for that and on a good mark nowadays.

Form: 92/593-4

(10)

Flood Defence¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Harrison Shaw⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 69| D

12/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Latest win at Musselburgh in July. Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap (12/1) at York (11.8f, good) 15 days ago, finding little.

Form: 0-51156

(5)

Royal Cosmic²⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 68| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (15.6f, soft, 7/1). Off 6 months. Back down in trip. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat run.

Form: 740550-

(7)

Dance King^p¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 8-10| J: Paula Muir⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 68| BF| D

12/1

Latest win at Ripon in August. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Catterick (13.9f, heavy, 4/1) 13 days ago, left poorly placed. Not taken lightly.

Form: 40-3617

(1)

Ascot Day^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: J Fanning| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 65| D

11/2

Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap (13/2) at Bath (13f, good) 19 days ago, faring best of those ridden prominently. Respected.

Form: 06-9265

(8)

Donnachies Girl¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-4| J: A Mullen| T: A C Whillans| OR: 62| BF| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 7/2, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Musselburgh (14f, good) 15 days ago. Should give her running again.

Form: 6-53324

(12)

Hillgrove Angel¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 58| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Musselburgh (14f, good, 5/1) 15 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 11-7336

Non-Runners

(11)

Akamanto⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: R M Smith J: P Mathers

(9)

Zabeel Star¹³

Weight: 8-7| Age: 8

T: I Jardine J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Nietzsche (4/1), Daawy (9/2), Stonific (11/2), Ascot Day (11/2), Donnachies Girl (7/1), Dragons Voice (9/1), Akamanto (10/1), Flood Defence (12/1), Dance King (12/1), Zabeel Star (12/1), Hillgrove Angel (16/1), Royal Cosmic (40/1)

The versatile NIETZSCHE shaped well on his Flat return after 10 months off when fourth at York and is potentially on a good mark in this sphere. Dance King and Ascot Day both shaped better than the bare result at Catterick and Bath respectively and they head the dangers.