13:30 Ayr

Tuesday 29 September 2020

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Scotty Brand Handicap

Off time: 13:33 | Winning time: 1m 13.59s

(7)

Dark Defender^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: J Fanning| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 80| CD

9/1

Unreliable sort. C&D winner. 40/1, good second of 23 in Bronze Cup (Handicap) at this C&D (good to soft) 11 days ago, but isn't sure to be in the same form this time.

Form: 153802

(8)

John Kirkup^b¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 79| CD

9/2

C&D winner in August and excellent fourth of 23 in Bronze Cup (Handicap) at this C&D (good to soft, 10/1) last time. Not taken lightly.

Form: 022164

(9)

Royal Prospect^p1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: G Lee| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 79| D

12/1

Failed to build on the promise of last run when seventh of 14 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm, 12/1) 19 days ago, though things didn't go ideally for him. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 10-0067

(11)

Shallow Hal²⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 78| BF| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Well backed but produced a laboured effort at Southwell when last seen 9 months ago.

Form: 47076-4

(3)

Dick Datchery^t,v²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 78| CD

15/2

C&D winner in July. Run best excused when down the field at Ascot last time, possibly amiss.

Form: 001300

(5)

Mr Wagyu^v³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 73| CD

17/2

C&D winner in July and wasn't seen to best effect when ninth of 15 in handicap at Redcar (6f, heavy) 31 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal.

Form: 631529

(4)

Stroxx³⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 75

16/1

Attracted support but failed to improve on all-weather debut when fourth of 9 in novice event (3/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f), slowly away. Off 11 months ahead of handicap debut.

Form: 4324-

(6)

Erich Bloch¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 72| D

11/2

Did well under circumstances when sixth of 23 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 373746

(2)

Chookie Dunedin³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 71| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Redcar (6f, heavy, 14/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 068455

(1)

Lucky Lucky Man²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 69| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap at Hamilton (6f, good to soft, 3/1) 28 days ago, bit in hand. Still well treated on old form.

Form: 8-00081

(12)

Be Proud¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mathers| T: J S Goldie| OR: 69| BF

7/1

Creditable second of 11 in handicap (4/1) at this course (5f, soft) 12 days ago, headed close home. Expected to be bang there again.

Form: 525352

Non-Runners

(10)

Primo's Comet²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: J S Goldie J: K Stott

Forecasts

John Kirkup (9/2), Erich Bloch (11/2), Be Proud (7/1), Dick Datchery (15/2), Primo's Comet (8/1), Mr Wagyu (17/2), Lucky Lucky Man (9/1), Dark Defender (9/1), Chookie Dunedin (10/1), Royal Prospect (12/1), Stroxx (16/1), Shallow Hal (16/1)

The vote goes to the in-form BE PROUD, who was beaten only by one not long with a yard that excels with sprinters recruited from elsewhere here last time. Lucky Lucky Man won with a bit up his sleeve at Hamilton and is still well treated on old form, with John Kirkup another to consider following a good fourth in the Bronze Cup over this C&D.