14:45 Ayr

Monday 5 July 2021

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Summer Breaks At Western House Hotel Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 33.03s

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Chookie Dunedin¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 77| C| D

8/1

Latest win at Wetherby in April. 25/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Course winner so could bounce back.

Form: 136940

(4)

Hajjam¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: S H James| T: L Bailey| OR: 77| CD

10/1

C&D winner but only twelfth of 15 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Needs a big step forward.

Form: 20-7460

(7)

Gweedore⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: K Scott| OR: 73| D

16/5

5/1, good second of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (8f, good to firm) 7 days ago, despite not being ideally placed. Has to be taken seriously off 2 lb lower mark.

Form: 5-44552

(9)

Daniel Deronda²¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Connor Beasley| T: D O'Meara| OR: 71| D

9/1

6/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Newcastle (7.1f). Off 7 months. Can give another good account nudged up just 1 lb.

Form: 733241-

(2)

Tilsitt^p,t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 70

16/1

Winner at Southwell in February. 33/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (8f, good to firm) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and not ruled out.

Form: 914884

(1)

Global Humor^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 68| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Hooded when ninth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 10 days ago, suffering very poor run. Usual cheekpieces back on now and he's worth considering.

Form: 621129

(10)

Prospect¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 71| D

11/4

Unreliable type but he posted career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Leicester (7f, good) 11 days ago. Needs to back it up now, though.

Form: 382461

(6)

Deny Knowledge³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 71| D

11/1

Winner at Redcar in April but only fair third of 5 in handicap (15/2) at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 31 days ago. Still lightly raced, so not written off.

Form: 7143

(5)

Classy Al¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Ben Robinson| T: J S Goldie| OR: 64

50/1

Recorded his best effort when fourth of 7 in minor event (16/1) at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Back up in trip for his handicap debut and no forlorn hope.

Form: 964

Non-Runners

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Royal Advice¹³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: K Dalgleish J: Callum Rodriguez

Forecasts

Prospect (11/4), Gweedore (16/5), Global Humor (9/2), Royal Advice (7/1), Chookie Dunedin (8/1), Daniel Deronda (9/1), Hajjam (10/1), Deny Knowledge (11/1), Tilsitt (16/1), Classy Al (50/1)

A case can be made for a few of these but the most persuasive one is for GWEEDORE who can race off a 2 lb lower mark than when an excellent Musselburgh second so is fancied to open his account for 2021. Global Humour can boast a C&D win and is a lot better than his latest ninth at Newcastle suggests so is next on the list, while Daniel Deronda can't be ruled out despite a seven-month absence.