15:50 Ayr

Thursday 7 October 2021

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Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 1m 33.79s

(3)

Round The Island¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: S Whitaker| OR: 58

14/1

11/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Back up in trip but can flatter to deceive.

Form: 367544

(10)

God Of Dreams^v⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 57| D

16/1

Latest win at Musselburgh in May. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good to soft, 9/1). Off 92 days. Has work to do.

Form: 6-41050

(1)

Written Broadcast^b1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P Hanagan| T: Harvey Bastiman| OR: 57| D

9/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Winner at Musselburgh in August. 16/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 9 days ago. Blinkers on first time.

Form: 087104

(4)

Viva Voce¹²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 56

7/2

Ninth of 13 in handicap at Wetherby (8f, firm, 7/1). Off 121 days and has a career-low mark to work with.

Form: 6-63669

(13)

Hostelry¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Joanna Mason⁽³⁾| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 56

10/1

Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap (7/2) at Newcastle (7.1f) 13 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Yet to win a race but expected to be bang there.

Form: 323364

(11)

Monaadhil^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 49

25/1

Twenty two runs since last win in 2017. 18/1, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 10 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 625354

(6)

Spartakos¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S H James| T: K Scott| OR: 50| D

7/1

Winner at Musselburgh in September. 10/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 10 days ago.

Form: 547010

(12)

Retirement Beckons^h¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Robinson| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 48| BF| C

5/1

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap (9/4) at Hamilton (8.3f, good to soft) 17 days ago, not ideally placed. Needs treating as though still in top form.

Form: 432464

(7)

Toshack¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 48

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 10 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 78570

(2)

Listen Again^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 48

9/2

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. 10/1, creditable third of 15 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 19 days ago. In good form and place claims again.

Form: 047023

(14)

One Last Hug^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45| C

14/1

Course winner. One win from 30 Flat runs. 25/1, good third of 10 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 9 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race.

Form: 862863

(8)

Sleight^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 47

28/1

28/1, sixth of 9 in seller at Hamilton (9.2f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 000486

(9)

Carlovian^v⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: B A Curtis| T: M Walford| OR: 45| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. Fourth of 9 in handicap at Catterick (6f, good to soft, 14/1) 8 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 000704

Non-Runners

(5)

Oh So Hot⁴⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: Adrian Nicholls J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Viva Voce (7/2), Listen Again (9/2), Retirement Beckons (5/1), Spartakos (7/1), Written Broadcast (9/1), Hostelry (10/1), Oh So Hot (10/1), Round The Island (14/1), One Last Hug (14/1), God Of Dreams (16/1), Monaadhil (25/1), Sleight (28/1), Carlovian (33/1), Toshack (66/1)

Not a convincing bunch, but RETIREMENT BECKONS did well to finish as close as he did held up in a steadily-run race at Hamilton last time and he could be the answer. Hostelry and Listen Again are long-standing maidens but look the main threats.