15:46 Hamilton

Thursday 2 June 2022

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Enjoy VIP Treatment At Hamilton Park Handicap

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 2m 53.21s

(4)

Haven Lady^b⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 56| BF

1/1

Winner at Catterick in May. 6/4, creditable second of 9 in handicap there (12.1f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 266412

(2)

Ghostly^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 53

15/2

12/1, good third of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 14 days ago. Down in trip but can't be ruled out.

Form: 365023

(5)

Three Castles^v¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: O J Orr| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 52

16/1

Unreliable type. 10/1, modest fifth of 8 in handicap at Musselburgh (12.5f, good) 12 days ago. Others are preferred.

Form: 73-7575

(1)

Rita R^p1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 48

66/1

Respectable seventh of 12 to Haven Lady in handicap (50/1) at Catterick (12.1f, good to firm) 24 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and more is needed.

Form: 7207-57

(8)

Lizzie Loch¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Rowan Scott| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 47| D

33/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 33/1, below-par sixth of 8 in handicap at Musselburgh (12.5f, good) 12 days ago, so others make more appeal.

Form: 24345/6

(6)

Will He Dance^t,v¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Billy Garritty| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 45

15/2

5/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Musselburgh (12.5f, good) 12 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 727524

(7)

Toutatis¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 45

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 66/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (11.2f, soft) 17 days ago. Difficult ask at these weights.

Form: 459-7

(9)

Uccello⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Elliott| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 45

10/1

Unreliable individual. 5/1, only seventh of 9 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, good to firm) 5 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 004437

(3)

Aighear¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

10/3

Runner-up on debut in Musselburgh bumper. Yet to match that form in three runs on Flat, though she had inadequate test when eighth of 12 in maiden at Carlisle (6.9f, soft) 17 days ago, Significantly up in trip for her handicap debut and no surprise to see her take a big step forward.

Form: 688

Forecasts

Haven Lady (1/1), Aighear (10/3), Ghostly (15/2), Will He Dance (15/2), Uccello (10/1), Three Castles (16/1), Lizzie Loch (33/1), Toutatis (50/1), Rita R (66/1)

A number of these arrive with question marks against them, so it is worth siding with Jim Goldie's AIGHEAR to take a big step forward now she goes into handicaps over a trip much more in keeping with her pedigree. Recent Catterick second Haven Lady rates the obvious threat. with Ghostly appealing as the pick of the remainder for place purposes.