16:14 Ayr

Saturday 24 June 2023

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David MacDonald Is 50 Handicap

Off time: 16:17 | Winning time: 1m 10.21s

(9)

Papa Cocktail¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 77| D

9/2

Three wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Carlisle in May. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap (6/1) at Beverley (5f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Poorly drawn on that occasion and it wouldn't be a great surprise were to bounce back here.

Form: 361110

(2)

Black Friday³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 75| CD

11/1

Three-time C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. 16/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 44-2627

(3)

Summer Sands¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: J Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75| D

9/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 8/1, respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good) 19 days ago, not ideally placed. Place possibilities.

Form: 45000-4

(5)

Cold Stare^p,t⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: D O'Meara| OR: 74| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Creditable second of 8 in handicap (15/2) at Leicester (6f, heavy) 42 days ago. Ideally needs rain.

Form: 47-4232

(11)

Novak¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: William Pyle⁽⁷⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 74| C| D

7/2

Course winner. 5/2, career best when winning 6-runner handicap at Hamilton (6f, good to firm) 16 days ago. 4 lb rise fair enough and this hat-trick seeker should give it a good shot.

Form: 422211

(4)

Golden Apollo^p,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: T Eaves| T: T D Easterby| OR: 73| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 18/1, respectable eleventh of 19 in handicap at York (7f, good to firm) 28 days ago, running on. Chance on old form but, judged on recent evidence, he looks set for a struggle.

Form: 146-590

(13)

Huddle Up³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S H James| T: T D Barron| OR: 73| D

17/2

Respectable third of 9 in handicap at Carlisle (5f, good, 5/1) 33 days ago. Can make presence felt here off a 1 lb lower mark.

Form: 750-253

(12)

Newyorkstateofmind¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 70| D

16/1

5/2, didn't need to improve to win 5-runner handicap at Hamilton (5f, firm) 10 days ago. 2 lb nudge easy to swallow but likely to find one or two too good all the same.

Form: 460721

(6)

The Caltonian¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 59

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in maiden (150/1) at this course (8f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Down in trip for this handicap debut and improvement needed.

Form: 685

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(10)

Our Absent Friends³³

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: T Davidson J: Zak Wheatley

(8)

Slainte Mhath¹¹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: K Scott J: Shane Gray

(7)

Wrecked It Ralph⁴¹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: R M Smith J: D Fentiman

(1)

One Last Hug¹⁹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 8

T: J S Goldie J: J Fanning

Forecasts

Novak (7/2), Summer Sands (9/2), Papa Cocktail (9/2), Golden Apollo (7/1), Cold Stare (15/2), Our Absent Friends (8/1), Huddle Up (17/2), One Last Hug (10/1), Black Friday (11/1), Newyorkstateofmind (16/1), Wrecked It Ralph (16/1), Slainte Mhath (25/1), The Caltonian (50/1)

It's probably best to overlook PAPA COCKTAIL's latest effort at Beverley where he was poorly drawn. The 4-y-o won three on the bounce prior to that and he is taken to get back on track with another victory. Novak is bidding to complete the hat-trick and he is second choice ahead of Summer Sands, who shaped with encouragement on his reappearance at Thirsk and has slipped to a potentially very handy mark. Huddle Up is also in with a shout.