14:30 Ayr

Sunday 9 July 2023

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Ayrshire Cancer Support Amateur Jockeys' Handicap

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 59.28s

(8)

Showalong¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Thomas Easterby⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| D

7/2

Built on reappearance second when scoring at Nottingham (5f) in May. Shaped better than result when sixth of 8 over C&D since. Potential class act in a 0-70.

Form: 699-216

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(3)

Modular Magic³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss Alice Keighley⁽³⁾| T: T D Barron| OR: 70| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Last of 7 in handicap (22/1) at Haydock (6f, good to firm) 30 days ago.

Form: 0-42867

(5)

Soul Seeker^t,v⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ms S Brotherton| T: D O'Meara| OR: 68| D

8/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022 but placed on last 4 outings and ought to be very competitive again here.

Form: 753233

(4)

Woobay²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss Pippa Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 63

9/1

Fair maiden. Limited impact in his 2 handicap starts but it is still very early days. Down in trip.

Form: 3/3245

(1)

John Kirkup^b¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Miss Becky Smith| T: D Thompson| OR: 59| CD

1/1

C&D winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2022. Good second of 11 in handicap at Carlisle (5f, good to firm, 17/2) 1 day ago.

Form: 847342

(2)

One Last Hug³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Jack Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 57| CD

10/1

Dual course winner in May, the latter over this trip. Went close to another win over C&D on latest start 5 weeks ago but was well held under this rider at Redcar prior to that.

Form: 041162

Non-Runners

(7)

Ben Macdui⁹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: P T Midgley J: Mr Eireann Cagney

(6)

Ever Rock²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: J J Lambe J: Anna McGuinness

Forecasts

John Kirkup (1/1), Showalong (7/2), Ben Macdui (5/1), Soul Seeker (8/1), Woobay (9/1), Modular Magic (9/1), One Last Hug (10/1), Ever Rock (12/1)

SHOWALONG was better than the result here last time and has a bit of class for this level having largely plied his trade in higher grades. Soul Seeker is another very capable in 0-70 company and is second choice ahead of Ben Macdui.