17:30 Ayr

Monday 17 July 2023

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Scottish Sun Ladies Night Handicap

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 2m 11.77s

(6)

Val Bassett²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 76

10/1

11/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Haydock (10.2f, good to firm) 23 days ago. Has a bit to prove now.

Form: 00-7707

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(7)

Real Terms³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Oliver Stammers| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 75| D

6/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap (11/2) at Pontefract (12f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Hasn't fired so far this season but mark is sliding.

Form: 336-657

(8)

Arch Moon⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 75| D

7/1

Won 14-runner handicap (8/1) at Wetherby (10f, good to firm) 62 days ago. Remains well treated on best form and likely to be on the premises again.

Form: 3049-71

(10)

Hills Of Gold²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods| OR: 75

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1, creditable third of 6 in handicap at Musselburgh (9f, good) 24 days ago. May yet have more to offer and merits consideration.

Form: 68-323

(3)

Mandega¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 74| D

33/1

Latest win at Fontainebleau in March. First run since leaving Mlle A. Budka when fifth of 7 in handicap (80/1) at Chester (10.3f, good) on UK debut 17 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 731825

(11)

Ebony Maw³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 65| D

18/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 25/1) 34 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 42522-0

(4)

Roll It In Glitter⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Garritty| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 73| D

10/3

Winner at Beverley in April. 7/2, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good) 62 days ago. That form is decent and he looks a likeable sort, so plenty going for him in this contest.

Form: 6368-13

(5)

She's Got Bottle⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 63| D

16/1

Latest win at Pontefract in May. 10/3, third of 5 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, heavy) 66 days ago. Not dismissed.

Form: 142-513

(1)

Ayr Poet¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: William Pyle⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 57| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Musselburgh (9f, good, 15/2) 12 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 9030-65

(9)

Golden Valour^v⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: D Allan| T: R M Smith| OR: 57

9/2

Temperamental sort. Twenty four runs since last win in 2020. Very good second of 10 in handicap (13/2) at this C&D (good to soft) 7 days ago, just failing. Well treated but hard to win with.

Form: 64-7672

Non-Runners

(2)

Don't Look Back⁶⁴

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: O J Orr

Forecasts

Roll It In Glitter (10/3), Golden Valour (9/2), Hills Of Gold (11/2), Real Terms (6/1), Arch Moon (7/1), Ayr Poet (8/1), Don't Look Back (8/1), Val Bassett (10/1), She's Got Bottle (16/1), Ebony Maw (18/1), Mandega (33/1)

ROLL IT IN GLITTER is going the right way and the race he was third in at Beverley last time was a bit stronger than this, so he's worth a chance to resume winning ways. Hills of Gold also has few miles on the clock and is considered a danger along with his stablemate Arch Moon, a winner at Wetherby a couple of months ago.