18:45 Hamilton

Tuesday 5 September 2023

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Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 1m 55.13s

(2)

Havana Party^b¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: B A Curtis| T: I Jardine| OR: 62| CD

2/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Ayr in June. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Redcar (10f, good to firm) 10 days ago. One to consider down in class.

Form: 541395

(6)

Heatherdown Hero^h⁹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 62

25/1

Hooded for 1st time, last of 5 in handicap (12/1) at Catterick (13.9f, good to firm) 95 days ago. Chance on old form but he clearly needs to bounce back dropped significantly in trip.

Form: 542-555

(5)

We Still Believe⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Hart| T: D Bourke| OR: 49| CD

11/4

C&D winner. 9/1, didn't need to improve to win 13-runner handicap at Ripon (9.8f, good) 8 days ago, suited by way race developed. Still fairly weighted on his best form under a penalty.

Form: 224081

(7)

Chinese Spirit⁶^{(ex 4)}

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lee| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 49| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 11/2, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap at Musselburgh (8f, good to firm) 6 days ago. Claims under penalty if in the same form.

Form: 727541

(1)

Mac Ailey^b⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 52| C

5/1

Course winner. Latest win at Ayr in July. Creditable 2¼ lengths third of 13 to We Still Believe in handicap at Ripon (9.8f, good, 5/1) 8 days ago, taking the eye with how he went through it before being picked off by a pair from much further back in a strongly. Blinkers back on. Firmly of interest.

Form: 510423

(8)

Precedent^p⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 51| BF

8/1

Modest maiden. 7/2, sixth of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, good) 5 days ago. Claims on his second here a couple of runs back.

Form: 240256

(10)

Jaminoz^v²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T P O'Shea| T: J S Goldie| OR: 51| BF

12/1

Visored for 1st time, creditable second of 9 in minor event (9/4) at Ayr (10f, good) 24 days ago, no match for winner. Bit more needed.

Form: 473222

(3)

Royal Countess^p²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 46

28/1

11/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 9 in minor event at Ayr (10f, good) 24 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 858565

Non-Runners

(4)

Flying Moon¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: R M Smith J: Andrew Breslin

(9)

Blazer Two²²

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: Callum Rodriguez

Forecasts

Havana Party (2/1), We Still Believe (11/4), Mac Ailey (5/1), Chinese Spirit (15/2), Blazer Two (15/2), Precedent (8/1), Jaminoz (12/1), Flying Moon (12/1), Heatherdown Hero (25/1), Royal Countess (28/1)

MAC AILEY shaped well behind We Still Believe at Ripon last week and is fancied to come out on top this time. His old rival, Havana Party and Blazer Two are dangerous.