18:40 Hamilton

Friday 17 May 2024

All17:3018:0518:4019:1519:5020:2521:00

Precon William Wallace Handicap

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 1m 10.01s

(3)

Quintus Arrius^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: P Mulrennan| T: P D Niven| OR: 80| CD

5/2

C&D winner. 20/1, did well under the circumstances given he made his challenge on the opposite wing to the first 3 when fourth of 16 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, soft) 20 days ago. Could strip fitter for that outing here.

Form: 10308-4

(2)

Punchbowl Flyer^b³²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 78| D

14/1

Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Produced a laboured effort away from the mud when ninth of 11 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good, 9/1) 32 days ago.

Form: 0452-09

(5)

Rock Opera²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77| C| D

11/4

Course winner in 2022. Latest win at Southwell in January. Run best excused when eleventh of 13 in handicap (10/1) at Ripon (6f, heavy) 29 days ago, having hopeless task from position.

Form: 713550

(7)

Sacred Falls²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: William Pyle⁽⁵⁾| T: K Scott| OR: 66| BF| D

11/4

Went backwards from reappearance when ninth of 12 in handicap (4/1) at Haydock (6f, heavy) 20 days ago. Now just 1 lb above her last winning mark.

Form: 2125-59

(6)

Iris Dancer^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: A Mullen| T: T Davidson| OR: 65| CD

7/2

5-time C&D winner. 20/1, stepped up on reappearance when fifth of 9 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good) 18 days ago, not knocked about. Blinkers back on. Looks to be coming to the boil.

Form: 1100-05

Non-Runners

(1)

Conservationist¹⁷

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: K A Ryan J: Shane Gray

(4)

Catherine Chroi⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: I Jardine J: Mohammed Tabti

Forecasts

Catherine Chroi (13/8), Quintus Arrius (5/2), Sacred Falls (11/4), Rock Opera (11/4), Iris Dancer (7/2), Conservationist (6/1), Punchbowl Flyer (14/1)

CATHERINE CHROI recorded a fifth win from her last 6 starts at Leicester last Saturday and Iain Jardine's mare looks to have been well placed again to bag another victory. She can get the better of Iris Dancer, who looks to be coming to the boil based on her Ayr effort last month, while Quintus Arrius, whose return was far more encouraging than 2 starts for this stable last year, rounds off the shortlist.