14:10 Ayr

Tuesday 11 February 2025

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LiveScore Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 5m 33.41s

Artic Row^t⁷³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: N W Alexander| OR: 115| CD

11/4

Successful 3 times over C&D last season, including this corresponding race. Failed to complete first 2 starts this autumn but, despite notable market weakness and a reported overreach, he got back on track with a good third in a 9-runner Newcastle handicap last time. Needs considering.

Form: 115-UF3

Brayhill^p³⁰⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: J Ewart| OR: 113| D

14/1

Low-mileage 10-y-o who made light of a 12-month absence to land a 2½m Newcastle handicap off a 2 lb higher mark in December 2023. Well below that level in 3 subsequent starts last term but evidently goes well fresh (also won on his reappearance the season before last), so there's cause for optimism.

Form: 3P/144P-

Walk On Quest^t⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Alan Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 110

13/8

Runner-up sole start between the flags and also second twice over hurdles. Has taken significant steps forward since switched to fences during the autumn, bagging handicaps at Kelso and Carlisle (both on good to soft at up to 17f), and there should be even better to come from this 6-y-o.

Form: 25-4211

Overcourt⁵⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: Ross Chapman| T: W Coltherd| OR: 108| D

33/1

Dual hurdles winner for Sandy Thomson who made the frame on his first 5 starts over fences. However, he's failed complete on each of his last 3 starts, including on his reappearance at Newcastle in December, and record stands at 0-9 in this sphere. Yard also saddles Grand Voyage.

Form: 225PP-F

Step Above^t⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: P W Wadge| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 106| CD

10/3

Poor effort at Newcastle is bookmarked by far more respectable displays, having finished third on his 2½m Perth reappearance in September and most recently coming home fourth in a 6-runner C&D contest. Still, he has been shaping as though the step back up to 2¾m+ is what he ideally needs.

Form: 375-3P4

Grand Voyage^p⁶²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd| OR: 100| CD

13/2

Long time without success but bounced back from a poor run here in November when second in a 14-runner Hexham handicap (2½m, soft) the following month. Solid each-way chance off an unchanged mark.

Form: 2-826P2

Duty Calls⁴⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 10-12| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 99

66/1

Cashed in on a reduced mark over fences at Kelso last March but has offered little in 3 subsequent starts.

Form: 741-PP4

Non-Runners

As Tears Go By¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: D J Jeffreys J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Walk On Quest (13/8), Artic Row (11/4), Step Above (10/3), Grand Voyage (13/2), As Tears Go By (10/1), Brayhill (14/1), Overcourt (33/1), Duty Calls (66/1)

WALK ON QUEST has improved markedly for the switch to fences and, with the promise of further progress now moving back up in trip, he is taken to complete the hat-trick and, in the process, maintain his 100% record in this sphere. Granted another clear round, Artic Row should be on the premises, along with Grand Voyage.