13:15 Ayr
Monday 1 December 2025
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Book New Years Day Lunch At westernhousehotel Handicap Hurdle
- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 3m 70y | Heavy (Soft in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 6m 48.08s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Completed a hat-trick in the second half of 2023 but has struggled to reached the same heights since, pulling up on last 2 starts. The cheekpieces and tongue tie he's worn of late are now left off and replaced by first-time blinkers.
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Has shown promise in bumpers and novice hurdles and rates a potential improver now handicapping for the first time.
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Former C&D winner who is now 10 lb lower than when successful on soft ground at Hexham last autumn. Step back in the right direction when third of 10 at Hexham last month and has obvious handicapping scope if he can build on that.
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Improver when landing a pair of 3m handicaps in spring 2024 but seen only twice since, pulling up at Hexham last month. Plenty to prove at present.
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Promise when placed twice last season and came good back from a break at Kelso (21f, good to soft) 23 days ago. The return to 3m a help if anything and a 5 lb rise shouldn't prevent another bold bid.
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Just one win from 29 starts and that was back in 2021. Recent efforts have been disappointing. Easy to look elsewhere.
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Got off the mark over hurdles in 21f course handicap (heavy) in January. Backed that up when third at Wetherby later that month but arrives with something to prove having pulled up in a Hexham hurdle and Kelso chase on his last 2 outings.
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Lightly-raced sort who has shaped well when runner up in handicaps at Perth (3m) and Sedgefield (21f) this autumn. Behind a subsequent dual winner at Sedgefield and can go well here off an unchanged mark.
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Gained a breakthrough success at Hexham (23f, heavy) in November 2023 but offered little on her return from a long absence at Uttoxeter in September. Can only watch at present.
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Dual hurdles winner. Runner-up in chases here and at Cartmel in the spring but recorded 2 poor efforts over fences in July and not seen since.
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Forecasts
Take A Hike (3/1), Zeezee (3/1), Shoeshine Boy (4/1), Boolamore Classic (5/1), Kelvin Forlonge (9/1), Bollin Matilda (12/1), Coventry (16/1), Our Sam (25/1), Euchan Falls (25/1), Solway Primrose (33/1)
ZEEZEE rather bumped into one at Sedgefield last time and is taken to go one better now, perhaps at the expense of last month's Kelso scorer Take A Hike. Kelvin Forlonge rates a possible improver in handicaps, while Shoeshine Boy is well handicapped if able to build on his latest Hexham third.
- Zeezee3/1
- Take A Hike3/1
Prize Money
1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00
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