21:10 Ayr

Wednesday 31 May 2017

All18:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:4021:10

Book The Award Winning Western House Hotel Handicap

Off time: 21:10 | Winning time: 1m 26.54s

1^st

(8)

Sabador

39-3

9/4f

T: E WalkerJ: P J McDonald

Held up, headway and switched right 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, readily tchd 5/2

2^nd

3 ¼

(2)

Jay Kay

89-3

14/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee (5)

Chased clear leader, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong tchd 16/1

3^rd

1 ½

(7)

Fayez

39-0

11/1

T: D O'MearaJ: P Makin

Slowly away in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on to go 3rd post tchd 12/1

4^th

(10)

Fieldsman

59-13

9/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Patrick Vaughan (7)

Raced wide close up, headway to chase leader over 1f out, one pace final furlong, lost 3rd post op 8/1

5^th

(1)

Tavener

59-6

22/1

T: D C GriffithsJ: Connor Beasley

Keen led and soon clear, reduced lead 3f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra op 25/1 tchd 28/1

6^th

(3)

Zoravan

49-12

17/2

T: K DalgleishJ: Rowan Scott (5)

In touch, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders tchd 8/1 and tchd 9/1

7^th

1 ¼

(9)

Makkaar

39-2

4/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: Jason Hart

In rear, outpaced halfway, never a factor op 5/1

8^th

3 ¾

(5)

Michele Strogoff

410-2

13/2

T: T Coyle & K WoodJ: T Eaves

Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 7/1

9^th

1 ¾

(6)

Dragon King

59-12

20/1

T: I JardineJ: Adam J McNamara (3)

Awkwardly away towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms

10^th

1 ¾

(11)

Russian Realm

79-12

9/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: P Mulrennan

Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms op 10/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Slemy¹⁶

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: Mrs R Carr J: J P Sullivan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.02, £5.00, £4.10EX:£36.30Trifecta:£476.00Tricast:£301.93SF:£37.53Swingers:£5.10, £3.70, £15.70

Forecasts

Sabador (9/4), Makkaar (4/1), Michele Strogoff (13/2), Zoravan (17/2), Fieldsman (9/1), Russian Realm (9/1), Fayez (11/1), Jay Kay (14/1), Slemy (16/1), Dragon King (20/1), Tavener (22/1)

Makkaar starts the campaign on a fair mark and with his trainer in form. He may need further in due course but, if ridden as positively as most of this yard's runners, he ought to give a good account. Fayez and Dragon King are two to note in the ring with both having good cause to perform better than they did last time. Tavener can be expected to run his usual honest race under a positive ride. SABADOR is a rare runner here for his trainer. The form of his last two races has a solid look about it and a 6lb rise in the weights is more than within his scope.