15:10 Ayr

Monday 13 August 2018

All13:3514:0514:4015:1015:4016:1516:4517:15

Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap

Off time: 15:12 | Winning time: 1m 42.38s

1^st

(7)

Markhan

59-4

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: Connor Beasley

Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led inside final 2f, soon ridden, clear inside final furlong, ran on, comfortbaly op 7/2 tchd 9/2

2^nd

(2)

Carnageo

510-0

5/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Chased leaders, headway under pressure over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner tchd 13/2

3^rd

1 ½

(13)

Muirsheen Durkin

410-2

12/1

T: S SpencerJ: Ben Robinson (3)

Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no chance with winner when lost 2nd inside final furlong tchd 14/1

4^th

(8)

Chinese Spirit

49-7

4/1f

T: R M SmithJ: Andrew Breslin (7)

Tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, no impression final furlong op 9/2

5^th

(12)

Hasselnott

59-7

9/2

T: J F LevinsJ: Donagh O'Connor (3)

Mid-division, ridden 2f out, hung left under pressure over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never pace to threaten leaders op 6/1 tchd 7/1

6^th

(14)

Restive

59-6

18/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders op 25/1

7^th

1 ½

(4)

Branscombe

39-6

10/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, never pace to challenge, weakened final furlong op 9/1 tchd 17/2

8^th

(6)

War Department

59-11

13/2

T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Rodriguez (3)

Dwelt, in rear, ridden over 2f out, never able to challenge op 7/1

9^th

(11)

Pudding Chare

49-1

12/1

T: R M SmithJ: P J McDonald

Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 14/1 tchd 10/1

10^th

(3)

Columbia Kid

39-0

80/1

T: L SmythJ: G Lee

Mid-division, lost place 3f out, soon behind, tailed off

11^th

1 ¾

(10)

Dark Crystal

79-9

50/1

T: Miss L A PerrattJ: A Mullen

Chased leaders, lost place 4f out, weakened final 2f, tailed off op 40/1 tchd 33/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Acrux²

Weight: 10-1| Age: 5

T: D O'Meara J: D Nolan

(5)

Instant Attraction²⁰

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: Jedd O'Keeffe J: J Garritty

(9)

Redarna⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Mrs Dianne Sayer J: J P Sullivan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.80, £1.60, £5.00EX:£34.50Trifecta:£406.00Tricast:£293.15SF:£30.30Swingers:£5.30, £13.90, £12.30

Forecasts

Chinese Spirit (4/1), Hasselnott (9/2), Markhan (5/1), Carnageo (5/1), War Department (13/2), Acrux (7/1), Branscombe (10/1), Instant Attraction (10/1), Redarna (10/1), Muirsheen Durkin (12/1), Pudding Chare (12/1), Restive (18/1), Dark Crystal (50/1), Columbia Kid (80/1)

An ultra-competitive handicap for the grade with several of these having been capable of competing in much higher grades in the past. Instant Attraction, Carnageo and War Department would all qualify under that premise and all three have to be given plenty of respect here. Dark Crystal is a past winner of this contest but it’s last year’s winner CHINESE SPIRIT who is of the most interest on the back of his good Hamilton 2nd last time out; a repeat of that will see him go close here. Acrux may well prove to be the biggest danger he’s already won four races this year and even off this higher mark still looks as though he can be competitive.

Chinese Spirit
Acrux
War Department

Previous Winners

2017

Chinese Spirit

Weight: 8-12 |Age: 3

J: J Fanning | T: R M Smith

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,817.002nd: £1,136.003rd: £568.004th: £300.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00