17:05 Ayr

Friday 12 April 2019

All13:5014:2014:5515:2516:0016:3017:05

Fosters Your Local Family Funeral Directors Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 5m 57.9s

1^st

From Eden

611-2

3/1f

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Tracked leaders, went 2nd before the last, driven and stayed on to lead run-in op 7/2 tchd 4/1

2^nd

3 ¾

Stop The World

611-4

5/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan

Keen, tracked leading pair, 2nd on long run to 2 out, led 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in

3^rd

Follow The Bear

711-12

5/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Led, headed 2 out, lost 2nd before the last, no extra run-in op 6/1 tchd 7/1

4^th

Markov

911-3

20/1

T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob

Mid-division on inside, pushed along on long run before 2 out, kept on run-in, never going pace to threaten op 14/1

5^th

Shoal Bay

611-5

9/2

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Raced wide, chased leader, hit 2nd, lost 2nd on long run to 2 out, soon outpaced, plugged on run-in tchd 5/1

6^th

1 ¾

Arthurs Secret

911-9

16/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: Rachel McDonald (5)

Mid-division early, dropped to last pair 4th, never on terms after tchd 14/1

7^th

Ballynanty

711-1

20/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander

Ran in snatches, held up last, slightly hampered 4th, never involved op 16/1

8^th

4 ½

My Way

511-9

4/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held d up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 8th, not fluent next, weakened on long to 2 out op 10/3 tchd 3/1

Also Ran

Mill Forge

1210-12

20/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: R Johnson

Held up in last pair, fell heavily 4th tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.40Pl:£1.70, £1.80, £2.00EX:£18.30Trifecta:£109.90Tricast:£70.23SF:£18.24Swingers:£3.60, £3.20, £4.70

Forecasts

From Eden (3/1), My Way (4/1), Shoal Bay (9/2), Stop The World (5/1), Follow The Bear (5/1), Arthurs Secret (16/1), Markov (20/1), Ballynanty (20/1), Mill Forge (20/1)

Another tricky race to finish off with. Old Mill Forge could go well, especially if he can build on his recent Gowran Park second, and the booking of Richard Johnson does take the eye. Follow The Bear could be a danger to all if putting in a better round of hurdling, but the vote goes to the genuine ARTHURS SECRET, who probably doesn't have that much in hand of the handicapper but continues to run well, and looks more likely to run his race than a few here. From Eden represents powerful connections, but is not guaranteed to get this trip, so a bigger danger could be Stop The World, who surely has his best days to come.

Arthurs Secret
Stop The World
Mill Forge

Previous Winners

2018

Chapel Stile

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 6

J: R D Day | T: N G Richards

10/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,007.002nd: £2,938.003rd: £1,469.004th: £735.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00