15:30 Ayr

Friday 1 April 2022

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Hillhouse Quarry Handicap Chase (Listed) (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 5m 8.06s

1^st

Beakstown

910-12

9/4f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Led, headed 8th, led again after 14th, went clear 3 out, ran on well op 11/4

2^nd

2 ¼

Coach Carter

611-2

20/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

In rear, mistake 2nd, not fluent 5th, headway approaching 3 out, pushed along before next, not fluent 2 out, went second approaching last, kept on flat op 16/1 tchd 22/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Nietzsche

910-3

5/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny McMenamin

Raced keenly in rear, headway before 6th, hampered 8th, headway to chase leaders 4 out where not fluent, ridden before 2 out, kept on from last op 9/2 tchd 4/1

4^th

3 ¾

Elvis Mail

811-10

5/2

T: N W AlexanderJ: C O'Farrell

Chased leaders, dropped to midfield when hampered 8th, not fluent 10th, headway 12th, headway to challenge when pecked 4 out, soon pushed along, no extra from 2 out op 10/3

5^th

Whoshotthesheriff

811-12

14/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Sean Quinlan

Chased leaders, lost place 13th, pushed along to go second before 3 out, lost second next, ridden approaching last, faded flat op 8/1

Also Ran

Presentandcounting

811-12

14/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Midfield, went second 7th, led next, headed after 14th, lost place approaching 4 out, ridden and keeping on when fell 2 out op 17/2

Flic Ou Voyou

811-4

5/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Close up, blundered 7th and lost place, bad mistake and unseated rider next op 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.25Pl:£1.70, £6.30EX:£46.60Trifecta:£211.40SF:£35.50Swingers:£7.00, £2.80, £10.90

Forecasts

Beakstown (9/4), Elvis Mail (5/2), Nietzsche (5/1), Flic Ou Voyou (5/1), Whoshotthesheriff (14/1), Presentandcounting (14/1), Coach Carter (20/1)

FLIC OU VOYOU signalled he's ready to go in again when an excellent runner-up at Sandown earlier in the month so Paul Nicholls' 8-y-o looks the way to go. Whoshotthesheriff is feared most on the back of his recent Carlisle victory, with both Elvis Mail and Presentandcounting in the mix too in an open listed contest.

FLIC OU VOYOU (FR)
WHOSHOTTHESHERIFF (IRE)
ELVIS MAIL (FR)

Previous Winners

2021

Nietzsche

Weight: 10-2 |Age: 8

J: J J Burke | T: B Ellison

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £22,780.002nd: £8,548.003rd: £4,280.004th: £2,132.005th: £1,072.006th: £536.00