15:50 Ayr

Monday 27 February 2023

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:2517:00

Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 5m 6.03s

1^st

Coral Blue

810-8

11/1

T: D BourkeJ: B S Hughes

Led until 1st, prominent, led after 6th, not fluent 2 out, clear last, ran on well op 10/1 tchd 12/1

2^nd

4 ¾

Foster'sisland

812-2

7/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Joshua Thompson (10)

Mid-division, not fluent 1st, headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd last, no impression on winner, kept on op 6/1

3^rd

2 ¾

Big Bresil

812-0

10/1

T: B BrookhouseJ: J M Quinlan

Prominent, pushed along after 3 out, edged left before last, edged left and went 3rd flat, no impression on winner tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1

4^th

1 ½

Socks Off

610-12

9/1

T: R MenziesJ: Aaron Anderson (5)

Chased leaders, lost ground 3rd, closed on outside before 7th, every chance 3 out, lost 3rd and no extra flat

5^th

8 ½

Glentruan

812-0

11/2

T: P NevilleJ: G Sheehan

Held up in rear, headway after 9th, not fluent 3 out, no extra approaching last op 9/2 tchd 6/1

6^th

Okavango Delta

711-2

18/1

T: R DobbinJ: Dylan Johnston (7)

Chased leaders, every chance 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out op 14/1

7^th

Barony Legends

711-11

10/1

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

Held up in touch on inside in mid-division, closed 4 out, not fluent 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 20/1

8^th

1 ¾

Fenna's Loss

611-1

14/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Led 1st, not fluent 6th, headed after 6th, mistake 7th, not fluent 8th, every chance 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 20/1

9^th

Moonlight Spirit

711-9

16/1

T: James MoffattJ: Charlotte Jones (3)

Held up towards rear, badly hampered 5th, no impression 3 out tchd 18/1

10^th

6 ½

Lissen To The Lady

910-4

20/1

T: Miss S E ForsterJ: P W Wadge (7)

Always towards rear op 16/1

11^th

1 ½

Minella Youngy

511-4

28/1

T: I JardineJ: Nathan Moscrop

Always towards rear op 18/1 tchd 33/1

12^th

Cave Court

611-3

16/1

T: N C KellyJ: D A Jacob

Held up towards rear, headway before 7th, mistake next, weakened before 3 out op 14/1 tchd 18/1

13^th

Curious Times

1011-13

66/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: Sam Ewing

Held up in touch, not fluent 3rd, mistake 5th, ridden after 9th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off op 50/1 tchd 80/1

14^th

Gladiatorial

812-0

66/1

T: N C KellyJ: Mr O McGill (7)

Prominent, lost place 8th, soon behind, tailed off tchd 80/1

Also Ran

So Many Roads

610-7

5/2f

T: D W WhillansJ: Craig Nichol

Held up in mid-division, fell 5th op 3/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.00Pl:£3.20, £3.00, £4.00EX:£76.70Trifecta:£601.80Tricast:£820.49SF:£89.26Swingers:£13.10, £18.00, £16.90

Forecasts

So Many Roads (5/2), Glentruan (11/2), Foster'sisland (7/1), Socks Off (9/1), Big Bresil (10/1), Barony Legends (10/1), Coral Blue (11/1), Fenna's Loss (14/1), Moonlight Spirit (16/1), Cave Court (16/1), Okavango Delta (18/1), Lissen To The Lady (20/1), Minella Youngy (28/1), Curious Times (66/1), Gladiatorial (66/1)

SO MANY ROADS took a big step forward when scoring emphatically on his handicap debut over C&D and a 5 lb rise in the weights doesn't look sufficient to provent him from following up after a break. Coral Blue comes here at the top of his game and in next on the list despite taking a 6 lb rise for his Musselburgh success. Minella Youngy and Socks Off complete the shortlist.