15:29 Hamilton

Monday 28 September 2026

All13:4414:1914:5415:2916:0416:3817:13

John MacKenzie And Hamish MacGregor Memorial Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 68y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:30  |   Winning time: 1m 49.58s
1st
Horse silk
1
(3)
El Matador
410-0
3/1f
T: R M BeckettJ: H Crouch
Mid-division, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, hard pressed and just prevailed op 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
sh
5
(9)
Strength of Spirit
39-9
8/1
T: K R BurkeJ: Jack Nicholls (3)
Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led but pressed from over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on, just denied op 7/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¾
13
(11)
Geo
48-9
20/1
T: J S GoldieJ: Lauren Young (5)
Steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, went third inside final furlong, kept on, not trouble front pair tchd 18/1
4th
Horse silk
2 ¼
7
(5)
Hot Cash
49-7
12/1
T: J ChannonJ: K Stott
Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, bit short of room and switched left over 1f out, no extra inside final 110 yads op 17/2
5th
Horse silk
3 ¼
8
(8)
Lir Speciale
79-7
11/2
T: B EllisonJ: Jason Hart
Held up in mid-division, switched left and effort 2f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 6/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
2
(6)
Thunder Roar
79-12
16/1
T: T Coyle & K WoodJ: D Nolan
A bit slow away, held up in mid-division, going well enough when not much room over 2f out, soon switched right, ridden and no impression from over 1f out op 14/1
7th
Horse silk
2 ¾
3
(7)
Impartiality
49-12
4/1
T: Phillip MakinJ: Shane Gray
Slowly away, held up in rear, switched right 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong tchd 9/2
8th
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
(1)
Sujet
49-11
50/1
T: D CarrollJ: Zak Wheatley
Led, hung left and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
9th
Horse silk
6 ½
6
(4)
Rhoscolyn
89-9
15/2
T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope
In touch in mid-division, not much room and lost place 2f out, well beaten after op 11/2 tchd 5/1
10th
Horse silk
¾
12
(10)
Good Morning Alex
59-0
12/1
T: T D BarronJ: Connor Beasley
Prominent, ridden and edged right 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 16/1
11th
Horse silk
½
9
(12)
Milteye
69-6
33/1
T: H BethellJ: Ethan Tindall (5)
Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon lost place op 28/1
12th
Horse silk
6
11
(2)
Daydreama
39-2
25/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan
Chased leaders, pushed along and lost place over 2f out op 18/1
13th
Horse silk
¾
10
(13)
Callisto Dream
49-2
14/1
T: E BethellJ: O J Orr
Held up in mid-division, struggling 3f out, soon well beaten op 16/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.80, £2.90, £4.40EX:£33.90Trifecta:£413.10Tricast:£443.32SF:£27.67Swingers:£6.90, £16.40, £40.10

Forecasts

El Matador (3/1), Impartiality (4/1), Lir Speciale (11/2), Rhoscolyn (15/2), Strength of Spirit (8/1), Hot Cash (12/1), Good Morning Alex (12/1), Callisto Dream (14/1), Thunder Roar (16/1), Geo (20/1), Daydreama (25/1), Milteye (33/1), Sujet (50/1)

Verdict

LIR SPECIALE has been running well all summer so this could be his day with conditions now in his favour. This does look very competitive, though, with penalised-winner Good Morning Alex and class-dropper El Matador heading the dangers.

  1. LIR SPECIALE (IRE)
  2. GOOD MORNING ALEX
  3. EL MATADOR (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £12,885.002nd: £6,042.003rd: £3,022.004th: £1,510.005th: £755.006th: £378.00

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