Racecards
15:05 Ayr
John Smith's Fillies' Handicap (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 7f 50y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £5,000 added
- Form 223229
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey G Bartley
tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out
- Form 349176
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey Neil Brown
led for 2f, chased leader, led again over 3f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra
- Form 326380
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 64
prominent, weakened well over 1f out
- Form 288220
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey M Fenton
held up, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, held on well
- Form 433791
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 56
slowly into stride, towards rear, effort over 2f out, never troubled leaders
- Form 359240
- Age 5
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey D Allan
prominent and keen, every chance over 2f out until no extra towards finish
- Form 4-22379
- Age 6
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey P Hanagan
tracked leaders, led after 2 furlongs, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 742150
- Age 4
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey A Mullen
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 710870
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer A D Brown
- Jockey S De Sousa
tracked leaders, hung left well over 1f out, one paced
In depth
Verdict
Eternal Legacy is selected here ahead of Mugeba and Neil's Legacy. A heavy-going winner, Eternal Legacy gives the impression that he is capable of winning from his current rating so cannot be ruled out on that basis. Mugeba runs from just a pound below his Newmarket soft-ground winning mark of June and gets a fair shout based on that. Neil's Legacy is just three pounds above a winning mark and likes soft going, while Mystical Ayr also likes juice in the going but now races from nine pounds above a winning rating. These, for us, would be the key players, with Eternal Legacy selected.
Formwatch
Mystical Ayr (IRE) 15-2 (8-8) Mid-division, no impression from over 1f out, 9th of 13, 9l behind Vicious Warrior (9-8) at Ayr 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct.
Neil's Legacy (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 7l behind Vicious Warrior (9-8) at Ayr 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct.
Ducal Pip Squeak 9-4fav (8-12) Held up behind, headway when short of room and checked approaching final furlong, not recover, 10th of 11, 9l behind Crimson Fern (8-12) at W'hampton 7f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Oct.
Mugeba 11-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, never a factor, 11th of 15, 11l behind Tudor Prince (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
Grethel (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led entering final furlong, all out, won at Ayr 1m 1f 3yo clm (5) sft in Oct beating Stay Active (8-7) by a nk, 12 ran.
Eternal Legacy (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Led, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 12th of 19, 14l behind Memphis Man (9-3) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-65 (6) hvy in Oct.
Queen's Echo 14-1 (8-4) Always towards rear, 9th of 10, 4l behind Networker (9-1) at Hamilton 1m hcap (5) gf in Jun.
Catherines Cafe (IRE) 12-1 (9-8) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 13th of 15, 17l behind Gala Sunday (10-1) at Redcar 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Karmest 22-1 (8-6) Dwelt, soon mid-division, one pace final furlong, 11th of 19, 14l behind Memphis Man (9-3) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-65 (6) hvy in Oct.