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16:00 Ayr

Scottish Stampings Handicap Hurdle (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 110y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 54.80s
  • 5 Ran
1
Silk - Purple, Red epaulets, Pink sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 1U12-5U
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-12

tracked leader untill lost place halfway, soon ridden and weakened and tailed 8th

3
Silk - Red, Grey epaulets, Black sleeves, Grey and Red quartered cap

Exstoto

14
9/4
  • Form 3P263-F
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-2

mid-division, headway to in touch 8th, led approaching 2 out, ridden and kept on from last, headed and no extra close home

5
Silk - Orange, Black triple diamond and armlets
  • Form 06121/3
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-7

tracked leader, ridden to challenge 2 out, kept on gamley to lead close home

6
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, RED cross belts, BLACK and RED hooped sleeves, RED cap
5/1
  • Form 321462
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-6

held up, headway to in touch 8th, ridden 3 out weakened from next

7
Silk - DARK BLUE and RED (halved), RED sleeves and cap
  • Form 450423
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-4

led, ridden approaching 3 out, soon headed and weakened

2
NR
  • Form 14P/0P-3
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-12

4
NR
  • Form 1P32-21
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-9

In depth

Verdict

Tony Dobbin would have the chance to ride any of the Lungo pair so we will side with him to land the finale with Kivatos. The grey has been running particularly well at present and looks to have been found another opportunity to land another hurdling prize. Ballystone's habit of hitting fences was demonstrated in a Racing Post cover story earlier in the week. He is capable of landing this but looks a notoriously tricky ride. If his conditional rider keeps the horse's mind on the task, he could yet give Dobbin a major cause for concern. This event represents a step down in class for Exstoto. He ran well in a number of decent handicaps in the North last term but Richard Fahey's decision to step up in trip looks strange given that the gelding has not got home over much shorter trips. Hidden Bounty rates as the chief danger to our selection. He appreciates a faster surface and produced a pleasing enough reappearance effort at Wetherby. Given that he is very lightly campaigned, it is highly likely that we have not seen the best of the seven-year-old and there could be much more to come. We will stick with proven rather than theoretical form and suggest Kivatos as the likely winner.