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16:40 Ayr

John Smith's Extra Smooth Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,500 added
  • Winner: £4,205
  • 2nd: £1,251
  • 3rd: £625
  • 4th: £313
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 57.51s
  • Off Time: 16:43:58
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Sphinx (FR)

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Chookie Hamilton

    12/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Orange and light blue quartered, dark blue sleeves, white cap

      Vivaldi (IRE)

      50
      28/1
      • Form 9160/5
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 85

      held up in touch, went 3rd 5f out until over 3f out, plugged on same pace

      2(1)
      Silk - RED, WHITE spots, WHITE sleeves, RED seams, RED and WHITE striped cap

      Pertemps Networks

      22 BFC
      5/2
      • Form 570214
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 77

      set steady pace, ridden and headed 3f out, plugged on same pace

      3(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue spots, Dark Blue and Red quartered cap

      Graceful Descent (FR)

      42 C
      6/1
      • Form 316-706
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 74

      keen tracked leaders until 5f out, weakened 3f out

      4(3)
      Silk - Purple, White halved sleeves, White cap, Purple spots

      Chookie Hamilton

      15 C
      12/1
      • Form 915734
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 74

      tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, chased winner, no impression final furlong

      5(6)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue triple diamond, sleeves and cap

      The Oil Magnate

      18 C
      6/1
      • Form 507158
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 71

      keen in rear, headway 2f out, went 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace

      6(2)
      Silk - Yellow and White (quartered), Yellow sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap

      Sphinx (FR)

      43 b CCD
      5/4
      • Form 1/723-02
      • Age 13
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 70

      held up in touch, headway to lead 2f out, stayed on strongly (hand timed)

      Previous results

      2010
      (1)
      Silk -

      Lady Bluesky

      7/2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-13

      2009
      (6)
      Silk -

      Sphinx (FR)

      9/1
      • Age 11
      • Weight 9-6

      2008
      (9)
      Silk -

      Puy d'Arnac (FR)

      3/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-8

      In depth

      Verdict

      Pertemps Networks has the best recent form with a win at Wolverhampton to his credit earlier this month. However, he failed to beat a rival in this race last year when SPHINX finished third. Edwin Tuer's veteran is 3lb lower this time around and won this contest in 2009. He gets the vote to do so again as the Oil Magnate has gone off the boil since scoring here last month and Chookie Hamilton has struggled off higher marks since winning at Musselburgh in August. Graceful Descent and Vivaldi are both out of form and hard to fancy.

      Formwatch

      Vivaldi (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Settled 4th, pushed along in last 4f out, no extra over 2f out and weakened, last of 5, 24l behind Northgate (9-7) at Down Royal 1m 5f stks gd in Sep.

      Pertemps Networks 5-1fav (8-11) Chased leaders and wide, led narrowly 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed chasing leaders, edged left over 1f out, kept on well closing stages, 4th of 14, 3/4l behind Trip The Light (9-3) at York 1m 4f app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gd.

      Graceful Descent (FR) 14-1 (9-1) Held up mid-division, ridden and one pace from over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, soon eased, 6th of 10, 10l behind Lexington Bay (8-8) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Sep.

      Chookie Hamilton 8-1 (10-0) Tracked winner, ridden and lost 2nd over 2f out, dropped to 4th over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 12l behind Countrywide Flame (8-13) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.

      The Oil Magnate 14-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway on inner over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 12l behind River Dragon (9-2) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-75 (5) sft.

      Sphinx (FR) 16-1 (8-6) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong kept on, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Taikoo (9-0) at Ayr 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Sep.