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14:47 Ayr

Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
  • Winner: £5,234
  • 2nd: £2,456
  • 3rd: £1,227
  • 4th: £614
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 13.57s
  • Off Time: 14:48:11
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Hartswood

8/1

    2
    Silk -

    Stressfree (FR)

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Ayr Poet

      5/1

        1(7)
        Silk - Yellow, black star, black sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap, black stars

        Hartswood

        20
        8/1
        • Form 142365
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-13
        • Official Rating 79

        steadied and switched left start, held up in last pair, headway out wide and edged left under pressure over 1f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish

        2(5)
        Silk - Light blue, dark blue seams, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

        Stressfree (FR)

        14
        9/2
        • Form 2174
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 81

        tracked leader, came centre in home straight, led inside final 3f, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish

        3(3)
        Silk - Light green, white epaulets, white sleeves, light green stars, light green cap, white star

        Bashful

        17 pt D
        17/2
        • Form 111304
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 77

        slowly away, held up and behind, headway centre over 2f out, weakened final furlong

        4(8)
        Silk - Royal blue, light blue striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue stars

        Tilsitt (FR)

        10 pt CDCD
        7/1
        • Form 302445
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-8
        • Official Rating 74

        tracked leaders, raced centre in home straight, ridden 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, just missed 3rd, not pace to challenge

        5(6)
        Silk - Lime Green, Royal Blue epaulets and cap

        Montevideo (IRE)

        17
        28/1
        • Form 5-4362
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 74

        soon led, raced more towards inside in home straight, ridden and headed inside final 3f, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened quickly, soon behind

        6(4)
        Silk - Dark blue, white cross belts, diamonds on sleeves

        Glasses Up (USA)

        10 p CCD
        8/1
        • Form 312467
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 70

        held up in last trio, came centre in home straight, plugged on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved

        7(2)
        Silk - White, Dark Blue cross belts, diabolo on sleeves, Dark Blue cap, Light Blue stars

        Ayr Poet

        8 p CCD
        5/1
        • Form 113213
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 68

        close 3rd on inside, raced more towards inside in home straight, went 2nd inside final 2f until inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd

        8(1)
        Silk - Dark green, red star and sleeves, black cap

        Star Start (IRE)

        7 v D
        2/1
        • Form 223121
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-6
        • Official Rating 62

        held up in 5th on inside, raced more towards inside in home straight, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f

        Previous results

        2022
        (2)
        Silk -

        First Impression (IRE)

        9/4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-0

        2021
        (3)
        Silk -

        My Little Queens (IRE)

        5/1
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-2

        2020
        (2)
        Silk -

        Baryshnikov

        10/3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        In depth

        Verdict

        Star Start and Ayr Poet are mostly consistent and the latter escapes a penalty for winning an apprentices' race at Beverley a week ago. Course specialist Glasses Up is a prolific winner at the track and is preferred to stablemate Tilsitt while Montevideo makes her handicap debut with scope for further progress. A maiden winner in France, STRESSFREE ran well at Redcar a fortnight ago on his handicap bow and first start for David O’Meara and he gets the vote with improvement expected.

        Formwatch

        Hartswood 15-2 (9-6) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 13, 1 1/4l behind Tosen Wish (9-12) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Sep.

        Stressfree (FR) 8-1 (9-8) Mid-division, pushed along well over 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 6, 2l behind Forceful Speed (9-8) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep.

        Bashful 5-1 (9-9) Slowly away, in touch, ridden over 2f out, never nearer, left poor 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 14 1/4l behind Restorer (8-10) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.

        Tilsitt (FR) 12-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Capital Theory (9-5) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (3) gs in Sep.

        Montevideo (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) Prominent, outpaced in second 2f out, kept on inside final furlong but no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Regheeb (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (3) pol in Sep.

        Glasses Up (USA) 7-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Capital Theory (9-5) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (3) gs in Sep.

        Ayr Poet 7-2 (9-1) Took keen hold, prominent, pressed leader and ridden over 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, held by winner close home, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Where's Jeff (9-2) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.

        Star Start (IRE) 10-3fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Sep beating Chester Tonik (9-10) by 1l, 10 ran.