Racecards
15:10 Ayr
Tote (Ayr) Silver Cup (Showcase Handicap) (Class B)
- 27 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Form 265023
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
raced stand side, chased leaders, led group over 2f out, headed and no extra approaching final furlong
Armagnac
31- Form 103004
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer M Buckley
- Jockey Tony Culhane
raced stand side, always behind
- Form 220350
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer D W P Arbuthnot
- Jockey E Ahern
raced stand side, towards rear, never dangerous
Gdansk (IRE)
34- Form 403324
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
raced stand side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 000011
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Alex Greaves
raced centre, led and over all leader, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Awake
48- Form 022100
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
raced centre, in touch, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
Kingscross
31- Form 101320
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer M Blanshard
- Jockey J Quinn
raced centre, mid-division, effort 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 005000
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey S Hitchcott
raced centre, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
Espada (IRE)
47- Form 110104
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer J A Glover
- Jockey J Fanning
raced centre, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
Tayif
13- Form 000550
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey T Hamilton
raced centre, mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 124341
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
raced stand side, held up towards rear, headway 2f out, led group approaching final furlong, ran on well and edged left to lead over all close home
- Form 5-33145
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey Ted Durcan
raced stand side, towards rear, kept on same pace final 2f
- Form 260000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
raced centre, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Currency
6- Form 102453
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey P Fitzsimons
raced centre, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, chance approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish
Undeterred
15- Form 423050
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Clare Roche
raced centre, held up, headway over 2f out, challenging over left out when saddle slipped, soon eased
- Form 600101
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer J Wainwright
- Jockey D Allan
raced centre, with leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
- Form U0-0430
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
raced stand side, led group, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 201132
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Winston
raced stand side, in touch, headway and effort 2f out, kept on under pressure
- Form 063000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey P Hanagan
raced centre, in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 005400
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer C W Fairhurst
- Jockey L Enstone
raced far side, towards rear, never dangerous
Adweb
49- Form 032013
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer J Cullinan
- Jockey L P Keniry
missed break, well behind centre, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 055400
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer D K Ivory
- Jockey Dale Gibson
raced far side, mid-division, headway 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home
Dorchester
39- Form 312210
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer W J Musson
- Jockey N Pollard
raced stand side, in touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened 2f out
Pax
7- Form 515300
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey D Corby
raced stand side, in touch, headway to challenge group over 1f out, kept on same pace
Zuhair
13- Form 412000
- Age 9
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Iona Wands
raced centre, behind, stayed on over 1f out, not reach leaders
- Form 020002
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer I Semple
- Jockey D McGaffin
raced stand side, mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, (wore cheek pieces)
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A fiercely competitive renewal of this valuable compensation race for those ballotted out of the main event tomorrow and one in which the vagaries of the draw complicate matters further still. However, following a certain D Nicholls has proved a rewarding system for punters in this type of contest and the Sessay handler has no less than six representatives in a bid to repeat the success of Tayif who landed this twelve months ago. The six-year-old is once again in the line up and is able to race off a mark 2lb lower than last year so, having run creditably in defeat in a string of top sprints including a fine dead-heating fifth in the Stewards Cup, he should go well once again. Stablemate Undeterred finished an honourable third in the Goodwood feature despite meeting trouble in running when Peruvian Chief (fifth), Awake (eighth), Doctor Spin (eleventh) and Boanerges (twentieth) all finished behind. The son of Zafonic confirmed the form when a staying-on fifth over the same C&D the following month but then blooted his copybook with a moody display at Redcar last time and now has something to prove. Peruvian Chief has put up a number of consistent efforts of late but has yet to win on turf while Nothing Daunted is an infrequent winner for one of his ability but showed definite signs of a return to form last time and should not be dismissed. Adweb, Brave Burt and Esatto have all been in excellent heart of late but may now be a shade high in the weights so a tentative TEAMtalk vote goes to Night Runner. Tim Easterby's yard has hit a rich vein of form of late and this son of Polar Falcon has added to the tally with recent wins at Beverley and Newcastle and has performed admirably with two placed efforts in competitive company since. Still relatively lightly raced yet proven in the conditions, Night Runner is the choice to plunder another top proze for the Malton handler.