Racecards
17:15 Ayr
Keyline Builders Merchants Handicap (For The Weir Memorial Trophy) (Class C)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 7f 50y
- Going: Good
- Form 404463
- Age 6
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
prominent, led over 3f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, weakened close home
- Form 016002
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no impression
- Form 645136
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey K Darley
mid-division and keen early, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
- Form 153451
- Age 7
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey I Mongan
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway and every chance over 1f out, no extra close home
- Form 331026
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Richard Hughes
in touch, ridden 2f out and every chance, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 352220
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey S Hitchcott
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Colemanstown
85- Form 30-1400
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey T Hamilton
mid-division, ridden over 3f, no impression
- Form 4-00000
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey T Eaves
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Bandos
22- Form 0-11022
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer I Semple
- Jockey D McGaffin
in touch, ridden 3f out, headway to lead briefly inside final furlong, weakened close home
- Form 204131
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 215130
- Age 6
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey L P Keniry
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, good headway to lead close home
- Form 560204
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Earlston
45- Form 566224
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey J Bramhill
mid-division, ridden over 3f to chase leaders, weakened inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Will He Wish belied odds of 25/1 when winning at Doncaster last week and is fancied to defy a 5lb rise in the weights and again prove too good for Uhoomagoo. The last mentioned deserves to win a decent prize but may again have to settle for minor honours behind the selection who again has ground conditions in his favour. What-A-Dancer, Dowhatjen and Marshallspark are all consistent performers who are entitled to be thereabouts again, while Santisima Trinidad has to be respected but needs everything to drop right for him. The three-year-old Bandos may still have further improvement in him but appears a shade high in the weights now and a bigger threat may come from the trio of David Nicholls-trained runners now that the stable has hit form, with the well-drawn Bailieborough just preferred to Winning Venture and Palanzo. However, Will He Wish won with something in hand at Doncaster and is taken to follow up.