Racecards
16:00 Ayr
Biggart Baillie Classified Stakes (Class F) (Class F)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 3-12566
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 5-03000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey Tony Culhane
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 000-6
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey K Darley
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 0553-60
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 000-P0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
always behind
- Form 666
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
held up, ridden over 3f out, some headway over 2f out, one pace after
Colloseum
40- Form 56-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer T Etherington
- Jockey T Eaves
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 303-452
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, headway to challenge over 1f out, no extra final furlong
Violet Avenue
276- Form 204-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 1002-66
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
led, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 450-454
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Miss L Perratt
- Jockey R Ffrench
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway from over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 00-6104
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, headway to lead entering final 2f, kept on after
The Stick
21- Form 656-000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey R Lappin
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, some headway over 2f out, one pace after
In depth
Verdict
A wide-open affair on paper may go to Graceful Air, with Showtime Annie, Violet Avenue and The Stick just three more in with a chance. This is a tricky betting medium in which only a tentative vote goes to Graceful Air who has been there or thereabouts on each of her three starts this term. She has yet to race over a mile, let alone win, but the way that she stayed on to be nearest at the finish at Musselburgh suggests that her turn is near. Strictly on the book she has a bit to find with Showtime Annie on Wolverhampton running earlier, but the latter has been beaten twice since. Violet Avenue showed a modicum of ability last season and returns to the fray, but will need the run, while The Stick has posted three duck-eggs this term. She comes from a stable in form though and will appreciate the faster ground than she has encountered of late. Of the rest, Newmarket raider Come What July should not be dismissed, but a small stake on Graceful Air may not go amiss.