Racecards
15:55 Ayr
Award Winning Weddings At Western House Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 6)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £2,400 added
- Winner: £1,560
- 2nd: £458
- 3rd: £229
- 4th: £114
- Form 55-P12
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer S R B Crawford
- Jockey Mr S Crawford
always prominent, led over 3f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on well
- Form 1-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
led, headed 4f out, weakened from over 2f out
- Form 8442
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey Mr Ryan Nichol
held up, headway 8f out, led 4f out, headed over 3f out, no impression on winner from over 1f out
- Form 48-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J Ewart
- Jockey Lucy Alexander
held up in touch, pushed along 8f out, soon lost place, well beaten final 5f
- Form 7
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey Paul Moloney
tracked leaders, struggling over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
In depth
Verdict
Miss Burnett attracted some support on her debut at Wetherby and, though well beaten, will have come on for the experience. Spoils Of War has been showing progress between the flags in Ireland though is likely to do better when tackling obstacles. BABY BACH won a point at Maralin in November then made a fine debut in a bumper on this track when chasing home the much-fancied Another Bill with the remainder in another county. He'll improve and may have too much basic pace for Mahler And Me, who went for £65,000 at the sales after landing a point at Rathmorrissey in March, though the pair he beat that day have been well beaten subsequently.
Formwatch
Baby Bach (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, edged left under pressure entering final furlong, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on to regain lead last 50 yards, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, hd behind Another Bill (11-12) at Ayr 2m NH flat (6) hvy.
Mahler And Me (IRE) 2-1 (11-9) Chsd ldr, still 3l 2nd 1/2way, prog to ld bef 2out, 7l clr bef last, ko, easily, won at Rathmorrissey 3m ire ptp sft in Mar beating Vertical Venture (11-9) by 12l, 3 ran.
Spoils Of War (IRE) 4-1 (11-6) Tr ldrs, drpd to mid div 7out where mstk, went 2nd 5out, drpd to 3rd 3out, went 2nd early flat, kow, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Big Jack Behan (11-6) at Tattersalls Farm 3m ire ptp in Oct.
Touch Of Steel (IRE) 18-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, disputed lead over 6f out to over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off, 8th of 14, well behind Sir Vinski (11-3) at Kelso 2m NH flat (6) gd in Mar.
Miss Burnett (USA) 6-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, lost place after about 4f, 7th of 10, 19l behind Sherry (10-5) at Wetherby 1m 4f fll 4yo N H flat (6) gs.