Racecards
15:05 Ayr
Kilmarnock Standard Handicap Hurdle (Class D )
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Heavy, Soft in places
- Form 1PFPP-P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey B P Harding
held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, chased leaders, soon ridden and weakened from 2 out
- Form 6F6-005
- Age 10
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer K G Reveley
- Jockey R McGrath
always towards rear, pulled up before 2 out
- Form PP-P366
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey Mr E Whillans
mid-division, chased leaders aprroaching 2 out, soon ridden and weakened approaching 2 out
- Form 1-40201
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 115
held up, smooth headway from 8th to track leaders approaching 3 out, soon ridden and weakened flat
- Form P60-3PP
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer Mrs B K Thomson
- Jockey T Greenway
led, hit 1st, headed after 6th, ridden after next, soon weakened
- Form 354F11
- Age 5
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 113
mid-division, tracked leaders 6th, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 600155
- Age 10
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 110
tracked leaders, weakened from 6th, behind and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 1211/
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey A Dobbin
held up towards rear, smooth headway to track leaders after 8th, ridden 3 out, kept on one pace from last
- Form P-2P024
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
mid-division, ridden and weakened from approaching 8th
- Form 423312
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey P Robson
held up towards rear, smooth headway from 6th to chase leaders approaching 3 out, soon ridden, weakened from last
- Form 5411P5/
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 107
tracked leaders, led after 6th, headed after 8th, ridden approaching 3 out and soon weakened
Skenfrith
40- Form 00146-0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer Miss S E Forster
- Jockey Mr C Storey
tracked leaders, led after 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, kept on
- Form 4/F061-P
- Age 10
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer J S Haldane
- Jockey N Mulholland
tracked leaders, weakened after 5th, behind and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 111/1-50
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 120
In depth
Verdict
Isellido has as good a chance as any and merits consideration ahead of Brooklyn Breeze, Culcabock and No Picnic to name but three. Isellido has been in great form lately, following up a decent win at Sedgefield by accounting for Culcabock at Hexham. That showed how much she is progressing, and Richard Guest's five-year-old has the scope to defy a rise in the weights, although Culcabock should make a race on these terms. After scoring over fences at Carlisle in November 2003, Brooklyn Breeze was being touted as Cheltenham material but was sidelined for nearly a year before returning over hurdles last month. In need of both those runs, Len Lungo's charge will be fitter but the concession of weight to the selection may prove too much for him. No Picnic is honest and will keep on, but even this trip appears to be on the short side, while Broken Knights was useful a while back but is sure to need the run. Isellido has the scope to go in again.