Racecards
14:10 Hamilton Park
Lord Advocate Handicap (Class E) (Class E)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f 9y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 400-105
- Age 6
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer I Semple
- Jockey G Duffield
driven to lead, ridden 4f out, headed 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 231613
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 2-12110
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway 2f out, just held close home
- Form 61430-4
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer Mrs K Walton
- Jockey R Winston
tracked leader, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
- Form 606-002
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Darren Williams
tracked leader, ridden and headway to lead over 3f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 2200-55
- Age 11
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer T Cuthbert
- Jockey Dale Gibson
held up, ridden over 3f out, no impression
- Form 060-063
- Age 5
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey L Enstone
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out to chase leaders, soon one pace
- Form 5353-51
- Age 6
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer W Brisbourne
- Jockey B Swarbrick
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Cosmic Case
12- Form 55300-1
- Age 9
- Weight 8-1
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
held up, ridden over 4f out, some headway to mid-division, weakened final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Trusted Mole goes unpenalised for his win in an apprentices' handicap at Leicester on Monday and is taken to follow up at the main expense of Cosmic Case and Party Ploy. The last mentioned was unlucky to come up against the seemingly well-handicapped Best Port at Redcar on Monday afternoon and has to be respected. He may be a bigger threat than Jim Goldie's Cosmic Case, who is 2lbs higher here than when dead heating with Toni Alcala at Ayr last month. Toni Alacala has himself been beaten since (by Jack Dawson at Musselburgh on Saturday) and meets Cosmic Case on the same terms as at Ayr previously. The normally consistent Isa'af was a bitter disappointment at Pontefract last week and is difficult to recommend judged by that effort and of more interest may be Next Flight, although he was behind Party Ploy at Redcar and looks held by that rival. Trusted Mole has an obvious chance though and is hard to oppose.