Racecards
16:40 Hamilton Park
Lookers Audi Glasgow/Hamilton Bothwell Castle Fillies' Handicap (Class 5)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 68y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £8,300 added
- Winner: £4,158
- 2nd: £1,952
- 3rd: £976
- 4th: £488
- Form 389-159
- Age 4
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner
- Form 863976-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer W G Harrison
- Jockey P Mathers
held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, switched left over 2f out, rider dropped rein briefly, soon weakened
- Form 8D40-60
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
awkward but fast away, led until over 2f out, not much room inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 7540-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 67
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, outpaced and no impression from over 1f out
La Feile
21- Form 490-555
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, kept on, went 3rd close home
- Form 40-6181
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey A Mullen
held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, hung right and led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 777312
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Fentiman
tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon edged right, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
- Form 6-76769
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer Mrs J Stephen
- Jockey Jamie Gormley
held up in mid-division, headway on outside 3f out, lost place from over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Ayr Empress is the only course winner in the line-up having won at the meeting a year ago. She's found fast ground against her since scoring at Musselburgh and will be suited by the conditions. GLITTERING CHOICE was returning from a long break when just failing to overhaul Amanzoe in a similar race at Leicester and a 2lb rise doesn't look enough to prevent her going one better. May Punch lost her maiden tag at the 17th time of asking at Ripon then just failed to complete a quick double on a return visit but Cosa Sara's two recent victories have been on quick ground at Ayr and she ran poorly on soft going there last month.
Formwatch
Ayr Empress (IRE) 28-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 9, 12 1/2l behind Flying Moon (9-4) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in May.
Venusta (IRE) 66-1 (9-10) Held up, headway into mid-division 6f out, ridden 4f out, one paced, 6th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Peerless Percy (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Silver Kitten 22-1 (9-9) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 30 1/2l behind Yaaser (9-4) at Ayr 7f hcp (5) gf in May.
Glittering Choice 9-2 (9-4) Held up in last trio headway out wide over 1f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, always held, 2nd of 8, nk behind Amanzoe (9-8) at Leicester 1m hcp fll (5) gs in Jun.
La Feile 18-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden 3f out, no extra, last of 5, 4 1/4l behind Tamarama (9-6) at Ripon 1m hcp fll (4) gd in May.
Cosa Sara (IRE) 8-1 (8-5) Mid-division, pushed along on outer 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon edged right, headway over 1f out, hung left but ran on well inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Ayr 1m hcp (6) gf in May beating Lilikoi (9-5) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
May Punch 15-8jfav (8-11) Led, shaken up over 2f out, ridden and faced sustained challenge from over 1f out, kept on well but headed inside final 150yds, ran on, 2nd of 6, nk behind Head Chef (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Silver Vision 66-1 (9-3) In rear, pushed along 2f out, always behind, last of 9, 25 1/2l behind Simply Sondheim (9-0) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) gd in May.