Racecards
17:50 Hamilton Park
Lanarkshire Chamber Of Commerce Apprentice Series Handicap (Round 1) (Class F) (Class F)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f 9y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0-06331
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey L Enstone
held up, smooth headway to lead 2f out, soon ridden, ran on well final furlong and eased close home
Congo Man
2828- Form 51/
- Age 11
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer D Whillans
- Jockey T Hamilton
prominent until lost place after 4f, behind and beaten 5f out
Ellway Heights
251- Form 111020-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer W Brisbourne
- Jockey B Swarbrick
prominent, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, kept on after
- Form 005-204
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 0000/50
- Age 6
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer Mrs Dianne Sayer
- Jockey P Makin
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
Cosmic Case
13- Form 5300-10
- Age 9
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey P Mulrennan
held up, headway over 3f out, chased leaders, soon ridden, kept on after
Aveiro (IRE)
12- Form 120005
- Age 8
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Dean Williams
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 60-0406
- Age 6
- Weight 8-0
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 0-006
- Age 4
- Weight 8-0
- Trainer G Chung
- Jockey Rory Moore
prominent, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 005505
- Age 8
- Weight 8-0
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey D Fentiman
held up, ridden over 3f out, to chase leaders, soon one pace
In depth
Verdict
A very modest contest and we will take Millenium Hall to give weight and a beating to Aveiro and Cosmic Case. The selection, unlike most of these, does boat recent winning form. The victory came in a class C handicap over the twelve furlong trip here earlier this month, he got the better of previous winner Zeitgest so the form looks rock solid. Today's opponents are mainly out of sorts, but the best of them could be Gay Kelleway's Aveiro. This eight-year-old had a successful winter on the all-weather and has also shown enough on turf to suggest he could go close in this weak affair. Cosmic Case dead heated with Toni Alcala on his return from a fruitless hurdle campaign and should be battling for place money. Of the others Ellway Heights can get into the shake up if recapturing the best of last season's form, but Millenium Hall, despite the burden of nine stone eleven, looks the one to be on.