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14:50 Hamilton Park

Hamilton-park.co.uk Claiming Stakes (Class 6)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 4y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £3,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 0.11s
  • Off Time: 14:51:09
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Obe Gold

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Raccoon (IRE)

    2/1

      1(6)
      Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue spots, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap

      High Curragh

      6 p D
      9/4
      • Form 420509
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 78

      dwelt, tracked leader after 1f, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

      2(4)
      Silk - Red, White stripe, diamonds on sleeves, Black cap

      Obe Gold

      22 v D
      6/4
      • Form 153063
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 83

      dwelt, pushed along to soon track leaders, ridden and switched right over 1f out, driven and stayed on to lead well inside final furlong

      4(1)
      Silk - MAROON, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, MAROON diamond

      Raccoon (IRE)

      10 D
      2/1
      • Form 313324
      • Age 9
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 73

      led, ridden approaching final furlong, headed well inside final furlong, kept on

      5(7)
      Silk - Yellow, red cross belts, yellow sleeves, white armlets, yellow and red hooped cap

      Gelert (IRE)

      5
      100/1
      • Form 600979
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 40

      chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

      7(8)
      Silk - Purple, Light Green spots

      Ava's World (IRE)

      7
      50/1
      • Form 09/746-6
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 46

      held up, ridden halfway, never on terms

      3(5)
      NR

      Just Joey

      2 be D
      • Form 000446
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 48

      Nonrunner

      6(3)
      NR

      Throw The Dice

      11 CD
      • Form 9080-78
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 35

      Nonrunner

      8(2)
      NR

      Rue Soleil

      240 b CD
      • Form 040000-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 45

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      Obe Gold, High Curragh and RACCOON look the three to concentrate on here and the vote goes to the last-named. Ruth Carr's nine-year-old is an ultra-consistent performer who relishes trip and ground and has run with plenty of credit in handicaps this season, including wins at both Nottingham and Catterick. He should be well up to this grade on a rare claimer appearance and has a good chance at the weights. Obe Gold has been much better than this in the past and connections now drop him into this sphere. Trip and ground suit, although he has done more of his recent winning over 6f, but he is not dismissed lightly. High Curragh has largely been disappointing this season, aside from a Ripon win in April, but he will find this grade easier and can show signs of a return to form. Just Joey looks next best but in truth the others will probably be having their own separate race and we'll take Raccoon to score.

      Formwatch

      High Curragh 11-2 (9-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 7l behind Highland Warrior (8-9) at York 5f app hcp 0-80 (4) gd.

      Obe Gold 13-2 (9-13) Slowly into stride, soon outpaced and pushed along in rear, switched outside and headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Sir Nod (8-11) at Carlisle 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.

      Raccoon (IRE) 6-1 (9-11) Led 1f, with leader, one pace entering final furlong, 4th of 8, 3l behind Secret Venue (8-13) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.

      Gelert (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Hampered start, soon pushed along in rear, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 13l behind What A Fella (8-9) at Hamilton 5f mdn sll stks (6) gf.

      Ava's World (IRE) 25-1 (8-2) Held up behind leaders, outpaced halfway, soon behind, last of 6, 10l behind Green Lagonda (8-11) at Folkestone 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.

      Just Joey 6-1 (8-13) Dwelt, soon pushed along to chase leaders, outpaced on stand rail and driven inside final 2f, kept on again inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 2l behind Joss Stick (9-0) at Brighton 5f (6) gf.

      Throw The Dice 66-1 (10-2) Outpaced, always behind, 8th of 9, 16l behind Ingleby Star (11-5) at Ayr 5f (6) gd.

      Rue Soleil 50-1 (8-8) Towards rear, never dangerous, 12th of 13, 20l behind City For Conquest (8-11) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs in Nov.