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14:45 Hamilton Park

Flowerscene Of Bothwell Premier Claiming Stakes (Class D)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 36y
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 59.13s
  • 4 Ran
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1
Silk -

Down Memory Lane

5/2

    1(4)
    Silk - Orange and Royal Blue (quartered), Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Orange diamond

    Whaleef

    15
    2/1
    • Form 060-051
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-8

    held up, headway 3f out, soon ridden, not pace of winner final furlong

    2(1)
    Silk - Orange, Dark Blue disc, striped sleeves, Dark Blue cap

    Sarraaf (IRE)

    6
    5/4
    • Form 343010
    • Age 7
    • Weight 9-6

    tracked winner, ridden headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

    3(3)
    Silk - Royal Blue, Pink stars, Royal Blue cap, Pink star

    Go Thunder (IRE)

    253
    50/1
    • Form 0/00000-
    • Age 9
    • Weight 9-2

    slowly into stride and behind, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten

    4(2)
    Silk - Gold and Black check, Pink sleeves and cap

    Down Memory Lane

    19
    5/2
    • Form 140366
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-13

    made all, ridden over 2f out, kept on well

    In depth

    Verdict

    It is hard to escape the claims of Whaleef and Down Memory Lane in this moderate contest and the latter edges a narrow vote as he receives 9lb from his Paul Webber-trained rival. Richard Hughes is an eye-catching jockey booking for Down Memory Lane and, as the three-year-old is still open to improvement, the partnership can make the most of what looks to be a good opportunity to shine. Whaleef comes here after a confidence boosting win in a weak claimer at Yarmouth at the start of this month but cannot be relied upon to be in the same frame of mind in here. He took a long time to overhaul a rival officially rated 25lbs inferior on that occasion and will find this a much tougher assignment despite the lack of numbers. Saraaf is capable of giving them all plenty to think about on his his day but as he does tend to save something for himself, Down Memory Lane looks to be the safest option. Go Thunder should be outclassed if they all run up to their BHB official ratings.