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16:35 Hamilton Park

Clydesdale Bank Handicap (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 5y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.50s
  • Off Time: 16:35:54
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Yorkshire Blue

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Bundy

    12/1

      3
      Silk -

      Howards Princess

      14/1

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

        Howards Princess

        31 CD
        14/1
        • Form 51302-5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-0
        • Official Rating 70

        with leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong

        2(5)
        Silk - RED, YELLOW star, hooped sleeves, check cap

        Titinius (IRE)

        20 D
        7/2
        • Form 60-3543
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-0
        • Official Rating 70

        behind and outpaced, stayed on final furlong

        3(6)
        Silk - Light Blue, Royal Blue braces, Royal Blue cap

        Ellens Academy (IRE)

        25 D
        9/1
        • Form 90-0500
        • Age 11
        • Weight 9-13
        • Official Rating 69

        held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance final furlong, not quicken

        4(1)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow Cross of Lorraine, Yellow cap

        Local Poet

        20 b D
        9/1
        • Form 151079
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-12
        • Official Rating 68

        in touch, weakened over 1f out

        5(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Purple stripes, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Dark Blue and Purple hooped cap

        Elkhorn

        12 p
        20/1
        • Form 07-0700
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 62

        tracked leaders, weakened final furlong

        6(3)
        Silk - Yellow, Maroon disc, Maroon and Yellow striped sleeves, hooped cap

        Yorkshire Blue

        13 D
        4/1
        • Form 99-0082
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 58

        in rear and outpaced, soon driven along, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well

        7(7)
        Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE hollow box, RED cap

        Obe Bold (IRE)

        41 CDD
        11/2
        • Form 327611
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 57

        led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        8(8)
        Silk - Dark green, white and black halved sleeves, red cap

        Beowulf

        22
        6/1
        • Form 804206
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 62

        chased leaders, weakened over 1f out

        9(9)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Emerald Green (halved), sleeves reversed, Yellow cap

        Bundy

        34 CDD
        12/1
        • Form 3893-00
        • Age 10
        • Weight 8-10
        • Official Rating 52

        chased leaders, led over 2f out, soon ridden , headed inside final furlong, one pace

        In depth

        Verdict

        Obe Bold has done everything asked of him of late, winning his last two starts, but Alan Berry's gelding has gone up in the weights as a result and this looks tougher now so preference is for Yorkshire Blue, who gets the vote ahead of Titinius. The last mentioned has run with credit in each start this term and is entitled to be thereabouts again but Micky Hammond's gelding could probably do with some help from the handicapper so is probably best watched. Howards Princess should do better on this faster surface than on his reappearance but faces no easy task giving weight away all round, while stablemate Local Poet has yet to reproduce his all-weather form since returned to turf. Old campaigner Ellens Academy has slipped to a fair mark but has given little sign of encouragement of late and preference is for Jim Goldie's Yorkshire Blue, who showed signs of a revival under similar conditions over course and distance last time and remains feasibly well treated.

        Formwatch

        Howards Princess 8-1 (8-13) Started slowly and was soon in touch stand's side, driven halfway and weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 24l behind Tagula Sunrise (9-7) at Ripon 6f fll hcp (3) hvy in May.

        Titinius (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Raced centre, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 13, 5l behind Joy And Pain (8-9) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.

        Ellens Academy (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 11th of 12, 11l behind Balakiref (9-11) at Haydock 5f app hcp (5) hvy in May.

        Local Poet 8-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, last of 9, 29l behind Bollin Edward (8-12) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.

        Elkhorn 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, outpaced, never near leaders, 11th of 13, 12l behind Prince Cyrano (9-6) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.

        Yorkshire Blue 9-2 (9-3) In rear, switched right and headway well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Dizzy In The Head (9-12) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.

        Obe Bold (IRE) 4-1 (10-11) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, won at Hamilton 6f amt hcp (6) gf in May beating Million Percent (11-7) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.

        Bundy 16-1 (8-4) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 17, 9l behind Geojimali (8-4) at Carlisle 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in May.