Racecards
16:40 Hamilton Park
Totesuper7 Buttonhook Handicap (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f 9y
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Surface: Turf
- £17,000 added
- Form 738-333
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey F Tylicki
chased leaders, challenged over 1f out, every chance until no extra towards finish
- Form 286915/
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer Miss L A Perratt
- Jockey T Eaves
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 08/3815-
- Age 12
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 89
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 3f out
- Form 042511
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey P Mulrennan
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, not quicken inside final furlong
- Form 110633
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, all out
- Form 121016
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer Mrs S C Bradburne
- Jockey P McDonald
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 271233
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 68
led, ridden 3f out, soon headed and weakened
- Form 14-3201
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey R Ffrench
chased leaders, effort when not clear run over 2f out, kept on final furlong
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Hurlingham still looks fairly treated on a mark of 78 however MERCHANT OF DUBAI was impressive when romping home at Musselburgh and can follow up here. Well supported last time, the selection has a 6lb penalty for that Edinburgh win and that may not be enough to stop him following up. Lochiel was poor last time but the ground was very testing and he is a lot better than that; he may be high enough in the weights at present but he should still be competitive. Channel Crossing is 7lbs out of the weights so despite his consistent profile he is opposable, as is Mirjan who returns from a break. Always Bold and Zeitgeist are course and distance winners but the latter has been off the track for a long long time. Acropolis has a tough task under top weight, so a bigger danger could be Hurlingham. Mick Easterby's charge is on a roll and if the market speaks in his favour then it would take a brave punter to oppose, however we are both brave and stupid and we will side with Merchant Of Dubai.
Formwatch
Acropolis (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Birkside (8-8) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Jun.
Zeitgeist (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 20, 4l behind Sergeant Cecil (8-12) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug '05.
Mirjan (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Held up in touch, weakened over 3f out, 5th of 7, 22l behind Missoula (8-10) at York 2m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Oct.
Hurlingham 11-4 (9-4) Held up and keen, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead final furlong, soon headed, hard ridden and rallied to lead towards finish, won at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gs beating Gordonsville (9-2) by a hd, 7 ran.
Always Bold (IRE) 9-2 (8-10) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 7l behind Askar Tau (9-2) at Great Leighs 2m hcap (2) pol.
Lochiel 9-2 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 8l behind Deep Winter (8-6) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Aug.
Channel Crossing 6-1 (8-12) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong, one pace, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Hurlingham (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Merchant Of Dubai 9-2fav (8-9) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, drew clear final furlong, won at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcap (5) sft beating Its Moon (8-13) by 7l, 12 ran.