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Ayr

16:43

Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle

Off Time: 16:43 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf Prize: £8,450

4/1 Woodland Park, 6/1 Hidden History, 7/1 Alentejo, 15/2 Hawthorn Street, 10/1 Draco Malfoy, Kent De Thaix, 12/1 Society Soldier, 14/1 Billy Boi Blue, Irish Champ, Don Rafael, 16/1 I Am Max, 20/1 Just Ennemi, Rocheval, Shoeshine Boy, 25/1 Eyed, Whistle Stop Tour, Patriotik

Previous Runs	No.	Horse	Age/Sex	Status	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	OFR	Mkt
2m4f 3m1f 3m 3m5f 2m7½f	1	Hidden History (GB) A return to form is needed but cheekpieces go on and he's in top hands; not written off	7 G	Good	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton	168	125	5/1 Open: 5/1
2m4½f 2m1f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m	2	Woodland Park (IRE) Second to unexposed Skelton winner at Wetherby in February and has solid claims up 3lb	5 G	AVG	Sean Bowen	Olly Murphy	168	125	4/1 Open: 4/1
3m½f 3m1½f 3m½f 3m5f 4m1½f	3	Whistle Stop Tour (IRE) Hasn't shone over fences on last two runs but each-way claims on this season's hurdle form	7 G	AVG	Gregor Walkingshaw(10)	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	167	124	33/1 Open: 33/1
2m 2m4½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m4f	4	Draco Malfoy (IRE)	5 G	AVG	Tom Bellamy	Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls	166	123	10/1 Open: 10/1
2m6f 2m3½f 3m½f 2m6½f 3m	5	Kent De Thaix Won on stable debut at Wetherby; tougher task today but unexposed over staying trips	5 G	Good	Richie McLernon	Sam England	166	123	8/1 Open: 8/1
3m1f 3m½f 2m7f 2m7½f 3m½f	6	Billy Boi Blue (GB) He's struggled on his last two starts but won this last year; betting may be interesting	7 G	AVG	Sam Twiston-Davies	David Killahena & Graeme McPherson	165	122	12/1 Open: 12/1
2m4f 2m5f 2m6½f 3m 3m1f	7	Eyed (GB) Tough task when pulled up at Cheltenham Festival; ran well at this meeting last year	8 G	AVG	Jonathan Burke	Hughie Morrison	165	122	22/1 Open: 22/1
2m1½f 2m1½f 2m5½f 2m5f	8	Just Ennemi (FR) Hopes are pinned on the wind op and first-time tongue-tie prompting a transformation	4 G	AVG	Paul O'Brien	Harry Derham	165	122	20/1 Open: 20/1
2m3½f 2m2f 2m2f 2m3½f 3m½f	9	Alentejo (FR) Ex-French 7yo; the form of his Newbury second has worked out well; firmly in calculations	5 G	AVG	James Bowen	Nicky Henderson	161	118	7/1 Open: 7/1
2m3½f 2m5f 2m5½f 3m1f 3m½f	10	Rocheval (FR) Fairly encouraging fourth over C&D in January last time but needs to build on that today	5 G	AVG	Patrick Wadge	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	159	116	20/1 Open: 20/1
2m7½f 3m 2m5½f 3m½f 3m½f	11	I Am Max (IRE) Inconsistent this term but ran pretty well two starts ago, and also in this race last year	6 G	AVG	Conor O'Farrell	Sandy Thomson	159	116	16/1 Open: 16/1
2m4½f 2m 2m3½f 2m4½f	12	Irish Champ Stayed on strongly over 2m4f on handicap debut and this trip could be right up his street	5 G	Poor	J J Slevin	S R B Crawford	158	115	16/1 Open: 16/1
2m3½f 3m 3m1½f 3m	13	Hawthorn Street (IRE) Ran well in fourth on handicap debut at Wetherby and further improvement is possible	6 G	AVG	Jonjo O'Neill Jr	Jonjo & A J O'Neill	157	114	11/2 Open: 11/2
3m 3m 2m7½f 2m3½f 2m4½f	14	Patriotik (FR) Well handicapped on form as recent as last March but unable to pose a threat this season	6 G	AVG	Conor Ring	Mrs C Williams	154	111	20/1 Open: 20/1
2m 2m 2m4½f	15	Society Soldier (IRE)	4 F	Good	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	152	109	10/1 Open: 10/1
2m4½f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m3½f 3m1½f	16	Don Rafael (IRE) Up in grade after narrow Hereford win but he's unexposed at this sort of distance	4 G	AVG	Benjamin Macey(5)	Samuel Drinkwater	149	106	12/1 Open: 12/1
3m½f 3m 3m½f 3m½f 3m½f	17	Shoeshine Boy (IRE) Two C&D wins in January but this 10yo may be vulnerable back up in grade	8 G	AVG	Sean Quinlan	Donald Whillans	147	104	18/1 Open: 18/1