15:25 Ayr

Friday 22 December 2017

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Merry Christmas From All At Ayr Racecourse Standard Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 4m 13.0s

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Boy Named Sioux

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: J M Jefferson

9/2

Second foal. Half-brother to 1m6f/2m winner Anne's Valentino, out of an unraced half-sister to bumper/2m1f-3m1f hurdle/smart chase winner According To Pete. Nice pedigree and stable 19% in bumpers last five seasons. Can probably go well.

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Bullion^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Steven Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart

14/1

Full-brother to French 2m3f hurdle/chase winner Innovate and half-brother to French 1m2f/1m3f Flat winner Snap. Dam also won 1m7f-2m2f hurdle/chase. In-form stable is 2-7 in bumpers this season, so market check recommended.

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Run Rocky Run⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Blair Campbell⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

33/1

15-2 for his debut, in which he set a modest gallop and was then flat-footed when tap turned on here (soft) in October, finishing 10½L last of seven. Can improve for that this time.

Form: 7

Sao Maxence^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: J Ewart

12/1

Full-brother to French 2m2f chase winner and half-brother to French 1m4f Flat and 2m1f hurdle winners. Dam 1m7f-2m4f hurdle/chase winner. This pilot was up for recent debut bumper winner for in-form stable and a good effort is anticipated.

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Storm Nelson³¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L B Normile| BF

28/1

Made a promising debut here in a heavy ground bumper in January, though disappointed when beaten 21L as joint-favourite at Towcester on only other start. Bit to prove on debut for stable without a bumper winner in several seasons.

Form: 47-

Sunny Destination³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley

9/1

Belied 50-1 SP on debut here (soft) last December when beaten just over 1L. Beaten 18L on reappearance at Carlisle last month, so needs to bounce back from that, but can make an impact if he does so.

Form: 2-6

Cyprus Avenue⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: D R Fox| T: I A Duncan

50/1

Ran well for a long way here on debut in October (soft), but well below that form when tried at Kelso last time. Needs significant improvement on that to feature here.

Form: 50

Derriana Spirit⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Craig Nichol| T: N G Richards| BF

11/8

Nice pedigree and was made favourite for her debut at Kelso last month, finishing second (beaten 2¾L and well ahead of Cyprus Avenue). Pedigree suggests this ground will suit and she could prove tough to beat again.

Form: 2

Drumnagreagh¹⁹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: A E Lynch| T: S R B Crawford

7/1

Not without promise in bumpers at Perth (good) and more recently Roscommon (yielding/soft). Needs to step up on that form to be a challenger here, but couldn't rule that out if she handles heavy ground.

Form: P46

Glenlora

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁷⁾| T: A M Thomson

10/1

First foal of a dual point-to-point winner, also placed in bumper/2m5f chase, out of maiden staying hurdler/chaser full-sister to useful staying jumpers Jesters Prospect and Leading Prospect. Stable's first bumper runner this season (usually 22%).

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Peak Of Beauty^h⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander

100/1

33-1 ahead of her recent Kelso debut (2m, good) when she was reluctant to race and eventually beat just one home, 69L behind the winner. Looks one to watch in the hope that she can build on that this time.

Form: 0

Wise Coco⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Ross Chapman⁽⁵⁾| T: A C Whillans

40/1

Was behind Derriana Spirit and ahead of Cyprus Avenue when 16-1 and beaten 21L at Kelso on debut last month. Ran well for much of the way there and could take a decent step forward this time. Sire won on heavy on the Flat.

Form: 8

Forecasts

Derriana Spirit (11/8), Boy Named Sioux (9/2), Drumnagreagh (7/1), Sunny Destination (9/1), Glenlora (10/1), Sao Maxence (12/1), Bullion (14/1), Storm Nelson (28/1), Run Rocky Run (33/1), Wise Coco (40/1), Cyprus Avenue (50/1), Peak Of Beauty (100/1)

Nicky Richards has another good chance on the card here with DERRIANA SPIRIT, who despite being a beaten favourite on debut last month, ran really well in the context of this race. Plenty of Flemensfirth's progeny act on bottomless ground, so hopefully she will handle this and go one better this time. Boy Named Sioux will probably be capable of giving a good account and the same applies to fellow debutantes Sao Maxence and Glenlora. Wise Coco looks a potential improver along with Run Rocky Run, while if Sunny Destination could produce something more akin to his debut than his second start, he is not ruled out.