15:10 Carlisle
Thursday 30 August 2018
All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:45
Armstrong Watson Handicap
- 3YO only | Class 4 | 5f 193y | Good to Soft (Good in Places) | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 1m 14.2s
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Improving filly who has won a Ripon maiden and a Newcastle novice event this season. Ran well on handicap debut at Haydock last time, when 2L second. Same mark here. Claims.
Ayr debut win last year remains his only one. Out of sorts most of this season, but better effort last time, when 1L third at Hamilton (6f, good to soft) in a slightly better race. Enters calculations.
Improved effort to break his duck at the sixth attempt when scoring a shade cosily over C&D (soft) last week. Carries a penalty for that, but there looked to be more to come, and with conditions similar he makes the short-list again.
0-8, but placed on half of those occasions. Below par last two starts, but handles soft and is feasibly treated here. If hood works, then a first win would be no great surprise.
Second on three occasions, but yet to get his nose in front. Best efforts were at Haydock in May and July. Below that level both starts since. Not yet fully exposed, but needs improvement to score from this mark.
Dual fast ground winner, the latter being over this far at Hamilton in June, when 3lb lower and in first-time cheekpieces. Has gone well in defeat since, with the exception of last time. Each-way player, but more needed to win again.
0-7 so far, but one of her better efforts last time at Redcar (7f, good to soft), when beaten just over 2L in a novice event. Worth a try back over stiff 6f, though probably needs a bit more of a favour from the handicapper.
Could give him a squeak based on his reappearance at Ripon (5f, good to soft) from 10lb higher in April, but haven't seen enough since, including from this mark last time.
Non-Runners
6
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Jonboy35
Weight: 9-3| Age: 3
T: T D Barron J: Non Runner
NR
Forecasts
Queens Gift (2/1), Chookie Dunedin (4/1), Royal Residence (9/2), Final Go (11/2), Jonboy (7/1), Kyllachy Dragon (9/1), Cameo Star (12/1), Scenic River (16/1), Dawn Breaking (25/1)
QUEENS GIFT is likely to be popular here after a good handicap debut last time and from the same mark she is taken to find sufficient improvement to score. Chookie Dunedin is entitled to plenty of respect, while both Final Go and Kyllachy Dragon are others with claims. Royal Residence is not ruled out.
- Queens Gift
- Chookie Dunedin
- Final Go
Prize Money
1st: £6,469.002nd: £1,925.003rd: £962.004th: £481.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00
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