15:20 Ayr

Monday 14 December 2020

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Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 4m 22.34s

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Barbsboy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine

22/1

Lucarno gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Durbanville, stays 3m. Dam bumper winner on debut. Yard 7-55 in bumpers in last 5 seasons.

Form:

Coopers Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Ryan Mania| T: R M Smith

33/1

Arcadio gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Sonofagun and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Bentham. Trainer 0-43 in bumpers.

Form:

Fabuleux Du Clos²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J Kington| T: S G West

16/1

Showed a bit more than on debut 9 months earlier when beaten less than 5 lengths at Sedgefield 3 weeks ago.

Form: 3-5

Fortescue Wood

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander

18/1

Westerner gelding. Dam bumper/2m-17f chase winner. Yard 2-44 in bumpers in last 5 seasons.

Form:

Geonice²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: R Johnson| T: J & S Quinn

13/2

€15,000 half-brother to useful hurdler/smart chaser Farnice. 20/1, showed a bit in Catterick bumper on debut last month. Entitled to improve.

Form: 6

Grozni⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

5/2

€30,000 3-y-o. Closely related to fair French hurdler Donskoye. Pulled up in point latest but went close in one on debut. Very interesting Irish raider, ridden by his capable trainer.

Form: 2P

Lead The Pack³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

18/1

£40,000 buy who ran to just a modest level in Carlisle bumper last month but his third to Star Gate in a point back in February is looking better all the time.

Form: 3-5

Nells Son²⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards| BF

11/8

Connections have enjoyed success with this family and he went very close in Doncaster bumper in testing conditions in February, shaping better than the previous winner on the day. Gelded since.

Form: 2-

Stunsail⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey

12/1

€52,000 Davidoff gelding out of a 21f chase winner in France. 10/1, easy to back but showed only a bit of promise when well held in Carlisle bumper on debut 2 months ago.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Hollymount¹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: S R B Crawford J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Nells Son (11/8), Grozni (5/2), Hollymount (4/1), Geonice (13/2), Stunsail (12/1), Fabuleux Du Clos (16/1), Fortescue Wood (18/1), Lead The Pack (18/1), Barbsboy (22/1), Coopers Boy (33/1)

NELLS SON did everything right bar win on debut at Doncaster in February and could be hard to beat if resuming in that sort of form back from 9 months off and a gelding operation. Grozni is a very interesting runner for Denis Hogan and it would be significant if there is market support for him.