16:35 Hamilton

Sunday 24 September 2023

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William Cairns Memorial Celebrations Handicap

Off time: 16:37 | Winning time: 1m 11.85s

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(3)

Mighty Gurkha^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: A Watson| OR: 72| D

10/1

Latest win at Leicester in June. Below form sixth of 11 in handicap (11/1) at Kempton (6f) 16 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 641356

(4)

Ramon Di Loria⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 72| D

10/1

8/1, third of 4 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, soft) 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 074403

(8)

Russco^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 70| D

5/1

Good seventh of 12 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 66/1) 11 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 0050-77

(6)

Secret Road^h1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: T Davidson| OR: 69| D

12/1

Latest win at Fairyhouse in June. Seventh of 11 in handicap (6/1) at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 014307

(9)

Blazing Son²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Andrew Breslin⁽³⁾| T: B Smart| OR: 69| D

9/2

Latest win at Southwell in May. 9/2, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 29 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 114425

(5)

Selby's Pride^p⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: T Eaves| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 67| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 16/1, sixth of 11 in handicap at Doncaster (5.6f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 7-90506

(1)

Burj Malinka^p⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Murtagh| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 63| C

9/2

Course winner. 9/1, below form seventh of 15 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, soft) 6 days ago, left poorly placed. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 335457

(2)

Elladora^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S H James| T: K Scott| OR: 63| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 7/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 19 days ago. Respected.

Form: 242873

(10)

Glorious Rio^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: George Wood| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 60| BF| C| D

20/1

4/1, below form sixth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 13 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 68D236

(7)

The Gay Blade^h¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 53| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Musselburgh in August. 11/2, good second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (good to firm) 19 days ago, slowly away. Not taken lightly.

Form: 603152

Forecasts

Burj Malinka (9/2), Blazing Son (9/2), Russco (5/1), The Gay Blade (13/2), Elladora (7/1), Ramon Di Loria (10/1), Mighty Gurkha (10/1), Selby's Pride (11/1), Secret Road (12/1), Glorious Rio (20/1)

MIGHTY GURKHA was below par at Kempton last time but this is less competitive and he's on a good mark on the pick of this season's form. Elladora often runs well here so is feared most ahead of Blazing Son.