Ayr Races
Ayr
14:40
Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle
Ayr
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025
Distance: 3m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £13
Place: £3.70 £1.40 £6.50
Exacta: £69.10
Tricast: £832.10
Trifecta: £1081.50
Non-Runners: Theme Tune (self certificate, off feed)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Billy Boi Blue (GB) | 7 G | AVG | David Killahena & Graeme McPherson | 165 lbs | 12/1 | Won | Towards rear - in touch with leaders 2nd - headway and led narrowly but faced challenge 2 out - kept on well run-in - gamely | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Ace Of Spades (FR) | 6 G | Good | Dan Skelton | 168 lbs | 100/30F | 0.2 | In rear - in touch with leaders 8th - headway from 3 out - challenging 2 out - kept on well run-in - just held | ||
| 3rd | 9 | Pounding Poet (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Tom Lacey | 160 lbs | 20/1 | 0.05 | In rear - some headway when outpaced after 4 out - rallying when bit short of room before 2 out - went third last - kept on well run-in - just held | ||
| 4th | 8 | I Am Max (IRE) | 6 G | Good | Sandy Thomson | 161 lbs | 5/1 | 2 | In rear - still plenty to do 3 out - headway 2 out - kept on well run-in - went fourth final stride - nearest finish(op 11/2) | ||
| 5th | 12 | Belvedere Blast (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Adrian Paul Keatley | 156 lbs | 18/1 | 0.1 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 3 out - disputing third last - no extra run-in - lost fourth final stride(tchd 20/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Chasingouttheblues (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Mark Walford | 162 lbs | 13/2 | 2 | Towards rear - outpaced after 4 out - rallied approaching last - kept on run-in - not pace to challenge(op 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 1 | Imperial Merlin (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | John & Sean Quinn | 168 lbs | 14/1 | 1.5 | Towards rear - some headway after 3 out - not fluent 2 out - no impression when not fluent last | ||
| 8th | 11 | Park Annonciade (FR) | 7 G | AVG | S R B Crawford | 157 lbs | 11/1 | 9 | In touch with leaders - lost position 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 12/1) | ||
| 9th | 5 | Histrionic (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 164 lbs | 11/2 | 17 | Pushed along early - prominent - disputed lead 4th - not fluent and headed 2 out - soon weakened (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet examined gelding post-race during routine testing and had nothing to report) | ||
| 10th | 10 | De Kingpin (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 159 lbs | 22/1 | 0.3 | Led narrowly - joined 4th - headed 2 out - soon weakened(op 20/1) | ||
| 11th | 3 | Icare Allen (FR) | 7 G | Poor |
Callum Pritchard
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Jonjo & A J O'Neill | 162 lbs | 33/1 | 9.5 | Raced wide - in rear - headway and in touch with leaders 8th - outpaced 4 out - weakened 3 out | |
| 99th | 6 | Gaillimh A Stor (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | N W Alexander | 163 lbs | 20/1 | - | Prominent - hampered then in touch with leaders 1st - dropped to last after 6th - detached when pulled up before 7th (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than report from jockey that gelding had stopped quickly; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report) | ||
| 99th | 14 | Kintail (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Nicky Henderson | 155 lbs | 8/1 | - | In touch with leaders - jumped left 1st - prominent 2nd - niggled along with one circuit to go - soon lost position - dropped to last and pulled up before 8th (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(tchd 17/2) |