April 17 / 14.55 Ayr

14.55

Soft

Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5446
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

Form: 9-U472

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
By some way it was his best performance yet when the only one to give the odds-on winner a race over C&D (soft) in late March; may need to take another step forward here but that's quite feasible.
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2nd

4

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Linalene

11st 6lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

By some way it was his best performance yet when the only one to give the odds-on winner a race over C&D (soft) in late March; may need to take another step forward here but that's quite feasible.

6/1

2nd

3

23rd Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Ayr

Linalene

11st 7lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

In good hands and has shown ability; a bad mistake proved costly at Kelso last time but he has work to do to threaten the two previous winners.

20/1

7/4

Form: 2-2 BF

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Bought for £60,000 after finishing an 11l second to the classy Mydaddypaddy in a Huntingdon bumper last March; only returned this February when beaten a short-head here by a Russell/Scudamore horse with potential; now goes over hurdles.
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4th

5

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Lirion

11st 6lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Bought for £60,000 after finishing an 11l second to the classy Mydaddypaddy in a Huntingdon bumper last March; only returned this February when beaten a short-head here by a Russell/Scudamore horse with potential; now goes over hurdles.

7/4

2nd

5

23rd Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

16:30 Ayr

Lirion

11st 2lb

J: Lewis Saunders

T: Olly Murphy

Beaten by the classy Mydaddypaddy when 11l second on debut at Huntingdon (2m, good to soft) last March; sold out of Tom Weston's yard for £60,000 later that month; absent since but still firmly in calculations on stable debut.

9/4

2nd

12

2nd Mar 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 171y

Class 5

17:02 Huntingdon

Lirion

10st 9lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Tom Weston

midfield

10/1

Form: 343339

Last run: 26 days

W: 10st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 97

Form & Verdict
Dual Flat winner; 0-6 over hurdles and the worst of those runs was the latest in a handicap at Carlisle; gets all the allowances as a 4yo filly but others probably have greater upside even if she is back to something like her best.
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6th

6

5th May 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:48 Ffos Las

Penn Avenue

11st 6lb

J: Rian Corcoran

T: David Pipe

Dual Flat winner; no easy task in a maiden last time and has run well in a couple of handicaps; could have a part to play if reacting positively to the new tongue-tie.

7/1

5th

8

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Penn Avenue

10st 5lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: David Pipe

Dual Flat winner; 0-6 over hurdles and the worst of those runs was the latest in a handicap at Carlisle; gets all the allowances as a 4yo filly but others probably have greater upside even if she is back to something like her best.

12/1

9th

7

22nd Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 0y

Class 5

14:45 Carlisle

Penn Avenue

11st 2lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Dual Flat winner; 0-5 over hurdles but very consistent and every chance of being involved off a slightly reduced mark.

11/4

200/1

Form: 674P

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 13lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
No worthwhile form in bumpers or over hurdles and she can be readily dismissed.
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6th

7

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Culzean

10st 13lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Ian Duncan

No worthwhile form in bumpers or over hurdles and she can be readily dismissed.

200/1

11

25th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 28y

Class 4

14:11 Hexham

Culzean

11st 0lb

J: William Maggs

T: Ian Duncan

Didn't show much in her two bumpers and tailed off at 100-1 on recent hurdle debut at Ayr (2m4f, soft).

100/1

4th

3

6th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 4f 100y

Class 4

14:50 Ayr

Culzean

11st 0lb

J: Callum Bewley

T: Ian Duncan

Hurdles debutante who has very weak claims on her bumper efforts, both at Ayr; admittedly bred to do better over jumps.

40/1

Form: 43-22U

Last run: 112 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
0-3 in bumpers and 0-4 over hurdles, but has some respectable form and wasn't himself at Sedgefield last time when held at his point of departure; had a break since Christmas and can go well if back on song.
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7th

1

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Bohemond Antioch

11st 6lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

0-3 in bumpers and 0-4 over hurdles, but has some respectable form and wasn't himself at Sedgefield last time when held at his point of departure; had a break since Christmas and can go well if back on song.

5/1

Form: 04

Last run: 50 days

W: 11st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Close second in point bumper but it's been a quiet start under rules with 286 days separating heavy defeats in a bumper and novice hurdle.
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5th

3

28th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Worcester

Magna Patch

11st 3lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Only a smidgen of promise in three runs over hurdles and handicaps will be more like it.

50/1

8th

6

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Ayr

Magna Patch

11st 6lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Alastair Ralph

Close second in point bumper but it's been a quiet start under rules with 286 days separating heavy defeats in a bumper and novice hurdle.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 4433

Last run: 48 days

W: 11st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
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Form: 44

Last run: 66 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
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Payout
Exacta £9.20
Straight Forecast £11.66
Trifecta £37.00

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Dropematthestation

Telegraph:

Lirion

POSTDATA:

Linalene

TOPSPEED:

Bohemond Antioch

Daily Mirror:

Green Angel

Daily Mail:

Lirion

D Express:

Lirion

The Sun:

Linalene

Daily Record:

Linalene

The Star:

Bohemond Antioch

RP RATINGS:

Dropematthestation

The Times:

Dropematthestation

The Guardian:

Dropematthestation