July 08 / 16.05 Ayr

16.05

Good

Dream Weddings At Western House Hotel Handicap

  • Prize money: £8246.4
  • 1m 5f 26y
  • Class 3
  • 5 runners
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Dream Weddings At Western House Hotel Handicap

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

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7/4 (Won)

  • Win: £2.00
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 104-10

Last run: 17 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Successful in 1m4f Class 2 events in 2023 and 2024, both on soft ground (has won on good to firm); comfortably held, two places behind Struth, at Royal Ascot most recently; drops back to Class 3 and has clear possibilities provided he takes well to first-time headgear.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

14

(9)

24th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

1m 5f 188y

Class 2

15:35 York

Sea King

9st 3lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Well beaten at Royal Ascot but won at Ripon (1m4f, soft) and Ayr (1m5f, good to firm) starts either side; blinkered at Ayr and when a good third off this mark to Iron Lion at Ripon on latest start, meeting trouble in running; not 100% sure to be as good at 1m6f (went close in 2022 in one of three attempts) but he leaves the strong impression that he still has more to give.

20/1

3rd

2

(5)

20th Jul 2024

Soft

1m 4f 10y

Class 2

15:55 Ripon

Sea King

10st 1lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Has won five of his 12 handicaps, including at Ripon (1m4f, soft) and Ayr (1m5f, good to firm) on the first and latest of his three races this season; the heavy defeat in between was at Royal Ascot; blinkered first time on latest start and again today; up another 5lb but likely to go well.

2/1

1st

1

(5)

8th Jul 2024

Good

1m 5f 26y

Class 3

16:05 Ayr

Sea King

9st 9lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

travelled strongly, steadied start, towards rear

7/4

7/2

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 6-0019 D

Last run: 22 days

W: 8st 12lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Has lacked consistency over the last two years but recent form includes a Hamilton success (1m5f, good); failed to get home over 1m6f on good to soft ground later in June; still favourably treated (peak mark was 18lb higher) and can't be ruled out.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

11

(2)

13th May 2026

Good

1m 3f 188y

Class 2

14:20 York

Dark Moon Rising

8st 9lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Kevin Ryan

C&D winner in 2023; no joy anywhere last season (mostly at this track) but the closest he came was a neck defeat here (1m2f; 4lb higher today) on final start; not far away on AW last three starts this year and the same may be possible on today's return to turf.

16/1

4th

6

(7)

3rd Apr 2026

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 3

15:15 Lingfield (AW)

Dark Moon Rising

9st 7lb

J: Jack Callan

T: Kevin Ryan

Losing run now up to 14, but his last couple of efforts have been encouraging as when second of six in a slightly stronger contest at Chelmsford (1m2f, Polytrack) last month; still on his last winning mark and holds each-way claims.

10/1

2nd

4

(5)

12th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 3

17:30 Chelmsford (AW)

Dark Moon Rising

9st 5lb

J: Jack Callan

T: Kevin Ryan

Drew a blank in 2025 but he ended that campaign with a good second in a big-field 10.2f handicap at York; two respectable AW runs this year but he will need to raise his game to take this.

5/1

9/1

Form: 000904 CD

Last run: 16 days

W: 8st 4lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
12yo who is far from solid on 2024 form but hinted at a revival in C&D event last time, finishing fourth to 11yo stablemate Euchen Glen; third off a stone higher mark in this contest two years ago; poor strike-rate on turf since 2018 (five of last six wins on AW).
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

5

(2)

8th Jul 2024

Good

1m 5f 26y

Class 3

16:05 Ayr

Sir Chauvelin

8st 4lb

J: Amie Waugh

T: Jim Goldie

held up in last

9/1

4th

9

(9)

22nd Jun 2024

Good To Firm

1m 5f 26y

Class 2

17:55 Ayr

Sir Chauvelin

8st 8lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Jim Goldie

Veteran who has won lots of races but hard to be confident in current vein of form.

20/1

10th

8

(7)

9th Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

16:30 Goodwood

Sir Chauvelin

9st 0lb

J: David Egan

T: Jim Goldie

steadied start, in rear

25/1

Form: 2-9030

Last run: 17 days

W: 9st 7lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
Acts on soft and good to firm; on a 14-race losing sequence and has proved inconsistent this term; however, ran close to his best at Haydock (1m4f) on penultimate start and finished two places in front of Sea King at Royal Ascot later in June; fighting chance off current mark.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

8

14th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

13:58 Perth

Struth

11st 5lb

J: Gregor Walkingshaw

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Useful on the Flat in his prime but has yet to better fair form over hurdles, weakening into a well-held fifth on 2m2f Kelso handicap debut in this sphere 24 days ago; might have needed that after a break but he's still hard to make a good case for.

20/1

5th

3

20th Apr 2026

Good

2m 2f 25y

Class 5

16:00 Kelso

Struth

11st 8lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Showed only minor promise in three novice/maiden hurdles (1m7f-2m) last September-November but was useful on the Flat in his prime and may yet transfer more of that ability to this code; wears first-time tongue-tie for handicap hurdle debut; market may guide.

11/2

10th

5

24th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

14:33 Perth

Struth

11st 0lb

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore

Very useful on the Flat in his prime but has not been firing on all cylinders this year and made a low-key stable/hurdle debut when well-held fourth over C&D (good) 16 days ago; needs to take a big step forward today.

10/1

Form: 39-640 CD

Last run: 12 days

W: 8st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Below form on Flat this season (runner-up over hurdles in May); losing spell goes back to his C&D win three years ago but he nearly landed this race last term, going down by only a neck off 5lb higher; attractively treated and the return to this scenario is a plus.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

4

(1)

29th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 39y

Class 6

16:10 Carlisle

Ravenscraig Castle

9st 6lb

J: Andrew Mullen

T: Iain Jardine

Tailed off over hurdles last time but ran well in that code in March; he's on a handy mark on last year's best Flat form; not ruled out.

14/1

9th

12

17th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

13:45 Ayr

Ravenscraig Castle

11st 2lb

J: William Maggs

T: Iain Jardine

Sole success in 17 runs over hurdles came at Perth last summer (2m, good); he's consistent but not progressive and was a well-held fifth in this last year off the very same mark.

20/1

4th

9

20th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 87y

Class 2

15:22 Musselburgh

Ravenscraig Castle

11st 1lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Iain Jardine

Sole win over hurdles, from 16 attempts, came at Perth (2m, good) last July; ran okay over C&D in January on his last two hurdle starts (good to soft) and is not ruled out each-way.

16/1

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Payout
Exacta £5.70
Straight Forecast £5.66
Trifecta £24.30

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Sea King

SPOTLIGHT:

Struth

TOPSPEED:

Dark Moon Rising

POSTDATA:

Sir Chauvelin

The Times:

Struth

Daily Mirror:

Dark Moon Rising

NEWMARKET:

Sea King

Telegraph:

Sea King

The Guardian:

Sea King

Daily Mail:

Sea King

The Sun:

Sea King

The Star:

Sea King

Daily Record:

Sea King

D Express:

Sir Chauvelin