Hayek went in the notebook for running back at a stiff course over today's distance and looks to have many things in his favour for a return to the winners enclosure today.
Hayek has finished 3,1,2 on the only 3 occasions he 's ran at 6fl this season and been in the money 4 from 9 runs since joining Tim Easterby. He won here in June when Rachael Richardson gave him a superb looking ride to win her, and Hayek's 1st contest. That race is working out well where the 7th, 9th and 11th have all won since taking 6 contests between them.
Hayek finished 2nd his next start here over 6fl, 2 weeks later that month when the first 3 home were around 3 length clear, to the improving Blues Jazz who was on the 1st win of a 4 timer, having beat a few of today's opposition along the way.
Hayek has ran at longer trips since, and wasn't disgraced his penultimate run from a wide draw over 7fl at Carlisle, having been caught out the back until the last 2 furlongs when just over 1 length behind Boy The Bell (who also holds a few of these on previous runnings), before again running wide at Beverley over a mile latest on ground possibly softer than ideal.
Should be granted a decent pace as Avoncreek and his stablemate Rydane can take them along.
The drop back to 6fl here should suit as will his stamina for further which should also help on the uphill climb for home in the last 2-3 furlongs.
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HAMILTON 4.30 ... HERE NOW AND WHY @ 10/1
Many here are taking each other on again. Blown It, Wicked Wilma, Sharp Shoes, Sharp Bullet, Saxonette and Ingleby Star are all closely matched on revised ratings.
The 3 that stand out for me are Here Now And Why and Arriva La Diva and Sharp Shoes.
Front runner Arriva La Diva has a 15lb pull in the weights for a 1/2 length 3rd to Blown It when that one finished 2nd at Musselburgh in July with Ingleby Star further behind. She is however just above her last winning mark and was beaten by Sharp Shoes here in May and is slightly worse in today.
Ingleby Star has a course record of 2,1,8,2,2,6 but has been beaten by these in the past and there's so many front runners in opposition.
Sharp Shoes one of them who had Ingleby Star, Wicked Wilma and Sharp Bullet behind here in May on similar terms in another contest.
Ann Duffields gelding looks the more resolute in a battle and would be the main danger to the selection with the assistance of 3lb claimer Dale Swift.
With middle/higher drawn runners normally holding a advantage with cut in the going, I am swayed toward Here Now And Why who also has a good pull in the weights. For a 2.5 length deficit with Wicked Wilma on his only previous run here in July, Here Now And Why looks favourably treated meeting that rival on 14lb better terms at the foot of the handicap getting weight from all the other runners.
Given their respective recent records, Trainer and jockey Duran Fentiman the negatives, but the horse looks so well handicapped in this I feel @ 10/1 he can't be passed over.
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