Race Result Ayr Thu, 26th May, 2011

Going - Good to Soft (Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £53,467.54 Winning Units - 285.08 Dividend - £136.90. Quadpot Pool - £3,727.74 Winning Units - 46 Dividend - £59.90. Place Six Dividend - £54.55. Place Five Dividend - £42.70.

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6f. Flat Hcap 1st - £3886.00, 2nd - £1156.00, 3rd - £578.00, 4th - £289.00 OFF 15:20. 8 Ran.

1st		Mr Optimistic (GB) 9-2 (F L F S Ltd) (Time 1:15.85) 4 (Drawn 4) (Morning price: 11/4) SP 7/2 Tote Win £3.60 Place £1.10	R A Fahey Lee Topliss(5)
		in touch and keen, not much room just under 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on well to lead inside final furlong
2nd	nk	Tro Nesa (IRE) 8-13 (Rasio Cymru Racing) 5 (Drawn 5) (Morning price: 12/1) SP 8/1 Place £1.70	Mrs A Duffield F Norton
		dwelt, behind, headway over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, kept on towards finish
3rd	2L	Thirteen Shivers (GB) 9-6 (Keith Wreglesworth & Andre Fordham) 1 (Drawn 1) (Morning price: 10/3 4/1 6/1) SP 5/1 Place £1.30	M W Easterby D Nolan
		tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden and soon headed, no extra well inside final furlong
4th	1.5L	Crimson Knot (IRE) 9-0 (Mr William Burns) 7 (Drawn 7) (Morning price: 11/1 12/1) SP 14/1	A Berry S O'Hara(5)
		towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
5th	5L	Luv U Too (GB) 9-1 (21c Telecom Co Uk) 8 (Drawn 8) (Morning price: 12/1) SP 11/1	P G Murphy G Gibbons
		tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
6th	1.5L	Rutterkin (USA) 8-5 (Mr J W Barrett) 2 (Drawn 2) (Morning price: 40/1) SP 66/1	A Berry Victor Santos(7)
		towards rear, effort over 1f out, soon weakened
7th	6L	Dasho (GB) 9-4 (Mrs P A Clark) 3 (Drawn 3) (Morning price: 7/1 6/1) SP 11/2	Miss O Maylam R Ffrench
		tracked leaders and keen, weakened over 1f out
8th	4.5L	Captain Kolo (IRE) 9-1 (Middleham Park Racing Xii & Partners) 6 (Drawn 6) (Morning price: 9/4 2/1) SP 2/1fav	Tim Easterby D Allan
		led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, soon eased

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5.30 Borro (Mares) INH Flat Race (DIV I)
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Tomyros 25/1 14/1

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Emmy Lou 9/2 11/4

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CORAL.ie 4/1 3/1

Ocean Bright 14/1 20/1

5.00 Owenavarragh (QR) M'dn
Ladbrokes 14/1 20/1

Dynaperformer 9/1 12/1

5.00 Owenavarragh (QR) M'dn
Ladbrokes 9/1 12/1
PaddyPower 8/1 11/1

Gallery - Best Pictures of the week

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Pic of the week. Bondage (right) pops over a hurdle, with Gold Bullet in second, before going on to win at Down Royal on Monday last under Davy Condon for trainer Gordon Elliott. 06-05-13 More »
Gallery 5th May
Pic of the week. The Pat Hughes trained Prince Of Fowards comes through on the outside under Tim Carroll to beat Captain Luke (centre) and Count Salazar (left). Kilbeggan 03-05-13 More »

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Injured Jockeys

Mr J J Codd - Fractured left wrist in a fall at Inch pt-to-pt Wed, 27th Mar
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P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May

Suspended Jockeys

R Dawson - Two year ban (15 months of which are suspended) for failing a drug test, starts Wed, 29th Aug
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