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Hamilton Course Guide
The Scottish track stages racing throughout the summer months, with its most important races being the Listed Glasgow Stakes, a 1m 3f event for three-year-olds which is run in mid-July, and the Lanark Silver Bell, a handicap over a mile and a half run in late August.
Understood to be one of the oldest prizes in Sport, the Lanark Silver Bell was restored in 2008 having not been previously run since 1977 when Lanark racecourse closed. It is believed that the Silver Bell was first contested over a thousand years ago when the Bell was gifted to Lanark by King William the Lion. Trainer Mark Johnston boasts an excellent record in the race having won it three times in four years from 2011-14.
Right handed, sharp, undulating. There are steep gradients into and out of a pronounced hollow just over three furlongs from the winning post, with a severe hill up to the finish. When the ground becomes testing, runners generally stick to the far rail.
It’s vital in distance races at Hamilton that you get your mount to settle early on, otherwise you’ll be going far too quick down the hill, long before you get to the top loop. Balance is all-important for any horse running there, which means you get a few track specialists. The steep run down to the bottom of the dip can cause jockeys to start racing too early and, because it’s a long way home from there, they can be walking from the two to the one pole. There’s very little draw bias in sprint races.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 7y East Street Revue (Good to Firm) 08 Jun 2016 57.77s 6f 6y George Bowen (Good to Firm) 20 Jul 2018 1m 9.03s 1m 68y Fivehundredmiles (Good to Firm) 19 May 2017 1m 44.2s 1m 1f 36y Ainslie (Good to Firm) 20 Sep 2015 1m 54.16s 1m 3f 15y Alabanza (Soft) 13 Sep 2018 2m 9.86s 1m 4f 15y Rainbow Rebel (Good to Firm) 18 May 2018 2m 32.2s 1m 5f 9y Snow Squall (Good) 17 Jul 2014 2m 45.32s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L K Dalgleish 331 42 £229,089 12.69% -£101.90 R A Fahey 181 25 £148,768 13.81% -£56.75 K A Ryan 92 23 £141,027 25% £17.55 D O'Meara 96 19 £91,016 19.79% -£26.13 T D Easterby 71 19 £119,268 26.76% £32.65 M Johnston 132 18 £121,267 13.64% -£49.52 J P Shanahan 79 17 £70,305 21.52% £6.14 I Jardine 130 14 £101,262 10.77% -£48.70 M Dods 55 10 £58,634 18.18% -£8.08 J S Goldie 88 9 £75,686 10.23% -£27.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L J Fanning 198 27 £159,877 13.64% -£61.18 Connor Beasley 128 20 £89,204 15.63% £3.00 D Tudhope 84 18 £111,564 21.43% £1.43 T Hamilton 79 15 £69,541 18.99% £0.80 G Lee 105 14 £90,316 13.33% -£54.25 Rowan Scott 119 13 £69,958 10.92% -£40.58 Jamie Gormley 81 13 £77,252 16.05% -£27.71 D Allan 47 12 £71,504 25.53% -£3.77 J P Sullivan 134 11 £50,585 8.21% £1.00 P Mulrennan 84 11 £72,697 13.1% -£39.48
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