4.15 Hamilton: the one race you do not want to miss on Tuesday

4.15 HamiltonAlmada Mile Handicap (For The Watson Memorial Trophy) | 1m½f | 3yo+ | RTV

Why is it interesting?

Britain's richest race of the day has a prize pot of £30,000 and the winning owner will also be presented with the Watson Memorial Cup for the first time.

That trophy remembers Sir Julian Somerled Watson, who died in May 2016 having been a loyal supporter and shareholder of Hamilton, whose racing manager Sulekha Varma describes the 1m½f event as one of the most popular in the track's calendar.

Coolagh Forest looks likely to start favourite and has won his last two, but is off 12lb higher now – an assessment that left trainer Richard Fahey stunned.

What do the stats say?

Never Be Enough represents the shrewd Keith Dalgleish under a 5lb penalty after her course-and-distance win last Thursday.

She must be a danger with earlier form of 31 at the Scottish venue, while Brother McGonagall is the only other course-and-distance scorer in the field.

Mark Johnston and PJ McDonald teamed up to win this race 12 months ago with Ventura Knight and are back for more with Victory Command, a four-time winning juvenile last year.

What do the trainers say?

Richard Fahey, trainer of Coolagh Forest
The handicapper has completely lost the plot! We'll have to see if he's right or wrong. He's a progressive horse, but weight stops trains. I hope he's right and the horse runs well – we're very happy with him.

David Simcock, trainer of Nonios
He's never won on turf, but he's not finding it any easier to win on the all-weather, so we're trying to exploit an 8lb lower turf mark. For a £30,000, 100-ceiling race, it's not a strong one and he probably goes there with as good a chance as any of them.

Tim Easterby, trainer of Brother McGonagall and Mikmak
There wasn't much between them last time and I couldn't believe there weren't many runners in this race, so I declared both of them. It's disappointing for the track and I like to support the courses that put the money on. If it was very soft ground, Mikmak would like it, while good ground is maybe better for Brother McGonagall, but they've both got good chances.

Jim Goldie, trainer of Nicholas T
I hope he's in quite good shape. He prefers Ayr to Hamilton, but it's a nice prize and he has ran well there before. I think the stiff track will suit and I don't want ground on the soft side; hopefully it dries out and it's good ground.

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