Ayr review on 22nd July, 2024

AYR review By Gordon Brown

Eternal Sunshine duly completed a hat-trick with a fluent success in the Join Racing TV Handicap for Jim Goldie and Paul Mulrennan.

Held up as normal, she came cruising through to lead entering the final furlong and won a shade cosily by a length and a quarter from Ramon Di Loria.

“We bred her ourselves and she’s a lovely filly,” Goldie said. “She was maybe in front soon enough but she’s not the finished article yet and I’d say she could be a future Ayr Gold Cup horse.”

Richard Fahey unveiled a decent prospect in the shape of Strong Warrior in the Irish EBF Maiden Stakes for two-year-olds. “He’s done that very well and didn’t have any anxious moments,” reported winning jockey Oisin Orr.

“He’s done everything we’ve asked of him at home and he’s up there with our best two-year-olds.”

Musselburgh preview 23rd July, 2024.

MUSSELBURGH preview Harswell Dandy bids to continue her excellent run of Musselburgh form in the Join Racing TV Now Nursery Handicap.

Jointly-trained by Roger Fell and Sean Murray, she finished third in a course and distance seller last month before scoring in maiden company at the East Lothian venue just under three weeks ago.

She makes her handicap debut from a mark of 65, which isn’t too harsh given that her form figures so far read 223331.

The opposition include recent Catterick nursery scorer Wondrous Ways and top-weight Kitten In The Sky.

With £15,000 up for grabs, the feature race is the Support Musselburgh Athletic FC Handicap and last month’s Catterick rivals Le Beau Garcon and Khabib clash again.

They were first and second on that occasion with the former just prevailing by half a length and there shouldn’t be much between them again.