It’s Time to get Behind this Fry flyer
Harry Fry ventures north from his Dorset base seeking valuable success under both codes today and BEHIND TIME (Haydock, 3.15) could prove his best chance of landing a nice pot.
The Seaborough handler is proving an adept trainer on the flat having diversified his operation in the past year and american Gigolo boasts a live chance in the Queen’s Cup at Musselburgh as he looks to record a fourth successive win.
However, it is Behind Time, ridden by Barry Geraghty, which holds the most compelling claims of Fry’s northern raiders if he can produce the level of performance which saw him power to an impressive Uttoxeter victory last time.
The seven-year-old wore cheekpieces at the Staffordshire venue and the move served to concentrate the mind of a horse which has always shown a fair amount of latent ability without always delivering.
To see off the overtures of Big river was no mean feat, however, and, although there were only four rivals, they were useful staying novices and the form looks solid. any further rain would play to the strengths of the selection given he ploughed through abysmal conditions at Uttoxeter and also coped well with the deep ground at Ffos Las on his penultimate start.
MASHAM STAR (Musselburgh, nap, 1.50) could prove the answer to the opener on a valuable card north of the border as he is beginning to look nicely handicapped once more and there was little wrong with his effort behind the classy Second Thought at Wolverhampton earlier this month.