Sunderland Echo

Tarboosh can claim Leicester cash

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Tarboosh can get the better of just two rivals in Leicester's RacingTV Autumn Sprint Handicap tomorrow.

Having rounded off last season with victory at Doncaster, it has taken the sixyear-old a while to regain winning ways this term, but the prevailing testing conditions at Beverley last month were perhaps what he has been waiting for as he secured a comfortabl­e victory.

With the ground at Leicester having turned heavy, this five-furlong contest has cut up from the confirmati­on stage, with Tarboosh taken on by Copper Knight and Archer's Dream. There is just 7lb between the trio and all have decent claims, but Tarboosh is preferred with the rain-softened turf in his favour.

Getchagetc­hagetcha can make the most of having his sights lowered half an hour later in the Squirrel Handicap. Clive Cox's inmate has been set some pretty stiff tasks over the last couple of seasons - competing in races like the Coventry at Royal Ascot and the Vintage at Goodwood as a two-year-old and the Hampton Court Stakes at the Royal meeting this year.

He was last seen finishing fourth behind the highclass Air Pilot in the Listed Foundation Stakes at Goodwood, which was a perfectly respectabl­e effort.

Getchagetc­hagetcha makes his handicap debut on a mark of 100 - making him the highest-rated of four runners - but the handy threeyear-old allowance means he actually receives weight all round.

With cheekpiece­s fitting for the first time, he should prove hard to beat.

The Brock Hill Badger Handicap, over the same distance, kickstarts a good card - and Tavus may be able to do the early arrivals a favour.

The three-year-old has won and been placed over two furlongs further the last twice - handy credential­s at this track.

Tavus was bidding for a hat-trick when he was second to another in-form rival at Chelmsford last month, and a reproducti­on of that level should put him bang in the mix off a handy weight here.

There is also good reason to arrive promptly at Brighton, where Kyllwind can reward those who are on time for the opening bonuscodeb­ets.co.uk Nursery Handicap.

Martyn Meade's colt was off the mark at the fourth attempt, over this trip at Newcastle last month, having had a two-month break after being highly-tried in the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury in July.

The manner of his success

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