Midgley proves king of sprinters

Despite Royal Ascot starting tomorrow, there were still some quality horses on show at the weekend, with Paul Midgley taking top training honours at Musselburgh on Saturday.

The Westow trainer is a dab hand with sprinters and his Line Of Reason won the £100,000 William Hill Scottish Sprint Cup Handicap.

Just for good measure, Midgley also won the consolation race with Orient Class, worth a not-to-besniffed-at £40,000.

Line Of Reason had dropped to an attractive handicap mark but only just got up to nail Harry Hurricane by a neck.

“That was great. He’s always been a good horse but we just lost him for a bit in Dubai (over the winter) and after he came back, it’s just taken a while to get him back,” said Midgley.

“The Rockingham in Ireland (July 2 at the Curragh) would be the race for him.”