Yes You can come out ahead at Ayr

Every chance for Jardine’s charge to complete hat-trick

YES YOU looks to have every chance of completing a hat-trick in the first division of the William Hill Join Plus In Shop Today Handicap at Ayr.

Following consecutive placed efforts on her first two starts for Scottish handler Iain Jardine, the chestnut filly opened her account at Hamilton last month and followed up at Redcar less than a fortnight ago.

Jardine has been among the winners in recent days and Yes You remains open to further progress.

Tim Easterby’s string is in fine form and he is fancied to add to his tally with BROTHER McGONAGALL at Ripon.

As his name would suggest, the three-year-old is a half-brother to former stable stalwart Hamish McGonagall, who won 10 races for the same trainer and owners and was placed in the Nunthorpe twice and the Prix de l’Abbaye once.

Brother McGonagall has an awful long way to go if he is to reach those sort of levels.

However, he is making an excellent fist of things this season, winning three times and climbing the ratings more than a stone in the process.

While Hamish McGonagall was an out-and-out speed machine over five furlongs, his sibling has done his winning at around a mile and crucially has form on the easy ground he is likely to encounter in the Ripon Annual Badgeholders Handicap.

The obvious conclusion to draw from his disappointing effort at York last time is that the handicapper has perhaps caught up with him, but it is not quite that simple as he ultimately paid for helping to force too strong a pace under an inexperienced apprentice.

Back in a smaller field, and with Cam Hardie back on board, he should be seen in a much better light.

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could be the answer to the preceding Follow riponraces On Twitter Handicap.

He should take plenty of beating for the formidable combination of trainer Roger Varian and jockey Andrea Atzeni.

SELECTIONS:

AYR: 1.45 Double Reflection, 2.15 Yes You, 2.45 Red Shadow, 3.15 Jay Kay, 3.45 Benjamin Thomas, 4.15 Pillar, 4.45 Desert Way, 5.15 Haymarket. RIPON: 2.00 Bungee Jump, 2.30 Voicemail, 3.00 West Drive, 3.30 BROTHER MCGONAGALL (NAP), 4.00 Bonnie Arlene, 4.30 Monsieur Jimmy.

DOUBLE: Brother McGonagall and West Drive.