Goldie charge not surplus to requirements

Four-year-old expected to kick on and take the spoils at Ayr meeting

INSURPLUS played his part in last week’s Jim Goldie benefit and can savour his own moment in the sunshine at Ayr.

The four-year-old gelding finished third in a six-furlong handicap in which his trainer saddled the first four home.

Having previously struggled this year, that was a marked improvement from Insurplus.

As such, he is expected to kick on in division two of the seven-furlong handicap on the eight-race card.

The son of Bushranger finished off his last race with promise and only went down by a length and a half to stablemate Cheeni.

That was his best performance since he was not beaten far in a Goodwood handicap last August, when he was running off a 5lb higher mark.

He might still be a maiden after 12 races, but Insurplus is certainly capable of winning a race like this.

It will be interesting to see how EASY CODE gets on at Wolverhampton.

The four-year-old gelding was heavily backed on the Lingfield turf a week and a half ago but he failed to deliver in quite demanding conditions.

Soft ground probably counted against him that day and he is better than that.

William Haggas does not train many 65-rated horses like this and must surely fancy his chances of eking out just enough improvement from the gelded son of Bahamian Bounty.

Any market move should be seized upon ahead of the seven-furlong handicap. SELECTIONS: AYR: 1.30 Cosa Nostra, 2.00 Newspeak, 2.30 INSURPLUS (NAP), 3.00 Wor Lass, 3.30 Abushamah, 4.00 Gworn, 4.30 Aprovado, 5.00 Perfect Words.

WOLVERHAMPTON: 5.45 Seyaady, 6.15 Qaaraat, 6.50 Favourite Treat, 7.25 Easy Code, 8.00 Yasir, 8.30 First Up, 9.00 Dream Magic.

DOUBLE: Insurplus and Easy Code.

Picture: PA. Jockey Frankie Dettori jumps from Enable after winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. The 5-4 favourite, trained by John Gosden, came home ahead of Ulysses in second and Idaho in third.