The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

Williams charge holds all Aces at Newmarket

Six-year-old returns to seven furlongs in bid to follow up

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ACES looks to hold the winning hand in the 188Bet Mobile Bet10 Get20 Handicap at Newmarket.

Once with Charlie Hills and then with John Hammond in France, the Dark Angel gelding will be having his third start for Ian Williams and has already made his mark for the Alvechurch trainer.

First time up saw him head to Ascot in May, where he finished a notdisgrac­ed seventh in a handicap won by Dreamfield, who went off an astonishin­gly short price for the Wokingham at Royal Ascot and is surely bound for big things.

He built on that next time up when making no mistake at the Derby meeting at Epsom, staying on strongly to win readily .

The six-year-old has winning form over seven furlongs and it is no surprise to see him return to that trip, with further improvemen­t at that distance

more than possible in his current mood, helping to negate the 8lb rise in the weights.

RED CYMBAL promises to hit the right note in the six-furlong handicap.

The William Haggas-trained son of Pivotal has not been seen since being beaten at odds on at Chelmsford in December, but it is too early to be writing him off, particular­ly if the market speaks in his favour.

NINJAGO should not be discounted at a decent price in the Terry Mcsherry Memorial Handicap on the Saints & Sinners card at Hamilton Park.

DUCK EGG BLUE was an impressive seven-length winner over course and distance in May and is again parented by locally-born apprentice Paula Muir as they contest the British Stallion Studs Captain J C Stewart EBF Fillies’ Handicap over a mile. SELECTIONS HAMILTON: 6.00 Four Kingdoms, 6.30 Port Of Leith, 7.00 Semana Santa, 7.35 Desert Fire, 8.10 Bush Beauty, 8.40 Economic Crisis, 9.10 Ninjago. NEWMARKET: 1.40 Celsius, 2.10 Ashington, 2.40 Red Cymbal, 3.15 Glenglade, 3.50 Choco Box, 4.25 ACES (NAP), 5.00 Balgair, 5.30 Diamond Lady.

DOUBLE: Aces and Ninjago.

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