Don’t be shy, take Flyboy

FLYBOY is likely to be primed to the minute for the Old Dalby Handicap at Leicester.

The four-year-old gelding will be having just his second start for Richard Fahey, having previously been in the care of David O’Meara, and big things are expected of him.

Flyboy won a good Haydock handicap a year ago off a mark of 79 and yet lines up in this seven-furlong affair with 4lb less on his back.

Adam McNamara’s 3lb claim also comes in very useful indeed.

The son of Zoffany has largely struggled since he was gelded in July 2016, but the proverbial green shoots of recovery were evident on his debut for the Fahey yard.

Flyboy finished third in a seven-furlong handicap at Carlisle, where he was wearing first-time blinkers and did not have a clean run.

His path was blocked inside the final furlong and he was always chasing the game thereafter.

With that in mind, he probably did really well to go down by just two lengths to Forever A Lady.

Little wonder, then, that Fahey has elected to stick with the blinkers after such a promising run, which will have done him the power of good.

Jim Goldie has decent double hopes at Ayr this evening with

GONINODAETHAT and SS VEGA.

The former edged out his stablemate at the Ayrshire course earlier this month and the trainer will be looking for more of the same from his charges. SELECTIONS:

AYR: 5.55 Born To Be Alive, 6.25 Bloomin Lovely, 6.55 Goninodaethat, 7.25 Aprovado, 7.55 Ss Vega, 8.25 Jay Kay, 8.55 Buzz Boy.

LEICESTER: 2.20 Porchy Party, 2.50 Loumarin, 3.20 Hakeem, 3.50 Contango, 4.20 Wonderfillo, 4.55 Same Jurisdiction, 5.25 FLYBOY (NAP), 6.00 Cainhoe Star.

DOUBLE: Flyboy and Goninodaethat.