Stott and Tarboosh combine for victory
Tarboosh was an impressive winner of the Breeders Backing Racing EBF Flying Scotsman Conditions Stakes at Musselburgh.
Sent off the 10-11 favourite and ridden by Kevin Stott, he slammed Copper Knight by a comfortable two-and-a-half lengths.
Winning trainer Paul Midgley said: “He can really quicken on that soft ground and is a useful sprinter. He’s had one or two issues with his wind and a liver problem but we feel he is in great form now. He’ll probably go to Doncaster later in the month for the race he won last year and next season we will be looking at Listed company.”
The £20,000 Join Racing TV Now Handicap went to 12-1 chance Blown By Wind, the 234th winner of the year for trainer Mark Johnston as he came within one of equalling the highest ever tally set by Richard Hannon senior in 2013.
Gerry Mcgladery and Middleham Park Racing Dreamliner remained locked at the top of the East Lothian track’s owners championship after a winner apiece with Battle Of Marathon and Militia.
At Musselburgh’s final Flat meeting of the year today, Gometra Ginty bids to follow up her recent strike in the Watch Racing tv Now Handicap. trained by keithdalgleish and owned by Ken Mcgarrity, the Carluke raider has been raised 4lbs for her course-and-distance success 16 days ago.
At Leicester, Last Surprise can secure her third win of the year in the George Stubbs Fillies’ Conditions Stakes.
Simon Crisford’s charge was victorious on her debut back in June, prompting a swift rise in class to tackle the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, where she finished last of the 25 runners. Her next outing at Windsor did not offer too much encouragement either, but a 75-day break clearly did her the world of good as she returned in triumph at Chelmsford in September, defying a penalty in the process. Giving weight to all but one of her rivals at Newmarket on her most recent start, Last Surprise did not run too badly at all in a competitive handicap to finish third and her subsequent mark of 87 puts her ahead of the field here.
Raydiance could not make his mark at Ascot recently but might find the Wreake Handicap more to his liking. The four-year-old has three wins to his credit – with two of those successes coming with plenty of cut in the ground, which bodes well for this contest.
He finished down the field in a competitive Ascot handicap just over a week ago and now sits on his lowest ever mark.
X Force sets a fair standard in the 32Red.com Nursery Handicap at Kempton. The Archie Watson-trained youngster has won the last two of his four stats, both of those victories coming on the all-weather. His latest performance was his most impressive yet and there looks to be more to come.