Keep Busy aiming to live up to her name

Keep Busy can live up to her name in style with victory in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes at Ayr tomorrow.

John Quinn's four-year-old was inaction on day one of Royal Ascot when she outran odds of 50-1 to be a very honourable and close fifth behind Oxted in the Group One King's Stand Stakes.

She therefore has just seven days to get over those exertions, on good to firm ground.

Keep Busy is, however, taking a significant drop in class here, is abundantly clear on ratings and adaptable in terms of going should further rainfall in the west of Scotland.

In addition to her run in the King's Stand, the Night Of Thunder filly has lots of other classy form in the book, too top of the list being her close second to the top-notch Glass Slippers in a Group One in Ireland last year.

She followed that up with a fine fifth place in the Abbaye on Arc day and if she is anything like her best form, then she should be very hard to beat on the way back to mixing it in Group-race company.

Arranmore is the one to be with in the opening Summer Staycations At Western House Hotel Handicap.

David O'Meara's four-yearold comfortably got the better of old rival Six Strings – who had beaten him twice previously, but was back in fifth this time–at Carlisle last week. That victory, over this trip, was a continuation of Arranmore's return to form since joining O'Meara just last month.

He has incurred a 5 lb penalty,which means he must concede weight to all but one of his rivals here.

But Arr an more is still more than a stone and a half below the rating he reached in Ireland two years ago – and after re-discovering the winning knack, there is every reason to anticipate he can prosper again in this grade and conditions which suit.

Bravado has largely performed with credit in some decidedly decent company, despite failing to win any of his last six starts, and a revival could be on the cards in Scotland for the Book Now For Ladies Night Handicap.

Mark Johnston's threeyear-old must restate his case after finishing a distant last of 11 in a very competitive Goodwood handicap last month.

Johnston has had him gelded since, however.

Bravado won his first three career starts last autumn and through the winter, including a notable defeat of subsequent dual Group and Royal Ascot

winner Rohaan at Lingfield in January.

He had R oh a an behind him again at Kempton later the same month.

A string of tough assignments followed, but this looks

a much more feasible opportunity for Bravado to give weight away in a small field to three fellow three-year-olds who have not approached his level.