Musselburgh punters can cash in on Jacob Black’s recent form

Jacob Black has proved a real money-spinner this season and he is after more prize money at Musselburgh today.

Trained by Keith Dalgleish, he is one of six declarations for the Read Silvestre De Sousa At 188Bet Handicap over an extended 7f.

Initially with Clive Cox, Jacob Black moved to Dalgleish after just two starts in 2013. He won for times for the Scot before he went to the Tyneside yard of Kenny Johnson for a fruitless 2017 campaign.

His return to Dalgleish was a winning one when successful at Musselburgh in May. It was the first of four more wins for his present trainer who also owned him until Edinburgh owner Ken Mcgarrity bought him to race in his maroon and white check silks in mid-june.

Mcgarrity said: “His first run for me was when finishing runner-up at Carlisle and he’s since won twice, at Musselburgh over a mile, and over slightly further at Hamilton Park on Saturday night.

“As that was an apprentice race he i sun penalised for mussel burgh and it’s also good that Rowan Scott rides him again. We looked at this race as soon as he’d won at Hamilton as he’s also a course and distance winner this year.”

Among Jacob Black’s rivals are Richard Fahey-trained Gabrial The Tiger, another course and distance scorer, and Iain Jardine’s Smugglers Creek carrying the colours of former Kilwinning Rangers chairman Allan Mcluckie.

All bar two of the seven runners in the Racing Ticket Giveaways At @188Bet Handicap are course and distance winners and they include Computable for the in-form combination of Rachel Richardson and Tim Easterby.

One of those Musselburgh winners is Jim Goldie’s mare Eternalist, who has been running consistently well throughout the summer, so it was no great surprise to see her make the most of what looked an excellent opportunity at this venue three weeks ago. That said, it was still hard not to be impressed by the manner of her success and what was noticeable was how much more tractable she was than in her recent races.

The handicap per has handed her a 5lb hike, but if she is in a similarly co-operative mood she should prove hard to beat.

At Ayr yesterday, Mike Smith, who trains around 10 miles from the track in Galston saddled the last two winners.

Glasses Up won his third race from only five starts when landing the one mile two furlong handicap in the hands of Paddy Mathers. The three year-old gelding won comfortably by a neck from Remember The Days at odds of 11-4.

A delighted Smith said afterwards : “He only cost £2,000 and has done us proud. I will sit down and see where we go from here but the Kilkerran Cup here in September could be on the agenda.”

Mike’s second winner came in the Western House Hotel Apprentice Handicap when Akamanto, under a driving ride from Andrew Breslin, held on to win by a neck.

There was a shock in the first race when the Keith Dalgleish trained Fuente, a 5-1 chance, slammed the long odds on favourite Axe Axelrod by four and a half lengths. Linda Perratt was another Scottish trainer celebrating when Lucky Violet, 10-1, won the mile handicap under a good PJ Mcdonald ride. That gave the rider a double as he had been successful on Fool For You in the five-furlong handicap.