Classy New York can be the toast of Lingfield

Toast Of New York can make the most of having his sights lowered and claim what would be a hugely popular victory at Lingfield.

It is four years since Jamie Osborne’s stable star came within a nose of winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita. His subsequent travails have been well documented, a tendon injury retiring him to stud before he made a Lazarus-like return from a threeyear hiatus with what was a fairytale success in this very race 12 months ago.

An ambitious tilt at the Pegasus World Cup shortly after the turn of the year proved a bridge too far. But the seven-year-old was subsequently gelded, and that has seemingly had the desired effect because he has run two sound races at Graded level in America since.

A runner-up finish behind Mind The Biscuits in the Grade Three Lukas Classic was a big step forward, and the mile and six furlongs of the Marathon on Breeders’ Cup night at Churchill Downs was always going to stretch his stamina – but he still shaped with promise to finish fourth.

It would be fanciful to suggest Toast Of New York is the force he once was. But it is clear a good portion of his considerable ability remains intact, and he has every chance of regaining the winning thread in the Betway Casino Conditions Stakes.

Silca Mistress looks the answer to the Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Fillies’ Handicap on the same card, while, at Newcastle’s evening fixture, Deansgate can be relied upon as he goes in search of a third course win in the Follow Sunracing On Twitter Handicap.