Jacob maintains 100 per cent strike rate at Musselburgh

● Impressive Liva wins Juvenile Hurdle ● Zip can seal victory at Southwell today

Daryl Jacob took his Musselburgh strike-rate to five wins from five rides as Donald Mccain-trained Liva produced an impressive performance in the Enjoy The Jumps On Racing UK Introductory Juvenile Hurdle.

Jacob, riding for his retained owners Simon Munir and Issac Souede, made all on the 11-10 favourite to beat Sarvi by four and a half lengths.

The jockey said: “I’ve always come up here for good rides, the prize money is good and the track seems to suit our horses. Liva is very slick at his hurdles and he travels very well. That’s what you need here and it plays to his strengths.”

Monsieur Co, formerly with Paul Nicholls, won on his third start for Keith Dalgleish in the New Jumps Season On Racing UK Handicap Chase after a good tussle of the final few fences with gallant top-weight Ontopoftheworld.

Winning jockey Brian Hughes said: “The trainer and his team at home have done a grand job with him. He’s still only five and this will have done his confidence some good so hopefully he’ll improve for this.”

Bruce Lynn secured his first win as a conditional rider on Golden Jeffrey for his boss Iain Jardine. “I’ve only had a few rides since turning professional but when I was an amateur I won on four of my first six rides,” the Hawick-born pilot said.

At Southwell today, Zip would not be winning out of turn if he can get his head in front in the Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost EBF Novice Stakes.

Trained by Richard Fahey, the Kyllachy colt found only one too good here last time out and could in fact be counted an unfortunate loser.

He went down by a head, but the fact he reared in the stalls and took time to find his stride surely counted against him in the final reckoning.

Honey Gg is enjoying life at the Nottinghamshire track and ought to be thereabouts once more in the Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap.

Her two previous forays on the Fibresand have yielded a second place and a win, with that victory coming last time out. Declan Carroll’s threeyear-old had been in decent heart before that, too, and form on this surface is always a positive.

A similar remark applies to Mr Minerals, who makes a bit of appeal in the Follow Sun Racing On Twitter Handicap.

Richard Hughes opted to bring him here at the end of last month and was rewarded with a decent effort in second.

Considering the neck verdict, the fact he was not the sharpest away proved a hindrance and he looks capable of being involved again given he is not badly handicapped on the face of it just now.

Decoration Of War is the pick in the second division of the sunracing.co.uk Handicap on his second start for Mick Appleby.