Conga lines up in Hamilton sprint as Ryan looks to add to his winning tally

Conga heads a line of course and distance winners in the Class 4 sprint at Hamilton Park’s nine-race behindclosed-doors fixture today.

Kevin Ryan’s Yorkshire raider faces ten rivals, including four others previously successful over this stiff six furlongs, in the Training Courses Available at scottishracingacademy.co.uk Handicap.

Hambleton-based Ryan has saddled 104 winners at the Lanarkshire venue – far more than he has recorded at any other of the UK’S turf tracks – and three of those victories have been achieved this year.

Conga registered a game allthe-way strike at Hamilton last autumn and races off a mark only 1lb higher this time.

Among the opposition are recent 20-1 course and distance winner Zig Zag Zyggy for Jimmy Long’s Thistle Bloodstock and Jedd O’keeffe-trained Turn To Rock who is likely to be one of the market principals after a comfortable win at Newmarket last month.

There is also a competitive look to the Visit racingtv.com Handicap over an extended 1m 1f. Top weight Pour Me A Drink, trained by Keith Dalgleish, could go close as the horses that chased him home in second and third at Ayr last month have both boosted the form by scoring since.

Granite city doc has won two of his three starts since moving to Mike Smith’s Galston yard in Ayrshire and reappears at the scene of his nail-biting nose triumph over slightly shorter 12 days ago.

Millie The Minx can land back-to-back wins at Hamilton in the Support The Marie Curie Hospice Glasgow Handicap. It had been a long time between drinks for Dianne Sayer’s inmate prior to her recent course strike, having endured a 17-race losing run since winning over hurdles at Sedgefield in December 2018.

However, she has been running well this season, and the application of blinkers helped her to score with a little in hand here at the start of the month. If the headgear has the same effect again, a 3lb rise might not be enough to stop her following up.