Gordon Brown – Race Reporter Gordon has a wealth of experience of racing through his background in the written and broadcast media. His current principle role is reporting and supporting the scene in Scotland on Racing TV and relaying the latest news with Scottish angles.
FRESH from her historic St Leger triumph, Saffie Osborne is in action north of the border where she has a busy afternoon on the opening day of the Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup festival.
Her seven mounts include Wild Thoughts in the £35,000 Ladbrokes ‘Bet £5 Get £30 New Customer Offer’ Kilkerran Handicap.
It will be only her third visit to the West of Scotland venue, where she has ridden one winner from just three previous rides and she is booked to appear on all three days of Scotland’s richest Flat extravaganza.
Wild Thoughts is trained by Osborne’s great supporter, Newmarket handler Richard Spencer, and the combination were a close third at Doncaster exactly a week ago.
The 1m 2f contest sees four of last year’s competitors line-up again, namely Financer (5th), Dark Moon Rising (7th), Dain Ma Nut In (8th) and Have Secret (10th).
Financer was a 33/1 winner of the 2024 renewal in which old rivals Dark Moon Rising and Have Secret were third and fifth respectively.
A wide-open race could see Iain Jardine go close wih Tiernan, who was a staying on runner-up at Kempton recently.