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.
Bang-in-form Iris Dancer bids to enhance her excellent strike-rate in the Follow Us On X@hamiltonParkRC Handicap.
Trained in Cumbria by Tristan Davidson and ridden by Andrew Mullen, the seven-year-old mare landed her seventh course success by a head last Wednesday night.
She has also won once at Ripon and Carlisle and all her wins have been gained at six-furlongs.
“She won at Ripon before she came to me but she loves coming up a hill,” Davidson said. “She’s given her owners lots of fun and we all think the world of her.
“Jim Goldie’s horse Jordan Electrics has won nine at Hamilton so that’s a nice target to aim for. It takes a bit of doing but there should be plenty more opportunities there for her between now and the autumn.”
Goldie’s Lauren Young-ridden Woohoo is another in red-hot form and she tries to extend her winning sequence to four-in-arrow in the Aspire Cleaning & Facilities Handicap over five-furlongs.
After winning over course and distance and Ayr for stable claimer Young, she completed the hat-trick under Paul Mulrennan at Musselburgh eleven-days ago.
Tinkler said: “We’re going into the race in good form and he battled on bravely last time. Rowan gets on well with him and has ridden him every time he has run so far.”
Golspie could be well treated under a 5lb penalty, incurred for a cosy Pontefract victory, in the 1m 3f handicap.
And the card gets underway with Vincenzo Peruggia making his debut in the Amo Racing colours in the novice stakes.
Charlie Johnston’s well-bred bred colt cost 555,000gns as a yearling so he will be fancied to go in at a the first time of asking.