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.
Classy Al is on a hat-trick as he tackles the £30,000 feature race off bottom-weight on Ladies Night at Hamilton Park.
After back-to-back wins at Ayr and course and distance, he lines up under Jim Goldie’s apprentice Lauren Young in the Cube Glass “Soba” Handicap over five-furlongs.
It will be his second venture into Class 2 company having finished a never dangerous 20th in last year’s Ayr Bronze Cup on his only other try at this grade.
At the opposite end of the handicap, Venture Capital needs a form revival after fading into last place in the recent Scottish Stewards’ Cup at the South Lanarkshire venue.
Three-time course winner Hurt You Never, trained by Adrian Nichols, is after another track strike in the PDM Handicap.
A recent winner at Nottingham, the mare has given Nicholls’ son and daughter, Jack and Mia, fives victories apiece and tonight bids to supply Alfie Gee with a first success in the saddle.
The card gets underway with the Scullion Law “Law Firm For Life” Maiden Stakes.
Richard Fahey-trained Great Profit, who cost £360,000 in the spring Breeze-Up Sales, is equipped with a hood for the first time as tries to get off the mark at the third attempt.