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.
ETERNAL FORCE looks the one to beat in the £30,000 feature race at Hamilton Park.
Trained by William Haggas and ridden by Tom Marquand, the top-weight faces six rivals in the Weatherbys Digital Solutions Clyde Handicap over an extended mile.
The Newmarket raider was a close second in maiden company at the South Lanarkshire venue last June and his only run so far this term came when a creditable seventh of 21 runners in the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster in March.
He is the only ride for Marquand and also the sole runner on the card for Haggas, who has a handsome track strike-rate of 31% (34/109) with his Somerville Lodge visitors.
The main threats to Eternal Force could come from Botanical (Karl Burke) and Theoryofeverything (David O’Meara), who have both got winning form at Hamilton Park.
There are some expensive recruits among the four-runners declared for the Sodexo Live 2yo Series Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.
Fresh from an impressive winning course newcomer last week, Cheshire trainer Hugo Palmer bids for another debut success with Jazz Queen, a €210,000 first foal from the family of Group 1 winning sprinter Winter Power.
And Iris Dancer bids to seize the record haul for wins at Hamilton Park outright in the Morton Fraser Macroberts Lip Handicap.
Tristan Davidson’s mare, making her 35th appearance at the track, is currently joint modern-day record-holder with Jordan Electrics on nine wins.