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.
Jim Goldie is mob-handed on the valuable Sky Bet Sunday Series Musselburgh card that has been transferred from Ayr.
The Uplawmoor maestro has declared 16 runners for the ITV screened meeting and they include Krissy, the horse that supplied him with a record-breaking 100th strike on the Flat last year.
“We were stuck on 99 for a wee while and it was her that got the job done at Wolverhampton with just a few days of 2025 to spare,” he said of his representative in the fillies’ handicap. “She is coming back off a break and her all-weather form was pretty consistent in the winter.”
Among Goldie’s other runners are old favourites Dwindling Funds and Abduction along with progressive Montezuma, who could be a step ahead of the handicapper after his recent breakthrough success over course and distance.
He added: “We have always done pretty well at this series- the prize money is excellent – and hopefully we’ll have a bit of luck again this year.”
Jack Channon bids for just his second Musselburgh win in the juvenile maiden with Seed Ya Later.
The Berkshire raider was only pipped by a neck into second place on her debut at Bath nine-days ago.
Fast Fred has already got course and distance winning form in this series this year and he goes for more glory from a 4lb higher mark in the 1m 4f handicap.
Along with Abduction and Montezuma, he could set down another marker in the race for the £100,000 on offer to connections of the first horse to win three times across the five-fixture series.
George Scott’s Alther Walden returned from wind surgery to register an impressive seasonal return success at Newcastle and a 6lb rise my not stop a follow up in the two-mile a handicap.
This new trip should hold no fears as he was strong across the line over a mile and a half on Tyneside despite the inconvenience of a slipping bit.