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.
The Go North Series Finals weekend gets underway at Musselburgh on Friday and Rebecca Menzies expects to be saddling plenty of runners over the three days.
After Musselburgh’s £160,000 six-race opener, the action moves on to valuable cards at Kelso on Saturday followed by Carlisle on Sunday.
“I think it is a great initiative and we’ve had a bit of luck in the finals in the past,” Menzies said. “We’ve managed to get a few horses qualified again this year so hopefully we can grab a bit more of the nice prize money on offer.”
The County Durham handler has an interest in two of the £40,000 feature races – Disco Annie contests the Racing Post+ Subscription Go North Sea Pigeon Hurdle Series Final while Monsieur Le Fuzz and Star Vantage run in the Racing Post+ Ultimate Go North Brindisi Breeze Hurdle Series Final.
Meanwhile Tayside owner Jimmy Fyffe, fresh from his success at the Cheltenham Festival with Supremely West, sees his colours carried by Sanilam in the Heritage Portfolio Go North Night Nurse Series Final Novices’ Handicap Hurdle.
Locally-trained by Sandy Thomson, the gelding makes his debut in handicap company having qualified for this event with a narrow success in a Newcastle novices’ hurdle 17-days ago.