DANCEWITHTHEWIND can blow them away in the Subscribe To Racing TV Now Handicap Hurdle (3.35) at Kelso on Friday.
The son of Jeremy landed a handicap hurdle over the course and distance in October 2020 and followed up in a similar event at Newcastle – before injury intervened.
The Harriet Graham and Gary Rutherford trainee was on the sidelines for 729 days, so it was not surprising the eight-year-old needed his return to action at Wetherby last November.
But Dancewiththewind took a step forward with a third at Kelso at the start of December and was back in the winner’s enclosure with a 25-1 success at Wetherby on Boxing Day.
Ridden as today by Edward Austin, my led for flights from home and had a length and a half to spare over Brentford Hope.
A 3lb rise in the weights looks within range for a horse having his ninth outing over obstacles, and drying terrain in the Scottish Borders is of no concern for a horse who operates on decent ground.
At Lingfield, MISS MOONSHINE, who came from the clouds for a course-and-distance score two weeks ago, looks ripe for a hat-trick – she had earlier come home in front at Kempton – in the It’s Time To Turn To talkSPORT Handicap (3.50).
FRIDAY'S SELECTIONS
LINGFIELD PARK
1.50 SUZI’S CONNOISSEUR
2.20 POETIC FORCE
2.50 CHOISYA
3.20 UNFORGOTTEN
3.50 MISS MOONSHINE (NB)
4.20 SMITH
4.50 WHERE’S TOM
KELSO
2.05 FIVE DOLLAR FINE
2.35 TRAPRAIN LAW
3.05 DUBAI DAYS
3.35 DANCEWITHTHEWIND (NAP)
4.05 FLASH COLLONGES
4.35 SECRET INVESTOR
5.05 KAMSINAS
SOUTHWELL
4.45 SHORTS ON
5.15 SUPERSTAR DJ
5.45 GINNY JO
6.15 LADY NAGIN
6.45 SAX APPEAL
7.15 DUBAI JEANIUS
7.45 LOCAL BAY
8.15 USTATH
DOUBLE: DANCWITHTHEWIND and MISS MOONSHINE
