KENNY The Captain can lead by example in the Watch On The Racing UK App Handicap at Ayr.
The five-year-old chestnut is perhaps not one to trust implicitly - he has only won four times in 24 career starts - but there were distinct signs we was coming to hand at Thirsk earlier this month.
Sent off at odds of 10-1 for a tight-looking six-furlong handicap, the son of Captain Rio must have really pleased Tim Easterby by the manner in which he stuck to his task.
Duran Fentiman was hard at work quite a way from home, but his partner kept responding when asked and he was only worried out of it in the closing stages.
Kenny The Captain finished fourth, beaten just under four lengths, but it is hardly an outlandish claim to anticipate big improvement from that seeing that was his first start since December.
A course-and-distance scorer in October 2013 and ideally suited by a little tenderness underfoot, Easterby returns to Scotland with a horse who is now 1lb lower than when he won at this time of the year 12 months ago.
And though he must shoulder joint-top weight, this is perhaps not as good a race as a Thirsk - and yet he should be a much fitter horse.
Nayel signed off last term with a rare old rattle and looks a logical shout in the Phil Rendell Forty Tenth Birthday Handicap at Windsor.
Richard Hannon’s four-year-old takes a while to warm to his task, but the results speak for themselves as he is now on a hat-trick.
Race fitness might be an issue on his first outing for 283 days, but he has looked to have been crying out for this mile-and-a-quarter trip.
His fourth-placed finish to Ooty Hill in a hot Newmarket maiden on debut is also evidence of his ability to handle cut in the ground.
Malaysian Boleh ought to go well in the totepool Like Us On Facebook Handicap at Chelmsford.
The Shaun Lycett-trained six-year-old won really handsomely over this course and distance last March and knows the Chelmsford terrain probably better than anyone.
Malaysian Boleh has been highly tried since he last found the back of the net, but, consequently, he has slithered to a most appealing mark of 69.
Colourbearer is not getting any quicker, but the nine-year-old has made a sharp return to form this spring and can be trusted to run with honour in the Southwell Golf Club Pay & Play Handicap at the Nottinghamshire circuit.
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Nap: Kenny The Captain (2.50: Ayr)
Double: Nayel (7.00: Windsor)
Treble: Malaysian Boleh (2.30: Chelmsford)
Yankee: Colourbearer (5.15: Southwell)
