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.
AL HUSN gave Roger Varian a third win in the Tennent’s Lager British Stallion Studs EBF Rothesay Stakes at Ayr on Wednesday.
Ridden by Jim Crowley, the 5-6 favourite saw off Angels Wrath by half a length in the £47,000 Listed contest.
“She’s in great form and still improving,” said the jockey before rushing off to catch his flight back south. “She gave me a great feel and it was a great run last time in a Group 2 at Newmarket.
“She’s also handled the quicker ground today so she’s a pretty versatile filly. I’d say ten furlongs is her trip or a mile if it was soft enough.”
Jim Goldie’s Global Humor, from 12lbs below his previous winning mark, gained his first success of the season with a last-gasp victory under Paul Mulrennan in the Dead Man’s Finger Handicap over five-furlongs.
Hollie Doyle completed a double on Archie Watson trained pair Army Ethos and Mountbatten with the former impressing on debut in the opening two-year-old contest.