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.
Mike Smith appears to hold a strong Hollie Doyle heads north to Ayr on Monday where she has three rides, two of which are for Lambourn trainer Archie Watson.hand in the opener at Ayr on Monday as he saddles three of the seven runners including Glasses Up and Tilsitt, who have ten course victories between them.
The pair team up firstly with Weissmuller who could go off a short price in the Virgin Bet EBF Maiden Stakes as his 100/1 close fourth in the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot is the stand-out piece of form.
His main threat may come in the shape of Karl Burke’s Motowahij, a 285,000 breeze-up purchase with two Group entries, who missed an engagement at Ayr last Monday won by an impressive Richard Fahey newcomer.
Doyle and Watson also join forces with Chaturanga in the Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap.
After scrambling home by a neck at Newcastle in May, he failed to score by the same margin at Newmarket last month and has since dropped to his last winning mark.
A big danger could come through Pol Roger, who gained back-to-back course and distance wins for Connor Beasley and Michael Dods in May and June
Doyle’s other mount in on Hugo Palmer-trained He’s A Gentleman in the Virgin Bet Every Saturday Monday Back Handicap.
The Cheshire raider has been nudged up 3lbsfor being touched off by a neck over course and distance three weeks ago but has got placed form off slightly higher earlier in the year.