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.
Harriet Dickin is looking make it first time lucky with Lord Of All Saints in the feature race at Ayr.
The Somerset raider, just a second jumps ride at the venue for conditional pilot Bradley Harris (who has also had a mount at the track on the Flat), is one of the joint top-weights in the Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Handicap Hurdle.
Based near Bath, Dickin, a former performer in the eventing world, took over the reins from father Robin in 2022 and is represented for the first time at Ayr by a gelding, who is bidding for four wins on-the-bounce.
Ridden each time by Harris, progressive Lord Of All Saints has been raised a whopping 30lbs for three comfortable strikes at Leicester, Warwick and Sandown.
There is plenty of Scottish interest in the field with Mike Smith and Nick Alexander double-handed with Buy Some Time and Follow Charlie and Half Track and Maillot Blanc respectively.
In addition, Andrew Hamilton saddles El Jefe while Donald Whillans-trained Both Barrels is also in the line-up.
That’ll Do Moss, an easy course winner in January, is after more Ayr success in the opening weatherbysshop.co.uk EBF Mares National Hunt Novices’ Hurdle
Trained near Cheltenham by Fergal O’Brien, she has since been pipped by a short-head in a Grade 2 contest.