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.
Course and distance winners Wickywickywheels and Spectacular Style go head-to-head in the feature race at Hamilton Park on Monday.
The pair, trained respectively by Lucinda Russell and Roger Varian, both shoulder big weights in the Sir Ian Good Memorial Handicap, a race named after the late chairman of the South Lanarkshire venue.
Wickywickywheels is a five-time winner at the track and her strikes, all gained in 2022, include victory in the £100,000 Lanark Silver Bell.
In the case of Newmarket raider Spectacular Style, who cost 625,000gns as a yearling, his sole Hamilton Park success came as a 1/7 hot-pot when romping home in a canter by 20-lengths in novice stakes company last September.
Jim Goldie is triple-handed with Tafsir, Soowaih and Spanish Hustle while the likely favourite, hat-trick seeking Papagei, is another contender up from Newmarket trained by James Ferguson.
The Ecosave Installations Ltd Nursery Handicap looks a tight betting affair and The Dragon King and Invincible Annice are two of the market principals.
The latter is trained by Karl Burke, responsible for the first three home in Saturday’s Ayr Gold Cup, and she scrambled home by a neck over course and distance earlier this month.
Katie Scott was on the mark at Hamilton Park on Sunday with Epidavros in the racing tv.com Handicap.
Ridden by P J McDonald, the 9/2 chance saw off Tilsit by half a length.
“She’s been with us since he summer and she’s a nice filly than was well-bought at the sales,” said the winning trainer. “She didn’t fancy going down the hill too much but she enjoyed come back up a lot better and she should continue to giver her owners a lot of enjoyment.”