More joy for Classic ace Adrian Keatley
Monday 23 May 2016 18:03, UK
Millefiori followed up her success at Ayr five days earlier when romping home in the racinguk.com Handicap.
The four-year-old filly was continuing the fine form of trainer Adrian Keatley, who bagged his first Classic triumph in the Irish 1,000 Guineas with Jet Setting just 24 hours previously.
Joe Fanning took Millefiori to the front two furlongs out after Riponian had set the pace and soon put daylight between herself and her rivals.
Despite drifting over to the far side, the 1/2 favourite went on to trot up in the mile event, scoring by 10 lengths from Drinks For Losers with Riponian third.
Millefiori is likely to bid for a quick hat-trick on Wednesday at Hamilton, when she will try to defy a 6lb penalty in the St Andrews Ambulance Handicap over nine furlongs.
"She won well and she's in again on Wednesday at Hamilton. Hopefully she can win there and then the handicapper is going to put a lot of weight on her," said Keatley.
"We'll try to get another win into her and see what happens then.
"She'll stays over here and will go on to Hamilton on Wednesday morning."
The Curragh trainer's other runner on the card, Mo Henry, was sent off the 2/1 favourite for the Follow At Racing-UK On Twitter Handicap but was only fifth behind Richard Guest's veteran Captain Scooby (25/1) in the hands of Jason Hart.
Fanning completed a double when getting Cymraeg Bounty (5/2 favourite) home by a short head in the Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap for trainer Iain Jardine.
The four-year-old is entered later in the week but Jardine might not be tempted to turn him out quickly.
He said: "I've got him in at Pontefract later in the week, but he might not go up 6lb so we'll see what the handicapper does to him. It's a long season."
That was Cymraeg Bounty's second start since joining Jardine's Carrutherstown's stable from Mick Appleby.
Navajo War Dance (8/11 favourite) got off the mark at the first time of asking for the Karl Burke team with a cosy success in the Racing UK Now In HD! Maiden Stakes.
The Makfi gelding had useful form for Tim Jarvis as a two-year-old without getting his head in front but made no mistake as he came home four lengths clear of Torremar.
The Michael Dods-trained Le Chat D'Or (8/1) mowed down the opposition as he came down from last to first to claim the racinguk.com/hd Handicap under Paul Mulrennan.
