No luck but Hayley Turner glad to be back in the saddle at Lingfield

Hayley Turner made a low-key comeback at Lingfield as she finished unplaced on her first ride since recovering from an ankle operation in November.

"We brought him over from Ireland and he just had a wind operation, which probably helped," said Carroll. "He was bought to go hurdling and I think he could be quite a nice dual-purpose horse." Carroll went on: "We have been struggling with the weather, we couldn't do anything so we took a few over to Wolverhampton to work three or four days ago." Stuart Williams had to bid goodbye to Paphos, who has been an excellent money-spinner for the yard. After making it three straight wins on the Surrey Polytrack in nine days in the Bet On Your Mobile At bluesq.com Claiming Stakes, the 6-4 favourite was bought by Charlie Hills for £6,000. "He has won five times in less than a year but would only have won 10 or 11 grand in that time, so it's a sad state of affairs," said Williams. Keene's Pointe provided a nice performance after a 132-day break in the Play Golf At Lingfield Marriott Maiden Stakes. The 7/4 favourite had run with great promise on one of his four starts as a two-year-old and has emerged a stronger colt for John Hills, whose small all-weather team are in decent shape. Irish Dream threw down the gauntlet from the front but Seb Sanders had her in his sights, aiming Keene's Pointe up the far rail and scoring by a length. "The horses were on their knees at the end of last season and I hadn't run him since September," said Hills. "He missed his last bit of work, which was a worry, but he doesn't seem to be blowing much and we'll probably give him one more run then bring him back for the summer." Broxbourne (6/1) avenged her luckless recent outing at Wolverhampton by lifting the Dean Wilson Family Funeral Directors Handicap. Jockey Joe Fanning said: "She was a bit unlucky last time when she got boxed in. She's game and she stays, she'll get two miles one day." Another pair having a productive winter campaign are trainer George Margarson and Storm Runner (5/2 favourite), who bounced off the home bend to pip Super Duplex in the lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap. Winning jockey Ian Mongan did get a one-day ban for careless riding (February 6). Robert Tart again showed why he has been receiving such rave reviews with a stylish ride on Amis Reunis (9/4 favourite) in the Get Straight To The Bet At bluesq.com Apprentice Handicap.