BILLYJOH (2.12, NAP) can make his fitness count and land the sprint handicap as Flat racing returns to Newbury today.
All-weather champion Mick Appleby has kept him busy over the winter, running him five times since the start of the year.
Billyjoh rewarded his trainer with two wins and did not finish out of the first four.
On his latest start he finished fourth in 6f handicap on All-Weather Finals day, finding a bit of trouble in running under Frederick Larsen, who put up 2lb overweight.
This time Appleby can use all over the apprentice’s 3lb claim as he returns to turf, a surface he won on on his Doncaster debut last July.
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DODDIETHEGREAT (3.20), named after the late Scotland rugby player and MND campaigner Doddie Weir, can be an appropriate winner at Ayr.
Strongly fancied for the Coral Cup at Cheltenham, he ran below expectations during an utterly forgettable Festival for the stable and can make some amends this time.
MOLLY MISCHIEF (4.10, NB) completed a promising start to her career with Jennie Candlish to score impressively at Southwell last time.
The handicapper has raised her 12lb for her six and a half length victory seven days ago but she contests the apprentice handicap under a 5lb penalty, putting her 7lb ‘well in’ with experienced claimer Adam Farragher in the saddle.
FRIDAY SELECTIONS
AYR
1.20 BLUEGRASS
1.50 SHAKEYATALLFEATHER
2.20 CATCH HIM DERRY
2.50 JET PLANE
3.20 DODDIETHEGREAT
3.55 ROYAL WEE
4.30 BILLYTHEREALBIGRED
5.00 LIHYAN
FONTWELL
1.30 ALL AUTHORIZED
2.00 FIX AT ALL
2.30 GIEVES
3.00 THROUGH THE AGES
3.30 CONCRETE KING
4.05 MAYS HILL
NEWBURY
1.43 RUNNING QUEEN
2.12 BILLYJOH (NAP)
2.42 BEELEY
3.12 MR HAMPSTEAD
3.45 NOT SO SLEEPY
4.15 DASHING DARCEY
4.50 PRIDE AND POWER
BATH
4.10 MOLLY MISCHIEF (NB)
4.40 FLICKA’S GIRL
5.15 DAMIA
5.45 VADREAM
6.15 FORTNUM
6.45 VIRTUAL HUG
7.15 THREE YORKSHIREMEN
7.45 KING OF SPEED
EXETER
4.25 VINCENZO
4.55 JOHNNY BLUE
5.30 PADDY IN THE CADDY
6.00 STAR OF AFFINITY
6.30 AWESOME FOURSOME
7.00 LUSTLEIGH
7.30 KINGSTON PRIDE
8.00 HEARTS CORNER
DOUBLE - BILLYJOH & MOLLY MISCHIEF
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