DARRYLL Holland experienced mixed fortunes at Ayr yesterday when he rode a 66-1 hat trick and received a four-day suspension for excessive use of the whip.
The jockey was banned from June 8 to 11 inclusive for the number of times he hit third race runner-up Milling but then proceeded to land the next three events on Yavana's Pace, Slipstream, and The Munro's.
The latter gave Jim Goldie his eighth winner of the Flat campaign, just 24-hours after the Renfrewshire trainer lost his sprinter Ballintrae Boy with a severed tendon.
Slipstream booked himself a ticket for Royal Ascot after an emphatic success in the 13 furlong classified stakes. Trainer Rae Guest is targeting his Newmarket raider at the Queen Alexandra Stakes now a French bit and drop nosebank have prevented him from pulling as hard.
Yavana's pace appeared late on the scene to record a game win under top weight in the 10-furlong handicap after looking in a hopeless position nearing the final furlong.
Veteran trainer Denys Smith struck in the opening juvenile event with Day-Boy, who carried the Duke of Sutherland's red-and-white colours to a length-and-a-half victory.
The ride of the day came from champion jockey Kieren Fallon who virtually lifted the far from co-operative Ormelie home by a neck in the mile-and-a-quarter maiden.
Meanwhile, Latvian can begin his swansong season with a win in the Sheraton Grand Terrace Restaurant Claiming Stakes at Musselburgh this evening.
Dick Allan's almost white 11-year-old secured the corresponding event 11 months ago and is a horse that always goes best when fresh.
Nine runners have been declared for the night's feature race, the #6000 Sheraton Grand Cup in which Kolby, a course and distance winner 12 days ago, looks the one to beat.
q THE final northern meeting of the year is at Hexham racecourse tomorrow when the Haydon Hunt stages a seven-race card.
Kevin Anderson, hoping for a big run from Howayman at Stratford this afternoon, will be on hand to saddle Buckaroo in the concluding open maiden.
The Bankhill mare has consistent form figures and was unlucky not to win a couple of outings ago.
Hamilton Park chief executive Hazel Dudgeon also hopes to run her massive ex-Irish gelding Komori, third at Corbridge two weeks ago, in the first maiden event.
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