Goldie's off to a flier
JIM GOLDIE, the most successful trainer at Ayr Racecourse in recent seasons, kicked off the new flat season at the track last Thursday in sparkling form.
Jim's Esoterica, ridden by Irvine born Danny Tudhope, landed the William Hill Homecoming Handicap at 11/4 by a length from Sir Royal. And the Uplawmoor based trainer also had a second and third on the card.
Hillview Boy, a recent Hamilton winner for Goldie, came up against a real tartar in Sirvino in the William Hill Wannabet Football Handicap. The 2/1 favourite, trained by David Barron and ridden by Phillip Makin landed his fourth race on the bounce by a length and a quarter.
Brazilian jockey Silvestre de Sousa rode a double initiated by Stateside (5/1) for trainer Richard Fahey in the Belhaven Happy Birthday Matty Evans Handicap and completed by Kevin Ryan's Coleorton Choice (4/1) in the williamhill.com Best Football Odds - Fact ! Handicap.
The opening race, the Burns Mall EBF Maiden, was won by Howard Johnson's Maison Brillet (11/2) under an assured ride by Paul Mulrennan while the veteran Gift Horse (7/4 fav) won his first race in four years when landing the Turnberry Holiday Park Claiming Stakes.
Joe Fanning rode his 50th winner of the season, partnering Dispol Grand (7/2) in the Kerr & Smith 24/7 Recovery Handicap.
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