Three Steps To Victory winner Geelo Sapphire (Ace Hi Ramble-Droopys Raeh, Jul 14) laid down a marker for the forthcoming Lowther Stakes by landing a trialstake at Towcester on Saturday.
Carl Perry’s blue soon led and crossed the 500m winning line with just over a length to spare over Moreton Melody in 29.46. The other heat went to Pat Cowdrill’s Image Carranna (Mall Brandy-Tullowmac Java, Aug 14) in 29.78.
The £10,000 Lowther Stakes (36 bitches) gets underway on Saturday August 12 and concludes a fortnight later. Entries close on Tuesday August 8.
Razldazl Raidio (Razldazl Rioga-Razldazl Marilyn, Apr 14) bounced back from the longest losing sequence of his career (4 races!) to go within a spot of his own 380m hurdle track record at CRAYFORD on Saturday.
Contesting the second heat of the Ladbrokes.com Kent National Hurdle, the 1-6f finished just short of 13 lengths clear of Ballymac Leo in 23.19. The other qualifier went to Dranoel in 24.14 with local champion Fridays Sean (4-5f) back in third.
