There were races over four different distances at HOVE on Thursday and Seamus Cahill trained runners went quickest over all four.
The performance of the night surely went to Karlow Turbo (Kinloch Brae-China Doll, Aug 14).
The litter brother to a certain Astute Missile went to trap five at 1-3f over his favoured 695m trip. Office Hazard was in trap one.
The winner’s time was a ‘FOY’ 41.33, eclipsing Jaytee Jet’s previous best by three spots.
Over the sprint Jumerirah Maximus (Kinloch Brae-Jumeirah Duchess, Mar 14) recently returned to form after seven defeats and he kept the run going with a 16.17 (FOY 16.12) win on Thursday. The 4-7f ran from T2 with Sameagainplease in five.
Ballinclare Solo (Scolari Me Daddy-Ballinclare Meg, Nov 13) landed a 475m final. A 27.53 heat winner ahead of Humphreys Pride, the race finished in the same result and time. The winner went from trap five.
With the Coral Sussex Cup due to close on July 17, the versatile Starring Storm (Tubbertelly Dubh-Saleen Kerry, Feb 14) showed why he (T1 5-2) is worthy of a place in the first round with a 29.71 (+10), near three length win over Stand Alone.
The Ladbrokes Gold and Summer Classic are just a month away and the early scouting parties began arriving at MONMORE on Thursday night.
On faster going than recent weeks, the outstanding performance came from Kevin Cobbold’s Corrin Mall (Mall Brandy-Corrin Queen, Sep 14) with a 28.15 run over the standard trip. The 7-4jf ran from trap five and would be followed home by The Other Ben (T6) in 28.15.
The run of the night over the Summer Classic 630m trip came from Paul Sallis’ striped jacketed Galactic Brae (Kinloch Brae-Atouchofvenus, Aug 14) with a four length 38.00 win over Skywayways (T2).
