Fairley’s double delight
Ayr got back on track after abandoning last week’s meeting before the first race was run – and no one was happier than Greg Fairley.
Mark Johnston’s jockey rode the last winner at Great Leighs’ first public meeting on Wednesday and had spent eight-and-a-half hours on the road getting to and from the Essex venue. [>
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But those hours in the car didn’t seem to have any ill-effects and he was smartly out of the gates on the Johnston-trained odds-on shot Shaweel in the opener before strolling to a six-length win. [>
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He was also successful on Malguru for George Foster in the third to complete a double. [>
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At Great Leighs yesterday, David Elsworth’s injury-prone Nota Bene booked his return ticket for Royal Ascot with victory in the Lookers Land Rover Conditions Stakes. [>
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Sidelined since last year’s Wokingham Stakes, the six-year-old shrugged off a 341-day absence as he obliged under Marc Halford. [>