Thursday 28th May

Ayr
4.20
Sirvino 1.5pt win - WON 2/1
Hillview Boy 0.5pt win - 2nd

4.50
Lenny Bee 2pt win - 2nd

Lingfield
4.30
Mackten 0.5pt E/W - 9th

5.00
Colour Of Money 0.5pt win - 4th
One Oi 0.5pt win - 2nd

Yarmouth
3.40
Espiritu 1pt win - 2nd

5.40
Cwm Rhondda 2pts win - WON evens (adv)

Sandown
6.05
Kensington Oval 1.5pt win - 3rd

7.45
Pipedreamer 1pt win - 5th

8.50
Light From Mars 0.5pt E/W - 7th
Shamali 1pt win - 9th

At Ayr, Sirvino completed a four-timer in fine style. Until now his running style had kept him ahead of the handicapper but this performance proves how much he is improving. Hillview Boy ran well in 2nd and can find a similar event.

Lenny Bee and Ingleby Lady suffered for the lack of pace in the 4.50. Lenny Bee did especially well to get so close to the winner and the pair are better than they were allowed to show here.

Mackten never got involved in the 4.30 at Lingfield but they went a farcical pace and the form is best ignored.

Both Colour Of Money and One Oi ran well in the 5.00. The latter finishing well from off the pace. Colour Of Money may fare better down in trip.

Espiritu (3.40 Yarmouth) travelled well before finishing 2nd to Class Is Class. He doesn't seem to be progressing and looks a little soft in a finish.

Cwm Rhondda followed up on her recent c&d win under a 6lb penalty. There could be more success to come as her rating was originally very low.

A great evening card at Sandown. Kensington Oval works like a champion, looks like a champion but so far has been expensive to follow. He has been gelded over the winter and was well fancied for his reappearance, the 6.05. He travelled well before finishing 3rd. Although he didn't finish his race as well as he might I'm keeping him on my side. There are surely races to be won with him, possibly on slightly easier ground.

Pipedreamer travelled best of all in the Brigadier Gerard but again found little in a finish. A combination of the trip (10f), getting to the front too early, and Jimmy Fortune losing his whip were to blame. Will no doubt revert to a mile next time out.

Light From Mars was massively over priced (16/1) in the morning for the 8.50. His SP of 5/1 was more indicative of his chances. He came with dangerous looking run 2 out but his challenge petered out and despite trading at 1/33 in-running for a place, he ended up a close 7th. He will find easier tasks than this and looks sure to pay his way over the summer. Shamali will come on for his run and looks sure to do better in the future.