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STORM NELSON is fancied to keep trainer Sandy Thomson’s hot streak going with a victory in the Golf Inn Prestwick Handicap Hurdle (2.45) at Ayr on Monday.
The son of Gold Well isn’t the easiest horse to get to the track – he’s just turned 10 and has been limited to 12 career starts over timber.
But Storm Nelson has collected on five of them, including on his seasonal comeback at Carlisle at the end of November.
On the back of a 329-day absence – he had wind surgery during his time on the sidelines – Storm Nelson returned with a length-and-three-quarter defeat of Flight Deck.
The winner gave the form a shot in the arm with a success on Chepstow’s Welsh Grand National card six days ago, and a 4lb rise in the handicap may not be enough to stop Ryan Mania’s mount from going in again.
Ayr stages a jumps meeting on Monday when Newsboy’s nap, Storm Nelson, runs in the 2.45 Photo credit: Jeff Holmes/PA Wire. At Newcastle, LARADO gets the vote to add to a last-time-out course-and-distance victory by beating five opponents for the Spreadex Sports Best Odds On Sunderland Handicap (4.10).
Mick Appleby’s son of Shalaa, who has a record of 3-19 on turf, was capturing his first race on the all-weather at the sixth attempt when accounting for Zip by three-quarters of a length a month ago.
The British Horseracing Authority assessor has reacted with a 3lb rise to a mark of 87 but Theodore Ladd’s partner has more to offer on Tapeta.
MONDAY'S SELECTIONS
LINGFIELD PARK
12.23 FREE SOLO
12.53 ALTERNATIVA
1.23 INCRIMINATION
1.53 MAN ON A MISSION
2.23 AESTHETIC
2.53 DAFYRE
3.23 LADY URSULA
PLUMPTON
12.30 STAGE STAR
1.00 MASTER CHEWY
1.30 PARK THIS ONE
2.00 DOIREANN
2.30 TIP TOP MOUNTAIN
3.00 BLAME THE GAME
3.30 BEGIN THE LUCK
AYR
12.45 SALADAM
1.15 DORA DE JANEIRO
1.45 GOLD CUP BAILLY
2.15 ROWDY RUSTLER
2.45 STORM NELSON (NAP)
3.15 ONE MILL HARBOUR
3.45 ESCAPEANDEVADE
NEWCASTLE
2.38 VICTORY MARCH
3.08 NOVAK
3.38 ABBEY’S DREAM
4.10 LARADO (NB)
4.40 KHABIB
5.10 WAVERLEY STAR
5.40 LADYWANTAWAY
DOUBLE: STORM NELSON and LARADO