Fast Shot ran an absolute cracker to finish 3rd in the sprint handicap today at York’s Dante meeting.

David Allan took the ride aboard the Tim Easterby trained 4 y/o. The ground was drying all the time it was described by the jockeys in the 1st race as being on the sticky side of good.
Fast Shot was drawn on the near side (stall 18 of 20), David took his time getting him down to the start and Fast Shot was one of the last horses to load.

As the race got under way, the field made its way to the middle of the course and Fast Shot was travelling in mid division. 3f from home, David started nudging away and Fast Shot responded as he always does to move past his rivals. David began to get serious with our lad and with 1 and a half furlongs to go, Fast Shot was in a share of the lead.

In the closing stages , he was passed by the fast finishing Secret Witness and Baby Strange , eventually finishing 3rd , 2 lengths behind the winner.

Considering the step up in class and the fact that he excels in soft ground, this was a huge run from Fast Shot. When we got involved with him, he was rated 57 and prior to today’s race, he was rated 87 and still improving.

He will be running in some very competitive sprints this year and hopefully will run in one of the top sprints at Ayr later on in the year.

Big thanks to Tim and David who certainly know how to get a tune out of this horse, and a big well done to all of his owners on a great day. He is a real star of a horse to be involved with.

If you want to get involved : check out his profile here : http://www.ontoawinner.net/flathorse/fast-shot

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Here are some photos of the day courtesy of the excellent Polly Rodgers (@PollyRodgers on twitter)

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Mon Duchess finished 4^th on her 1^st appearance at Redcar today over 6 furlongs. Duran Fentiman took the ride aboard the Lawrence Mullaney trained 4 year old.

Mon Duchess bounced out of the stalls to take up a share of the lead and travelled well for the best part of the race. Entering the last furlong, she began to tire and finished 1 and a half lengths behind the hot favourite, a very respectable 4^th on her racecourse debut.

This was always going to be a learning curve for her and here at ontoawinner towers, we were delighted with what she showed today.

If there are any prospective owners interesting in getting involved in a horse at a very reasonable cost with no upfront purchase, she could be the filly for you.  Check out her full profile here

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Fazza ran in the 1m Class 5 handicap on soft ground yesterday at Thirsk. Shane Kelly, who claims 5 lb took the ride.

Fazza didn’t bounce out of the stalls and Shane opted to hold Fazza up in the early stages of the race.

From the 4f mark, Fazza was travelling well under a confident ride from Shane and began making steady progress on the rail. Shane began to get serious and switched off the rail, Fazza quickened nicely to challenge the leader and go on to score for a couple of lengths.

This was an impressive performance from both horse and jockey and credit must go to Edwin who regularly gets our owners in the winners enclosure. A great evening was had by all

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Ailsa Craig ran in the 1 mile 2 furlong class 4 handicap yesterday at Beverley. Tony Hamilton took the ride aboard the Edwin Tuer trained 6 year old.

She was drawn 12 of 12 which is less than ideal on a track that was riding good-soft on the day

Ailsa bounced out of the stalls and took a position on the outside in 6^th position, she travelled well throughout but didn’t quicken when Tony asked her too.

She eventually finished 7^th, she will be dropped a few pound and should be winning soon.

Here is a picture of Edwin and the gang.