Nottingham races

With a busy racecard and many outsiders the day was a difficult one to predict, having only one favorite winner on the day. The ground meant there were many non runners.

The second race saw Milton Road building on previous success after recent good form at Leicester and Goodwood. Owen The Law took charge of the race, closely followed by Gangland and Porchy Party until three furlongs out when Rock On Bertie who had always been in touch led. In the second to last furlong Milton Road who had been held up made headway and soon challenged Rock On Bertie and went on in the final furlong to keep on to win by a neck to Rock on Bertie. Shania Says who managed a good run without much room came third 1 1/2 lengths behind.

The 3:05 saw Allux Boy lead the race being tracked by Cool Echo and Zumran, who even though he missed the break slightly managed to catch up and win handsomely. With one furlong to go Zumran who had swiftly entered the race after being switched soon took over the lead. Fantasy keeper and Stringybark Creek were both driven in the final furlong however the were no competition for Zumran won went on to win by 3 lengths, second was Fantasy Keeper the favourite and third Stringybark Creek.

Yesterday we sadly lost stall handler Stephen Yarborough after he was seriously injured by the stalls at Haydock, everyone's thoughts are with his family and friends with many jockeys including Paul Hannagan and Jim Crowley paying tribute to this amazing stall handler.

However today is the start of racing in Yorkshire festival with many amazing cards at all of Yorkshires fantastic racecourses, keep up with the racing with this blog for frequent updates and check my twitter feed.