Corbiewood Stadium, May 23rd 2002
Race 1 - Maiden Class
1st - Armageddon (Alex McDonald)
2nd - Pacific Heights (Dougie McKenzie)
3rd - Millenium Bug (Richard Thomson Jnr)
Time - 2:09.5 :: 5 Ran :: Distance 1½L, 6L
Race 2 - Novice Class
1st - The Playboy (Willie Drysdale)
2nd - Red Red Robin (Gordon Gilvear)
3rd - Skippy's Beauty (John Kemp)
Time - 2:07.6 :: 7 ran :: Distance 3½L, 4L
Race 3 - Improver & Intermediate Class
1st - Riverside Rebecca (Hugh Menzies)
2nd - Valkyrie (Mark Kennedy)
3rd - Zinnia (William Faichney Jnr)
Time - 2:10.2 :: 7 Ran :: Distance ½L, 1½L
Race 4 - Class £000 - £200
1st - Golden Haw Lea (Robert Wilson)
2nd - Ima Swell (Stuart McKenzie)
3rd - Hot Connection (Willie Greenhorn Jnr)
Time - 2:07.4 :: 7 Ran :: Distance ¾L, 2½L
Race 5 - Class £000 - £2625
1st - Touch of Fame (Dougie McKenzie)
2nd - Coalford Direct (Willie Drysdale)
3rd - Dilly's Decision (Gordon Gilvear)
Time - 2:05.4 :: 8 Ran :: Distance ½L, 6L
The first race this week got the racing off to a great start with a good battle to the wire, Armageddon (Alec MacDonald) led from the gate but on the final turn Pacific Heights (Dougie MacKenzie) came with a good run closing him all the way to the wire but Armageddon held on to win in 2:09.5. (Wee note - anyone else notice that all the maiden class horses this week were all sired by the late Robin Red ?) The next race was the second win in two weeks for Nuala Goodman’s The Playboy, who won in 2:07.6 driven by William Drysdale. The third race saw a good finish with only a couple of lengths separating the first four, Johnny Thomson’s Riverside Rebecca managed to get part of a length clear going to the line for driver Hugh Menzies in a time of 2:10.2 with Valkyrie driven by Mark Kennedy just getting through before the wire to finish second. The fourth race saw the hard pulling Golden Haw Lea almost push the gate away at the start with owner/trainer Robert Wilson driving to win in a time of 2:07.4 from I’m A Swell who put in a good challenge going to the finish. The last race of the evening was a lucky catch drive for Dougie MacKenzie when he won with Mat Turner’s Touch Of Fame in a time of 2:05.4 in a hard fought battle to the line with Coalford Direct (William Drysdale). Touch Of Fames usual driver - Alec Turner was injured before racing when getting this mare ready for racing, but by all accounts he is on the mend.