FAMOUS DOUBLE FOR PORTMAN SO CLOSE

Go Go Go Horserace: FAMOUS DOUBLE For PORTMAN SO CLOSE. A daring try at a double that includes an unconsidered 50/1 debutant and his mother was denied when Pasaka Boy took the primary division of the maiden at Salisbury just for Shesha Bear to be narrowly overwhelmed within the mile-and-a-half handicap presently the cardboard.

But house owners Graham Wickens and Jon Homan and trainer Jonny Portman enjoyed one in all the largest thrills of their lives as Pasaka Boy established the likelihood of the feat with a deserved neck triumph within the Dougland Maiden Auction Stakes.

Despite his beginning value, the son of 2000 Guineas winner Haafhd wasn't unfancied when showing promise on Portman's gallops at Compton and got the higher of the gambled-on Hipster by a neck underneath Lee Newman.

Portman said: "He's a really skilled horse, quite easy and that i thought the track and also the ground would suit him. i used to be simply embarrassed by the worth, though happily the house owners had one thing on and they've conjointly won a £10,000 yearling bonus."

Co-owner Wickens said: "Shesha Bear is extremely special and won on 3 consecutive starts at Epsom last summer, then simply disregarded on a fourth. She's a true delight, and has become sort of a a part of the family."

That affection for Shesha Bear, creating her come back to racing when foaling Pasaka Boy, was more demonstrated when she came in to be unsaddled when running Achalas to a length within the Castlepoint looking Park A3060 Bournemouth Handicap.

The seven-year-old was closing all the thanks to the road underneath Newman, however found her gritty rival simply too powerful to overhaul.

Royston French proved the rider to follow as he notched a double through Cruck Realta and Princess Caetani.

Cruck Realta took the second division of the Dougland Maiden Stakes within the silks of Stan James founder Steve Fisher and his wife, Anne.

The winner, who was having her second race within the area of 3 days, may still earn her corn with a run within the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

Fisher said: "We bred her and she's the fourth foal of the mare. the primary won 3 races, the second broke a leg and also the third fractured its pelvis.

"We were worried that it would have return early on when her run at Doncaster, however we have a tendency to were obtaining weight and had to travel."

Trainer Mick Channon's son and assistant, Michael, said: "The Chesham could be a risk. We'll place her in and see how she is, and see what the house owners need to try to to."

Ffrench was tactically astute on 9/4 likelihood Princess Caetani because the David Simcock-trained three-year-old trumped odds-on Traveller's Tales within the British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Margadale Fillies' Handicap.

He created the winner down the centre of the course and also the combination came home unchallenged by seven lengths, with the sole alternative runner, Miss Aix, some eleven lengths more back.

Simcock said: "I'm undecided we'll be going a mile and a [*fr1] quite nevertheless, however we'll be before the tip of the season."

Rarely does one see a horse leave David O'Meara's yard for one more one however that was the case with Cool Rhythm, who scored on his debut for Ralph Beckett when beating Juvenal three-quarters of a length within the Custom Security Services Of Verwood Maiden Stakes.

Beckett said: "We keep hearing concerning David O'Meara winning races with alternative people's horses however this has been the opposite approach around.

"David did a decent job with this horse, however he is matured a decent deal from 3 to four."

Trainer David Evans and jockey Matthew Cosham were conjointly in double type as they connected with Kingswinford within the Emprise Services Claiming Stakes and Temuco within the castlepointshopping.com Handicap.

Kingswinford was following his 2010 success within the same race as he thwarted the hat-trick bid of George Benjamin, whereas Temuco had [*fr1] a length to spare over Rocky Reef.