John Ingles provide a point of interest at Warwick following Hexham's abandonment.
Rare outside ride at Warwick for Harry Skelton
Harry Skelton has ridden 52 winners for brother Dan this season but has only ridden for two other trainers this term. However, he has been successful for both those yards when getting outside mounts, winning on one of just two rides for Paul Nicholls and being successful the only time he has teamed up with Alastair Ralph.
Skelton has three rides for his brother on the card at their local track, Warwick, but also picks up another rare outside ride when renewing the successful partnership with the Ralph yard’s Thankyourluckystar in the staying handicap hurdle (15:10). Still relatively unexposed as a stayer, Thankyourluckystar bolted up under Skelton when last seen at Worcester in May, drawing clear before the last to win easing down by fifteen lengths.
Thankyourluckystar is 11 lb higher in the weights now, but that may not be enough to stop him going in again, especially given the stable’s form with Ralph having the ‘Hot Trainer’ flag.
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