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Two On The Card At Southwell . . .
ERNEST and DARK DIAMOND head to Southwell together today . . .
ERNEST races first in the 2.40pm. This is his third time out at the races, having been unexpectedly very green on début at Kempton Park. He seemed to improve at Lingfield last week, and slowly the penny seems to be dropping with him. This is a Median Auction Maiden over the minimum distance today. We would again hope to see further improvement, however our only reservations would be how he will handle the deep surface of Southwell. It is very much a ‘horses for courses’ type of track, and we will learn for the future if it is his sort of surface or not. He will race in the Bottisham Heath Stud colours with Hayley Turner in the saddle . . .
DARK DIAMOND races in the last race on the card, an Apprentice Handicap over 1 mile. He loves this track and distance and this is his first time out in handicap company. The options are limited at this track, over this sort of distance, so he will take his chance today with Megan Nicholls, (daughter of Jumps Trainer, Paul Nicholls) claiming 3lbs on board for Mr K Dasmal . . .