IN the day’s opening event, run over seven furlongs, US-bred Four Thirty (7-2), declared by Gary Subratie with 2022 champion Dane Dawkins at the reins, was 4½ lengths clear of her nearest of 11 rivals when the arrival of the winning post signalled the end of the contest. The event was a Restricted Allowance IV for 4-year-olds & upwards with fewer than three career wins.

For the first of a riding double, apprentice Jahiem Anderson was aboard Michael Marlowe’s Casually Yours (6-1), a four-year-old maiden filly who had only managed two third-place finishes in her previous 20 appearances but was over 13 lengths clear at the end of the seven-furlong race two.

Anderson closed his double in contrasting style as the 5½-furlong sprint of race three went to Solace (4-1), owned and trained by Barrington Bernard. Anderson, a very promising reinsman, was at his best. He induced a well-timed late flourish from his mount to split rivals close to home and score by a neck. This was a finish with less than one length separating the first four horses at the line.