MICHAEL Roberts is in line for one of the most unusual prizes racing
has to offer today.
The winning jockey in the mile-and-a-quarter Eurolink Spitfire
Handicap at Goodwood is rewarded with a flight in one of the last
remaining Spitfires in service.
His mount, Country Lover, looks to have first-rate claims of earning
his rider a trip in the plane which won the Battle of Britain.
The colt is just the type to follow in his second season, a late
developer currently improving at a rate too fast for the handicapper to
catch up with him.
He has scored over a mile at Southwell and Salisbury this year and is
well enough weighted to win more races at that trip.
Both his pedigree and style of racing suggest that he will be even
more effective over this longer distance, which makes him look a
cracking bet today.
In the Schroders Glorious Rated Stakes Handicap, Quick Ransom and
Glide Path both look handicapped right up their best, which may leave
the way clear for Moon Carnival to land the prize. She still looks on
the upgrade, even at the age of four.
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