Osprey flies to land his eighth race on the trot

Mark Wallis: Trains the flying Mountjoy Osprey

  PICTURE: STEVE NASH  

HIGHLIGHT of an all open card at Romford on Friday night was a white-hot 400m Standard at 10.11 where Mark Wallis's Mountjoy Osprey (11-8F) won his eighth race on the bounce.

He went toe to toe with Diamond Knock but ran the better two bends and accelerated away down the back straight to beat the staying on Fire Food Chili by 3 1/4L in 23.91sec.
The 400m Bitches contest at 9.06 saw David Pruhs's Sequential (1-2F) suffer another costly defeat when beaten to the punch by Fancy Socks (4-1). Roy Griffin's bitch was recording her second success over Sequential having beaten that rival over C&D lastmonth.
Earlier Dave Mullins' Melodys Express impressed when making all to land a 400-metre Standard in 24.20sec.
Mike Peterson's Rushmoor Topsie (5-1) subjected Paul Young's Roscos Flyer to another costly defeat when making all (35.90sec) and beating that rival in a 575m Maiden at 8.18.
Peterson followed up in the next when Drumcrow Bond (7-1) made all to win the David Jacobs Memorial Race (400m) in a time of 24.28sec.
Dave Mullins' followed suit when notching up his double when Droopys Rosemary (13-8F), one of he best backed runners of the day, made all to land the 400 Maiden at 8.50 in a time of 24.23sec.
Paul Young then chalked up a double when his Romeo Colarado (7-1) and Young Fizz (3-1) took consecutive races at 9.40 and 9.56. The latter was gaining some kind of compensation for 'winning' a void race on last week's programme.

**The Betdaq Premier League meeting at Doncaster was abandoned due to a frozen track caused by a rapid drop in temperature.
Swindon was also abandoned due to a frozen track.