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Glorious Vista for Ralph Beckett on rare visit to Ayr

Dolphin Vista (left) gets the better of Morando in the Doonside Cup to justify his long trip north
Dolphin Vista (left) gets the better of Morando in the Doonside Cup to justify his long trip northCredit: John Grossick (racingpost/photos.com)

Ralph Beckett does not send horses on the long trip to Ayr very often but he's worth noting when he does – as Dolphin Vista proved.

The Hampshire trainer has had only a handful of runners here since Albert Bridge, who won at this meeting in 2012 and finished second and fifth on successive days the following year.

But he found the perfect opening for new recruit Dolphin Vista (14-1), last year's Cambridgeshire winner, who made virtually all to land the Listed William Hill Doonside Cup on his second run for the yard.

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