Owners Middleham Park Racing off to perfect start with 971-1 treble

Middleham Park Racing hold ambitions of reaching 1,000 winners in 2018 and the leading syndicate made a flying start to the Flat season with a 971-1 treble.

Their pale blue silks with orange epaulettes are a familiar sight over jumps as well as on the Flat, and never more so than on Town Moor on Sunday as Richard Fahey-trained 8-1 shots Right Action and Ventura Dragon hit the target either side of Naadirr's win for Kevin Ryan at 11-1.

Tim Palin, who founded Middleham Park in 1995, said: "Everyone starts the season wanting to have a winner on Lincoln weekend and we've managed to have three – and at big prices too. We've had trebles before but we're still waiting for a four-timer."