Bethall’s charge has eye on win at Ripon’s round course

HARRIET Bethell has her relatively small string in rare form at present and Milteye looks set to add to her impressive statistics in the Download ‘The Raceday Ready App Handicap at Ripon.

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Formerly trained by Edward O'Grady in Ireland, the five-year-old only has one success to his name from 19 outings. Since joining Bethell in Yorkshire, though, he has not finished out of the first three in four starts.

Ripon’s round course suits front runners and Milteye nearly pulled off those tactics on his last visit to the Garden Racecourse when second to Westernesse last month.

He was not allowed an easy lead that day, though, and if allowed to dominate this time it could be a different result given he arrives in rare form having won at Carlisle on Saturday evening,

‘The application of blinkers might do the trick for Equity Law in the City Of Ripon Handicap.

Bought for 34,000 guineas out of Andrew Balding’s yard in October, the once 86-rated four-year-old is now on a perch of 75.

He ran his best race since joining Tim Easterby when filling the runner-up spot at Thirsk three weeks ago and if the headgear can help him raise his game even a smidgen, he should go close.