Gryffindor pair do alright...

BEAUGENCY and DIAMOND CUTTER both managed to win small bits of prizemoney in their respective races at Market Rasen this afternoon. BEAUGENCY again jumped well on his second run over fences, and, having been held up in touch in the way Larry McGrath likes to ride so many of this mounts, was sent into the lead two from home. However, this proved to be a lead he could not sustain very long, and he tied up rather up the run-in to come in 6.5l adrift in fourth place. Whether it was the trip that got him, I'm not sure - this was the furthest he has run over to date, but this was a sedately run race over one of the less taxing 2m 6.5fs you'll come across. Maybe his breathing problems resurfaced close home, and if so, it could be that a tonguestrap will be added to the cheekpieces he already sports next time out,

DIAMOND CUTTER's win at Cartmel recently was a bit soft, and he probably achieved as much today in getting within 5l of the winner on ground far livelier than he has been used to thus far. As with his UK debut - and as with so many of the yard's New Zealand horses, it seems - he pulled fearsomely early on and got tapped for toe when the race sped up coming up the straight, but he ran on again up the run-in, and might appreciate just a little bit further than the 17.5f he's encountered this last twice.