Ayr yesterday review

Well, we learned a couple of things from the run of Keyboard Gangster at Ayr yesterday.....

• The Gamut gelding has an engine
• He has an issue of sorts that will need a veterinary examination

But first, the race in which the favourite and winner was a newcomer from the powerful yard of Nicky Henderson. Keyboard Gangster raced a bit keenly for the first few furlongs but Callum settled the gelding towards the rear. Making smooth progress 4 furlongs out, and into the straight he was chasing the 3 leaders in fourth about 2 furlongs from home,  staying on strongly, when disaster struck for his supporters.
Much like on his debut run at Perth last June, Keyboard Gangster veered to his left almost off the course, and lost about 10 lengths before Callum got him back on track to finish 6th.  First thoughts are that something in his bodyworks went wrong and he got a fright, but once straightened out, the gelding did stay on again towards the finish.
He wasn't beaten that far (14 lengths) and would almost certainly have been placed.

We've not given up on this fellow by any means, and a vet examination, appropriate treatment and summer at grass may well do the trick.

Keyboard Gangster (on the left) with another of our horses by Gamut, the unraced 'Brooke'