Baby Ticker heads to Ayr tomorrow.....

....where the Festival season continues with Ayr hosting the 2-day Scottish Grand National meeting.

Its seems like months (ed - it is) since Ayr held a meeting on good to soft going, but it's only been a few days of drying wind and sunshine so it really is a remarkable change in going.
And that's not necessarily going to suit Baby Ticker whose four runs this season have been a model of consistency - on going ranging from soft to unraceable. Winning one, she's come up against a well handicapped rival on a couple of occasions so while looking exposed in 2½ mile handicap hurdles, the step up to 3 miles tomorrow may see her improve. Her sire, the late Endoli, is known for imparting stamina into his stock, so our hopes are not without some foundation!

Our mare finished well in a Class 2 handicap hurdle last time and tackles a similar grade tomorrow. 16 runners, highly competitive and a couple at the top of the handicap that catch the eye - with form on a sound surface - are Treacle Tart and Tara View. If the field go off quickly, Baby Ticker may be outpaced early on but we'd hope she'll be staying on from 3 out and finishes well.