It's Charlie Listers Taylors Sky who goes into Friday's £10,000 Ladbrokes Gold Cup final as the one to beat following a professional performance in Monday's semi-finals. The Derby champion did all that was asked/expected of him - leading into the first bend and railing superby to turn a one length lead into a four length advantage before they hit halfway. He held the gallant Longwood Fantasy by a shade over one length in 27.96. We had no less than four runners in the second semi final and it was his Freds Champ that made full use of a dream run to the turn to sprint clear and record a decisive 28.25 success. Brittons Empire just missing our on a place in the final by a short head. Bolt Ya Rocket (3rd) and Southern Dooey sadly both missed out in the third semi final.
Head Iton Jason had to dig deep to hold Inmperial Boy in the second heat of the Stayers' competition. However, his time of 37.75 suggested this was a very hot heat with the first three home all breaking the 38 second barrier. Fatboys Slim will join Jason in the Final after he was good second in the first heat in 38.39.
In the 416 competition Fifis Rocket was back to his superb best as he took heat three with a superb 24.28 .
Draws for Friday's finals:
Gold Cup: 1 Tonbrie Ji, 2 Ten Large Down, 3 Taylors Sky, 4 Ballymac Well, 5 Longwood Fantasy (m), 6 Freds Champ (m).
630m: 1 Fatboyz Slim, 2 Maxines Fancy, 3 Head Iton Jason, 4 Imperial Boy, 5 Glenbane Mile, 6 Minglers Sal.
Puppies: 1 Farloe Kraven, Bucks Blade, 3 Cleveland Peter (m), 4 Farloe Luigi (m), 5 Brave Display, 6 Share The Spoils (w).
416m: 1 Daisyfield Finch, 2 Droopys Wilson, 3 Fifis Rocket, 4 Cotswold Flash (m), 5 Frido (w), 6 Target Brett (w).
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