Arrow hits the target at Ayr

Rasharrow made it two out of two since switching to the jumping game when justifying 1-5 favouritism in the Alan Mackay Insurance Introductory Novices’ Hurdle at Ayr.

The Len Lungo-trained gelding struck the front on the run to the last flight but had to be kept right up to his work to hold 100-1 chance First Look, a dual Flat winner in Germany, by one and a quarter lengths.

Lungo admitted he thought Rasharrow would have won a ‘bit easier than that’ but was pleased overall.

He said: “Tony (Dobbin) said the horse settled better and jumped well and he will have learned a lot from that.

“But I think the second could be a very good horse, they came 19 lengths clear of the third, though I do think our fellow would prefer quicker ground than this (soft) and that could determine where we go next.

“There are several options, including a race at Wetherby, and we would not be afraid of going down south if the ground was right.”