Palace leaves it late

Caesar’s Palace put up an astonishing performance to win the Orangina Handicap Hurdle at Ayr for Kinross trainer Lucinda Russell.

The top-weight was backed into 5-1 favourite from 13-2, but was available at 99-1 in-running on Betfair at one stage with his prospects of success looking remote as he trailed the field some 10 lengths adrift of the main group.