Alan King delivered a knockout punch when saddling Blazing Bailey to outpoint the heavily-backed favourite Desert Jim in the opening race at Fontwell.
Desert Jim was sent off a 5-4 chance to take the prize for Francois Doumen while Blazing Bailey was an easy to back 11-1 shot, due to King’s fears that he would dislike the testing ground.
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