Dorn dances to success

Dorn Dancer came with a late rattle to take the Wallyford Fillies’ Handicap at Musselburgh.

Rain had turned the going to heavy, soft in places and it was Dorn Dancer’s extra reserves of stamina which carried her to the front inside the last of the five furlongs to beat Ashes by two lengths and get jockey Robert Winston off to a good start.

After greeting the 7-1 winner, trainer David Barker said: “The rest of them all stopped that’s what’s happened there.

“She got badly handicapped after she won a Chester maiden at two and that messed her up at three but that’s the beauty of her starting this season. She’s assessed right now.

“She’s handled the ground. It was survival of the fittest in that ground. She didn’t travel in the first four furlongs but she picked up in the last furlong.

“She wants a bit further and it has been a test of stamina which has suited her.”