Fine and Dandy for Nicholls

Dandy Nicholls will be five-handed in his bid to win the totesport Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday and he made a flying start to the three-day fixture when Northern Bolt won the opening You Can't Predict FA Maiden Auction Stakes today.

The two-year-old was smartly out of the stalls and made all the running under the trainer's son Adrian to score by two lengths from Elizabeth Swann.