Sweet success for Underwood

Adrian Underwood, a 70-year-old lollipop man, will be back patrolling a school crossing near Preston tomorrow but at Ayr today he enjoyed another moment of glory on the racecourse when Look Busy won the £40,000 Giles Insurance Handicap in the hands of apprentice Slade O’Hara.

Adrian Underwood, a 70-year-old lollipop man, will be back patrolling a school crossing near Preston tomorrow but at Ayr today he enjoyed another moment of glory on the racecourse when Look Busy won the £40,000 (€50,300) Giles Insurance Handicap in the hands of apprentice Slade O’Hara.

There were plenty with chances over a furlong out in the very competitive five-furlong dash, with no quarter being asked or given.