Billingham-Hine and Hunt claim Monday Nottingham doubles
There were seven open races at Nottingham on Monday evening where Kim Billingham-Hine and Nathan Hunt both had a pair of winners.
Nottingham Monday report
Scooby The Boss has been quietly putting together a smart 2025, picking up his 11th open race win of the year last night. That has come at a 50% clip, with appearances in the finals of the Kent Plate, the Derby Plate and the Yorkshire Derby, chasing home Romeo Tomcat in the latter pair.
Two of the top seven times over the 500m trip at Nottingham this year now belong to Nathan Hunt's runner. The start of the Premier Racing Eclipse is three weeks away, shaping up like it is going to be another excellent renewal of the race.
Newinn Oscar had kept his kennelmate Scooby The Boss honest last week and without that level of opponent, he had a very winnable opportunity to close the card out with a victory and make it a double for the Hunt kennel.
The Kim Billingham-Hine team are flying at present with five winners from their last 10 open runners. They include Newinn Souly in the Guys & Dolls final, Kilwest Diva in an Oaks semi and then Newinn Bachelor and Skylars Vision last night.
Her double came at the opposite ends of the distance spectrum with the former winning the shortest contest of the night and the latter taking the longest. Newinn Bachelor has won four of his last five starts, his only defeat in the opening round of the Arena Racing Company Scurry.
500m is on the short side for Vale Bluebell but Jill Llewellin's kennel star made light of that to land what had looked a competitive bitches contest beforehand. Port West Storm was the biggest priced winner on the card, landing an 11/1 surprise for Dean Blackbird while Adam Sear was on the mark in the 305m contest with Mr Flashy, who confirmed the promise he had shown on his debut.
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