Brown, Ray, Smith and Tighe doubles on Tuesday

Doubles day at Suffolk Downs

Three trainers landed a brace of open race winners at Suffolk Downs last night. Michelle Brown picked up the quickest of the 388m contests on the night with Golden Acre stopping the clock at 23.61. Like so many from his kennel, the cosy confines of Mildenhall suit him well, adding to his win from last week.

Brown would also take out the eight-bend race with Golden Palace. Runner-up to Fabulous Sonique in the Coronation Cup final back in July, seven of his last nine races prior to last night had come in Category One competitions. The veteran took the downgrade in his stride to win by three and a quarter lengths.

Savana Sprite has the two fastest times over 220m at the track since it reopened but the step up to 388m proved no issue for her. Jason Ray's daughter of Jaytee Taylor has plenty of early zip and she put that to good use to poach the lead as her main market rival found early crowding on the inside.

A sprint race on the card went to Ray, though at 10/1 the victory of Savana Pink was a surprise to many. She led home the 33/1 outsider Swift Unite, so kudos to anyone out there who had that forecast up! The winner has a flying 14.38 Star Pelaw win on her card so she is more than capable but her recent efforts had been below her best. Perhaps this can rekindle her form.

The third trainer to double up was Jason Smith who took out the first two races on the card. A drop back from six bends to four proved no obstacle for Westfield Vicky who landed the seventh open race win of her career. A 500m winner at Towcester last year, she has added opens over four and six bends at both Suffolk Downs and Star Pelaw. Nothing if not adaptable, the blue capitalised on a perfect draw.

It was a striped jacket brace for Smith with Kilbride Tractor following up. He has an open race win at Doncaster to his credit, twice chasing home the smart yardstick Stonepark Wes there in the autumn. It's taken him a while to get used to a tighter circuit but the penny is gradually dropping with him.

The shortest priced winner on the card was Kevin Boon's Farneys Tearaway at 1/7. He looked a penalty kick on paper but had to work to pick up an early lead, riding some trouble in the opening bend before clearing away down the back. It was only the second start of his career, winning the other last week as well.

Indian Floyd continued her love affair with the track for Jason Gornall, picking up a fourth straight win. She is in flying form here and looks set to continue that run in the coming weeks, a tough sort to oppose in this current heart.

She was not the quickest over six bends on the day, however, that honour went to Tony Gifkins's Capel Moon. She has a couple of solid 575m wins at Romford on her card and has early pace over a sharp six bends that is always going to make her very competitive. It was just the 10th start of her UK career, winning her sole start in Ireland, so there should be more to come.

Darren Whitton has done well since the track reopened, picking up a sprint with Moaning Mai Tai. The other race on the card went to Frank Macklin's Saleen Ace. He had run riot in a Yarmouth A7 on his British debut, hiked up five grades as a result, making his debut in an open race a winning one. 

One spot separates Tighe's sprint double winners

Star Pelaw also saw open race action last night and it was Stuart Tighe who picked up a pair of winners, both in 245m contests. Favourite Rogue had to come from behind to land his success, making it five wins from his last six starts. The December 23 whelp has produced a couple of times in the top 50 of the year at the track, a year that has seen some very quick runs.

One spot quicker for Tighe was Good Acclaim. It was the race debut for the April 24 son of Good Cody. He is very closely bred to Derby semi-finalist Dynamic Force who is a Good News out of the same dam. It has been a sparkling week for debuts in the north-east and he could be a nice one to follow into the new year.

Nah Then Keefill got off the mark for Daniel Bell in just her second start for her new kennel, dipping under 26 seconds in the process. She had some smart form over two and four bends at the track for Dean Blackbird, with this right up there with the best of them.

Speaking of Blackbird, he opened the card with a win for Simple Simon. His five prior career wins include a pair of occasions where he went back-to-back so the 8/1 that was available about his chances last night is likely to be a thing of the past when he is next seen in action.

The sole six-bend open on the night went to Hexel Mason for Robert McCarthy. An S3 winner back at in March over this trip, she was always handy in a race where that paid dividends. She's a litter sister to St Leger finalist Daring Moaner, while there is another litter from the same dam just starting out in Ireland with Up The Duffs making a winning debut at Waterford last week as the first cab off the rank.