Newsboy's horse racing selections for Monday's four meetings, including Hamilton nap

STIRRUP CUP looks good under a penalty for a course win seven days ago when he locks horns with Annual Members Of Hamilton Park Racecourse Handicap (4.45) in South Lanarkshire today.

Tim Easterby’s son of Washington DC, who had drawn a blank from his first five outings of 2025, was back in business with a three-and-a-half-length margin from I Need Your Love last Monday.

Dave Allan’s mount has an additional 6lb to shoulder this afternoon and also steps back to five furlongs, having gained both his career wins - he lost his maiden status in a Carlisle nursery last September - at six.

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But the minimum trip shouldn’t be an issue for a horse who travelled with menace before pouncing a furlong out, and the prevailing soft ground is a definite plus.

To say JANNAS JOURNEY is on a roll is an understatement - and Jim Goldie’s filly is the selection to gain an eight triumph from her last nine outings in the Book Your Table Now At Carrigans Handicap (3.35).

Jannas Journey has to prove her stamina over nine furlongs after scoring at between six furlongs and a mile.

But the extra yardage looks within range on both pedigree and run style and such is her rate of progress that an 8lb hike for an authoritative success on the Ayr Gold Cup undercard nine days ago may not be enough to stop Jannas Journey from going in again.

Monday's selections

HAMILTON PARK
1.50 EAT PRAY RUN
2.25 IMPRESSOR
3.00 ARKENSTAAR

3.35 JANNAS JOURNEY (NB)
4.10 BRUMMELL
4.45 STIRRUP CUP (NAP)
5.20 BOTH OF US

NEWTON ABBOT
1.56 CENTARA
2.31 DICKENS
3.06 JOHN BARBOUR
3.41 TESTFLIGHT
4.16 STANS THE MAN
4.50 THE HEIGHT OF FAME

BRIGHTON
2.10 BARNSNAPE BOY
2.45 FIERCE FORTITUDE
3.20 ARVANA BELLE
3.55 DALMALLY
4.30 AL KHAWANEEJ RIVER
5.05 TOUSSAROK
5.40 ROVINIA

SOUTHWELL
5.00 UNIVERSAL STORY
5.30 ART GALLERY
6.00 ROSE OF HONOUR
6.30 ADDARELLA
7.00 GRACE ANGEL
7.30 HAAF A DIAMOND
8.00 LUMINOSO
8.30 THE REAL MCKAY

DOUBLE: STIRRUP CUP and JANNAS JOURNEY