Baron Run stars at Hamilton
Last Updated: 29/09/14 6:03pm
Baron Run was a fitting winner of a thrilling feature race on the final Hamilton Park card of the season as he posted his fifth success at the Lanarkshire track.
Under Joey Haynes, Karl Burke's gelding pipped Classy Anne by neck in the McTear's Auctioneers Handicap with Alexandrakollontai the same margin back in third.Burke's daughter and assistant Kelly said: "He's never won anywhere else and he's just a different horse here - he loves the place. When he can get out and away he's very hard to catch coming up that hill."
Bryan Smart saddled a 408/1 double that featured a stunning 50/1 (Tote £73.20) shock win for Feel The Heat in the Jack Webster Classified Claiming Stakes.
The Hambleton trainer said: "He has had his ground for the first time but I must admit I didn't have a shilling on him.
He's been tubed for a long time as he's always had problems with his wind. It's an operation that is banned now but I doubt he would have managed to win races without it. He's a great lead horse at home for all the babies."
Straightothepoint supplied the first leg of Smart's spectacular double when landing the Marie Curie Glasgow Hospice Auction Nursery Handicap in the hands of Paul Mulrennan.