cantrip

Through him we meet aspiring actress Billie Cantrip, journalist Freya Wyley, German wunderkind film director Reiner Werther Kloss and gangster kingpin Harry Pulver, as well as a host of other film types.

Made all in both races and will probably try to do the same today, but he will face competition for the lead from the likes of Ariodante and Cantrip.

He showed real battling qualities to win on that occasion, getting up to win by a neck from Cantrip with the rest of the field spread out behind, and off only a 2lb higher mark here, he looks likely to make another bold bid from the front

Brooke Sanders has her team in fine order and the Epsom trainer could also be celebrating a double with Blackmail and Cantrip.

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And the young jockey followed up by steering Mostarsil (10-3) to victory in the concluding one-mile six furlong Handicap, touching off Mr Ed and Cantrip.

The family's double triumph was completed in the concluding 32RedPoker.com Handicap when favourite Mostarsil (10-3) got the better of a home-straight battle to beat Mr Ed and Cantrip.

At Catterick, Cantrip can take the catterickbridge.co.uk Handicap over a mile and five furlongs.

Not the regular readers of The Nation, who recite the cantrip "class, race and gender" as if it were the rosary.

LINGFIELD: 1.45 Al Qasi, 2.20 Ambrosiano, 2.55 Falcon Flyer, 3.30 Top Tier, 4.05 Blushing Light, 4.40 Linning Wine, 5.15 Cantrip.

There was also a double for Brooke Sanders, who took the mile-and-a-half apprentice handicap with Cantrip and the concluding sprint with recent Epsom winner Jayanjay.