Twinkle the star in BetGoodwin final as punters pile into 'jolly'

ALRIGHT TWINKLE, all the rage from an opening 4/9 down to an SP of 3/10, proved far too good for her rivals in the £500 final of the BetGoodwin Standard over 450m at Oxford.

Trained by Dave Lewis for Darryl and Gordon Roome, the July 2023 daughter of Droopys Sydney and Jetstream Lynx had been just fastest in the heats seven days earlier when outstaying Newinn Bliss and, in the absence of that withdrawn rival, it was one-way traffic so far as the betting was concerned.

Jimmy One Shot led early but the writing was on the wall when Alright Twinkle turned close behind and so it proved as she led off the second bend then powered away to beat Jazzy Mia by almost three lengths in 26.65sec (-10), identical to her heat performance.