Kevin Ryan and Paul Mulrennan land 120-1 Ayr double

Trainer Kevin Ryan and jockey Paul Mulrennan took the Ayr honours yesterday with a 120-1 double through 10-1 shots Bogart and Masked Dance.

The North Yorkshire handler looks to have another smart youngster in the shape of Bogart, judged on his success in the opening maiden. Ryan won the same six-furlong event with the classy Amadeus Wolf six years ago, and his representative this time was always disputing matters with fellow newcomer Holy Roman Warrior.

Bogart asserted approaching the furlong pole and stretched clear in taking fashion for a two-and-three-quarter lengths victory in the hands of Mulrennan, standing-in for Ryan's stable jockey Phillip Makin, who is serving a four-day ban.

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The odds-on favourite Letsgoroundagain was the same distance back in third, having raced widest of all. "He's a very nice horse. I was pleased with the way he did it and we'll put him away for six weeks now and bring him back sometime in July and see how we go from there," said Ryan.

Masked Dance completed the brace with an impressive success in the Dutch Art Handicap. Making virtually all having been swiftly over to the rail from the start, the four-year-old grey quickened clear from the top of the straight to win five lengths ahead of Clumber Place.

Even-money favourite Divine Call, trained by William Haggas and ridden by Kieren Fallon, looked ill at ease from an early stage and never got in a blow. The stewards ordered Divine Call to be routine tested, while connections were mystified by the poor display.

Ykikamoocow (4-1) goes well fresh and rewarded good support in the Atlas Communications Fillies' Handicap in the hands of Silvestre de Sousa.

Not many meetings at Ayr go by without a Jim Goldie winner and he obliged with Monel (14-1) in the Chamber Health Plan Handicap.

Towards the rear through the first couple of furlongs, he weaved a path through under Daniel Tudhope and stayed on best inside the final furlong to lose his maiden tag at the sixth time of asking, beating Juarla by a length and three-quarters.

Ginger Ted (10-1) was another to come from the back of the field to win, with Jean-Pierre Guillambert having to sit and suffer momentarily before the gaps came. When they did the Richard Guest-trained four-year-old shot through to deny The Nifty Fox, who also came from off the pace, by a neck to win the William McCluskey Handicap.

Blazing Buck (11-2) held off the unlucky-in-running Valdan by a short head to take the Play Poker At victorchandler.com Handicap, while Paul Midgley's gambled-on Marino Prince (8-1) was a comfortable three-length winner for David Simmonson in the daikinheating.co.uk Apprentice Handicap.