Yorkshire Jockeys Horse Racing

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Rookie South Yorkshire handler Ivan Furtado attempts to claim a first victory at Beverley tomorrow when Hulcolt runs on the Westwood.
Brazilian-born Furtado, 36, has made quite a splash since taking over at Wiseton Stables, near Doncaster, earlier in the season.
Hulcolt will now bid to give the emerging handler another winner in the Sandra Evison Memorial Handicap (5.05) over seven and a half furlongs.
The two-times course-and-distance winner turned in a smashing effort at Beverley earlier in the month when he finished second behind Denzille Lane after a long absence.
Furtado said: “He is a course-and-distance specialist and must always have a chance at Beverley.
“His home-work has been very good and we know he goes so well over that distance.
“He also runs very well on good ground.”
A former pupil assistant trainer to Roger Charlton, Furtado developed a strong association with Juddmonte Farms’ horses at Beckhampton, while he was also principal work rider for Al Kazeem.
He was then appointed assistant at Alan McCabe’s Newark stables from January 2013 before taking out a training licence earlier this summer.
Furtado said: “We’ve made a very good start and it’s very exciting to be training outright.
“Hopefully we can carry the run on at Beverley.”
Hulcolt takes on 11 rivals at Beverley, including the locally-owned Make On Madam, a recent course scorer, and Relight My Fire, who landed the spoils in this race two years ago.
Feature race on Beverley’s eight-race card is the 130th Year Of The Watt Memorial Handicap (4.00) – a race named in honour of former Bishop Burton handler Squire Richard Watt, who trained four St Leger winners in the early part of the 19th century.
The two-mile affair has attracted six solid stayers, including Shalabina from Richard Fahey’s yard and the hat-trick-seeking Aldreth, trained by Mick Easterby.
Beverley’s official going is good, good to firm in places, with racing due to begin at 2.15pm.