CHAMPION jockey elect Jamie Spencer was in unstoppable form at Redcar yesterday, partnering the first four winners on the card aboard Riotous Applause, The Terrier, Dee Day, and Typhoon Tilly.

Spencer's main rival in the race for the title, Seb Sanders, had to settle for third-spot in the opener when even-money favourite, Rose of Inchinor, found little for pressure once Seb went for maximum throttle.

By contrast, Spencer only had to let out an inch of rein as Riotous Applause shot clear at the furlong pole to end a 15-day losing sequence for absent Newmarket handler, James Fanshawe, in the EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes.

And Spencer wasted no time increasing his lead to 130-117 when The Terrier gunned down Luckskin in the closing stages of the Racecourse Nursery Handicap.

"The Terrier will get another furlong as Spencer said he thought she wasn't going to get there. She's not done badly for a filly who only cost four grand, and I've also bought her half-sister for 11,000 at the Doncaster Sales last week," revealed successful handler, Alan Swinbank.

Neither was Spencer in any mood to take prisoners when making every single yard of the running to steer Dee Day to victory for the Double Trigger Trophy.

Although pressed hard all the way to the line by Regal Connection, Dee Day was always holding the persistent challenge of Mark Johnston's filly.

Spencer completed his incredible 410-1 four-timer, plus extended his advantage over Sanders to 15 by booting home 12-1 shot Typhoon Tilly, who was always in pole position to land the Wedding Receptions Handicap.

Apart from Spencer's exploits, it also proved to be a red-letter day for Spennymoor-based rookie Tracy Waggott, saddling her first-ever winner via Awaken in the seller.

"I've had my licence for about two months and that's only my eighth runner," beamed Waggott, who rode three winners in her days as a jockey, prior to more recently spending four years as travelling Head Girl to Richard Guest.

* Fergal Lynch ended a rare barren spell in style with a 32-1 double at Musselburgh, highlighted by the victory of Come Out Fighting in the feature race.

The 27-year-old jockey had gone 55 rides without success but that all ended when he got Ballyhurry home in the Bank Of Ireland Claiming Stakes and he followed up an hour later on Come Out Fighting in the £20,000 Bank Of Ireland Nursery.

Lynch tracked the leaders on the latter before producing him to hit the front inside the last of the five furlongs and Paul Blockley's 5-1 shot kept on well to score by a length from Guto.

''I was in the cold list after I'd gone 55 without a winner and I was getting a bit of grief off Tony Culhane, so it's nice to shut him up,'' said a relieved Lynch. And of Come Out Fighting, he added: ''He jumped and was travelling real good but Neil (Callan on Guto) has come across me a bit, so I just took a check.''

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