THE third running of the Double Trigger Maiden Stakes, which honours one of Britain's great stayers in recent years, is the highlight at Redcar today.
The meeting is a prelude to the course's big day of the season next Saturday, which is headed by the £150,000 betabet two-year-old trophy, one of the richest races in Europe for juveniles.
Supported again by the European Breeders Fund, the Double Trigger Maiden Stakes is a contest for two-year-olds over nine furlongs. The equivalent race in 1993 was won by Double Trigger on his racecourse debut, when he broke the track record for a two-year-old over that distance, winning by ten lengths at 14-1.
Trained at Middleham by Mark Johnston, Double Trigger won 14 of his 29 races, 12 of which were Group races, becoming the first horse for more than 150 years to win the Doncaster Cup three times.
Today's seven-race programme starts at 2.15 with a contest for juvenile maiden fillies, also supported by the European Breeders Fund.
The most valuable race of the afternoon is the Constant Security Rated Stakes, a handicap race for stayers over one mile and three-quarters
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