Bookies on red alert as jockey, 16, who won first ever race by 27 lengths returns for same trainer | The Sun

BOOKIES are on red alert as the teenage sensation jockey who won his first ever race by 27 lengths returns for the same trainer.

Fred Daly, 16, was all the rage after he guided Sir Mark Prescott's Golden Shot to an astounding victory at Ffos Las last week.

The 7lb claimer was not for catching on the four-year-old gelding, who made a total mockery of his 77 rating.

Golden Shot had been rising the ranks nicely for Sir Mark with three wins and two second places from his past five races before the Welsh demolition job.

But he showed he has absolutely loads in the tank with a win that sparked a social media meltdown.

Golden Shot returns in the 4.00 at Nottingham today – but with Luke Morris in the saddle and a 5lb penalty.

Morris and Sir Mark teamed up to win last year's Arc on Alpinista and the trainer clearly thinks he needs a more experienced pair of hands for today's ride.

But the trainer has also given Daly a second go.

He has booked him to ride Dark Gold in the 2.30 at Nottingham.

The three-year-old gelding is currently 9-2 second-fav in the 1m2f Weatherbys Scientific Amateur Jockeys' Handicap.

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The race, worth £3,477 to the winner, is open only to riders with no more than three wins at the start of the season.

Dark Gold was sent off at odds of 50-1, 150-1 and 250-1 for his first four races, never finishing better than fifth.

He went down by seven lengths on his return from wind surgery and a 160-day break last month in a Class 6 at Yarmouth.

And his last run was even worse, finishing last of seven and 52 lengths behind the winner in a 1m6f Class 6 at Wolverhampton.

But if any trainer can turn a seemingly no-hoper into a handicap plot job it is Sir Mark.

Mind you, he felt the need to declare 'nobody can say I'm cheating' after Golden Shot's ridiculous win.

Speaking to Racing Post, Prescott explained his methods, with the type of horses he buys being the key factor as to why they come into their own with age.

He said: "Everybody always thinks there is some awful plot, that's only because they believe the trainer is a villain.

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"When one of the horses starts at a short price, I always say to the owner: 'They don't trust you, that's the trouble.'

"Nobody can say I'm cheating because the horse has been thoroughly exposed and everybody knows what sort of horse he is."

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