Halmahera is ready to strike gold for Ryan.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: September 17, 2002 | Copyright information

HALMAHERA, the 'nearly horse' who finally landed a major handicap at Doncaster last week, is on course to do battle again in this Saturday's [pound]100,000 Tote Ayr Gold Cup, writes Graham Cunningham.

The seven-year-old, who is part owned by the Sunderland striker Niall Quinn's wife, Gillian, lined up for last Thursday's Tote Portland Handicap having finished runner-up in four major sprint handicaps but finally led where it matters by getting up to short-head Injaaz in the final stride.

A 7lb penalty will make life much harder as he bids to land Scotland's biggest Flat ...

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