FAVOURITES gained the upper hand at another hot meeting for Worcester Racecourse.

The packed eight-race card at Pitchcroft provided winners for four heavily-backed horses.

Fit For Fifty (4/1) took the opener before Drovers Lane (1/3), The Twisler (2/7) and The Last But One (8/13) all completed expected victories.

RESULTS

2.10pm Pershore Plum Festival Evening Races 31st July Handicap Chase: 1 Fit For Fifty 4/1 Fav D McCain Jnr B Hughes, 2 Scrumpy Boy 11/2 9L B Barr Harry Bannister, 3 Irish Thistle 20/1 7L D L Williams Mr Shane Quinlan, 4 Southport 7/1 12L N A Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies.

2.40pm Harleys Global Handicap Chase: 1 Cruising Bye 6/1 P Bowen Sean Bowen, 2 Smiling Jessica 13/8 Fav 2¾L G P Cromwell A E Lynch, 3 Mr Satco 16/1 5L C J Down R Johnson, 4 Royale Django 12/1 20L Tim Vaughan Alan Johns.

3.15pm Parkes & Co Accountancy ‘Ledger’ Handicap Hurdle: 1 Haafapiece 11/2 Mrs P Sly Kielan Woods, 2 Ezanak 3/1 8L D Skelton Harry Skelton, 3 G For Ginger 6/4 4½L A J Honeyball Rex Dingle, 4 Excellent Team 12/1 5L D Skelton Bridget Andrews.

3.45pm Homexperts Worcester Exceptional Estates And Letting Agents Novices’ Hurdle (Div 1): 1 Drovers Lane 1/3 Fav Miss R Curtis A P Heskin, 2 Cora Sundrop 3/1 21L W Greatrex R Johnson, 3 Winter Spice 6/1 1¼L J Farrelly Tom Cannon, 4 Thomas Crown 66/1 9L D Faulkner Nick Scholfield.

4.20pm Homexperts Worcester Exceptional Estates And Letting Agents Novices’ Hurdle (Div 2): 1 The Twisler 2/7 Fav N P Mulholland T Scudamore, 2 American History 9/2 8L W R Muir Brendan Powell, 3 By Rail 20/1 15L N P Littmoden Jack Quinlan, 4 Troy Dee Knee 66/1 8L S Lycett M Goldstein.

4.50pm Jenny Lee Harris Memorial Novices’ Hurdle: 1 The Last But One 8/13 Fav P F Nicholls Sam Twiston-Davies, 2 Play The Ace 9/4 13L P Bowen James Bowen, 3 Gnarly 14/1 16L Jonjo O’Neill Aidan Coleman, 4 Max Liebermann 16/1 7L J Ryan J E Moore.

5.20pm JIC Transport Handicap Hurdle: 1 Ruaraidh Hugh 9/4 Julia Brooke Ross Turner, 2 Robin De Broome 25/1 6L B Barr G Sheehan, 3 Double Court 20/1 1L N A Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies, 4 Tidal Watch 10/11 Fav 12L Jonjo O’Neill James Bowen.

5.55pm Please Support Marie Curie Amateur Riders’ Handicap Hurdle: 1 Little Windmill 10/1 N B King Miss L M Pinchin, 2 Balkinstown 4/1 9L Robert Stephens Mr C Dowson, 3 Walk Waterford 22/1 9L Olly Murphy Mr Alex Ferguson, 4 Polo The Mumm 9/1 1½L Miss J Du Plessis Miss H Welch.