Charity filly looks ready to give Graham Lee a boost at Redcar Races

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We've Got This (green colours) on her Redcar debut last season (Image: Tony Knapton)
HOPES will be high of a boost for injured jockey Graham Lee when Redcar stages a six-race card on Friday as a warm-up for Ladies' Day at the weekend.
Three-year-old filly We've Got This is aiming to break her maiden in the green colours of the Graham Lee Racing Club in the Free Racing TV At racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap.
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The Grand National winning jockey, who suffered life-changing injuries at Newcastle Racecourse in November 2023, was a guest at Redcar's May 19 meeting to see We've Got This finishing strongly to be a close third.
Graham Lee in the Redcar paddock last month (Image: Peter Barron) The Graham Lee Racing Club is run by The Good Racing Company, which has raised more than £250,000 for good causes, including £40,000 for Graham.
We've Got This was named by Graham's wife, Becky, echoing a defiant social media post she put out after the accident.
The filly, trained by Ivan Furtado, was chosen by former champion jockey, Paul Hanagan, a director of The Good Racing Company, who said after that last run at Redcar: 'She's still green but we're getting there.'
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We've Got This, who was second on her debut at Redcar last year, will be partnered by Jason Hart, and she would undoubtedly be a popular winner.
Paul Mulrennan, fresh from his Group 1 success on American Affair at Royal Ascot, has some eye-catching rides. The pick could be Clermont Friend for Wiltshire trainer Harry Charlton in the Visit racingtv.com To Subscribe Today Novice Stakes. The filly could be hard to beat if reproducing her debut form when she was second at Yarmouth.
Jo Mason is a popular rider wherever she goes, and she will fancy her chances in the opening Racing TV Free Trial Handicap on Monsieur Fantasie for Roger Fell.
The gelding got out of all sorts of trouble under Rosie Howarth to win an amateur riders' race at Redcar at the end of May, and put in another solid performance to be second at Doncaster last time. He's clearly in good heart and will get plenty of assistance from the saddle.
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Marhaba Ghaiyyath, trained at Middleham by Charlie Johnston, did well to be beaten only a head by Andrew Balding's Topteam at Chester last time, despite being hampered on the home bend. He looks ready to resume winning ways in the Marske Fabrications & Engineering Handicap.
That said, the opposition includes Tim Easterby's Redcar specialist Cruyff Turn, who was scoring on the track for a fourth time when winning in April.
Callum Rodriguez is having a fine season and he teams up with Fantasmic for Newmarket trainer Jack Jones in the Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Handicap. The Time Test filly followed two promising third places by winning well at Lingfield last time and can build on that success.
Michael Dods has been back amongst the winners this week after a lean spell, and he could maintain the momentum with Keep The Gold in the concluding Come Racing On Ladies' Day Tomorrow Maiden Handicap.
The gelding put up an improved display to be third at Southwell last time and Jason Hart has been booked for the ride.