HAWICK jockey Keith Dalgleish is poised to take over the reins at Belstane Stables, following news that current trainer Noel Wilson is to return to Yorkshire after seven months at the helm, writes Hilary Mactaggart.

The 27-year-old Royal Ascot-winning jockey, who joined the Carluke yard as Wilson’s assistant earlier this year, is highly regarded by Belstane’s owner Gordon McDowall and will have his backing for the post if granted a trainer’s licence by the British Horseracing Authority.

If Dalgleish is successful in his application, and decides to take the job, he will become the fourth trainer at Belstane in three years.

Noel Wilson, who heads for Breckenbrough House Stables at Thirsk on July 1, described his decision to leave as “amicable.

“Things haven’t moved forward for me in Scotland the way I thought they would,” he explained, “and I have to think of my career.”

Jim Goldie’s golden run continued with a victorious treble at Ayr on June 18.

Glenluji scored his first success since 2007 to head the apprentice handicap for the Renfrewshire trainer, beating the George Foster-trained Catcher of Dreams who battled gamely to take second.

The second Goldie success came in the one-mile handicap where Daring Dream recorded a second course success. Third was Talk of Saafend, trained by Peter Monteith for Dennis Coppola.

The Goldie treble was completed in the 1m 5f handicap, where Forrest Flyer got up by a short head to beat the Linda Perratt-trained Wicked Daze. Third was Peter Monteith’s Los Nadis.

A further success for Jim Goldie was added earlier the same afternoon at Musselburgh where Rasaman won the five-furlong handicap.

Linda Perratt’s stable is another in good heart, and High Resolution, who had stayed on to take third at Hamilton two days previously, was beaten just a neck in the one-mile handicap.

Perratt also saw Birkside finish runner-up in the 1m 4 ½ f handicap, where Jim Goldie’s Annibale Caro in third.

Another Perratt runner to finish in the frame was Cold Quest, who finished third in the seven-furlong handicap.

Belstane-based Noel Wilson saddled Ya Boy Sir, a maiden after 10 attempts going into the race, to win the five-furlong apprentice handicap.

Stellite was beaten just a short head in the one-mile selling stakes at Hamilton on June 9 for Jim Goldie.

The same evening at Haydock, The Galloping Shoe – stepping up to 1m 2 ½ f for the first time – improved from the rear to finish third for Hawick handler Alastair Whillans.

In-form Jim Goldie was back in the winner’s enclosure at Doncaster on June 13 when Tullietudlem completed a victorious hattrick when landing a competitive apprentice handicap.

At Hexham the previous afternoon, Donald Whillans and son Callum had a second in the two-mile handicap hurdle race with Bollin Ruth.

Campbell Gillies rode Emotive to finish third in the two-mile handicap chase.

East Lothian owners Ray and Anita Anderson Green saw Paddington Bob finish second in the two-and-a-half mile handicap hurdle race, while in the equivalent handicap chase, Hasper – a hunter chase victor at the same track – was runner-up for Kelso trainer Sandy Forster.

Peter Monteith saddled Planetarium to head a competitive seller at Sedgefield on June 14. The grey was ridden to victory by Wilson Renwick, while Campbell Gillies was on board the third-placed Mister Fizzbomb.

Another Scottish jockey to finish in the frame at the meeting was Ryan Mania who partnered Glen Rouge to finish runner-up in the three-mile handicap hurdle race.

Jim Goldie had two narrowly beaten favourites at Hamilton on June 16, when Rothesay Dancer went down by just a neck in the five-furlong claiming stakes, and Regent’s Secret was beaten by a nose in the apprentice handicap.

The Renfrewshire handler also saw Graceful Descent finish third in the 1m 1f handicap.

Linda Perratt had three thirds at the meeting – High Resolution in the one-mile handicap; Distant Sun in the six-furlong event; and Maid of Meft in the maiden stakes. Hawick jockey Greg Fairley rode runner-up Cockney in the latter.

At Ayr on June 19, Wicked Daze finished runner-up in the 1m 5f handicap from 3lbs out of the weights for Linda Perratt, ahead of Greg Fairley on Lady Éclair, The Hawick jockey also had a third in the previous one-mile handicap on Hacienda.

Noel Wilson saddled Ridley Didley to take second in the five-furlong handicap.

Jim Goldie filled a similar slot in the 1m 2f handicap with Grand Diamond, back in cheekpieces, while Cool Baranca, having her first Flat start since the autumn, took third for Peter Monteith.

Over the jumps at Hexham the following afternoon, 4-1 fav Harry Flashman had to settle for second in the three-mile handicap chase for Hawick handler Donald Whillans.