A double for Phantom House!

WILLIAM registered an across-the-card double this afternoon - and but for a nose it would have been a treble.

Phantom House maintained its excellent recent form with the yard’s first winners of 2011 today.

Stirling Bridge followed up his victory at Kempton six days ago with a convincing follow-up success at the same venue.

Also on target for the Jarvis team was Aquilifer, who struck in a 1m handicap at Lingfield.

That was also the scene for Al Jaadl’s heartbreaking last-stride defeat in the 7f maiden. Run out of it on the line, She went down by the minimum margin.

But all in all it was a great day for the stable. Cuthbert also made the frame in the 7f handicap meaning that from five runners on the day, William had two wins, two seconds and a fourth.

Stirling Bridge won a 6f handicap at Kempton as an odds-on favourite should. He easily shouldered a 6lb penalty to score by two and a quarter lengths in the hands of rider Steve Drowne.

Aquilifer notched his first career win, driven out by jockey Shane Kelly to prevail by a length and a half, cheered home by his owner John Kelsey-Fry, who was at the track.  William said 'We are all delighted with this start to 2011'