San shining for Serena

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Serena Brotherton strives for family honour at Beverley on Tuesday when San Cassiano runs in the Lady Jane Bethell Memorial Handicap.

The long-standing mile-and-a-quarter contest for lady amateur riders (5.35) is held in memory of Brotherton’s grandmother, Lady Jane Bethell, a much-missed former patron of the racecourse.

San Cassiano holds outstanding claims of victory, too, after Brotherton and the Ruth Carr-trained nine-year-old won the Dorothy Laird Memorial Trophy over this course and distance a fortnight ago.

Brotherton’s partner dramatically held on by a head that day, with his jockey cautiously optimistic about winning the Lady Jane Bethell Memorial Handicap for the first time since Gala Sunday struck in 2006.

She said: “I wouldn’t swap San Cassiano for anything in the race, but this is likely to be tougher.

“It’s a race that’s open to three-year-olds and there are two of …

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