CONNECTIONS will be hoping a change of headgear will see Arklow Lad go close in the £25,000 feature race on Hamilton Park’s penultimate fixture of its centenary season. Mick Appleby’s charge sports blinkers for the first time as shoulder top-weight in the Sir Ian Good Memorial Handicap over five-furlongs. After scorching home in the Epsom Dash on Derby day, the four-year-old has finished last in both starts since so a more severe aid replaces the usual cheekpieces in a bid to halt the slump in form. Jim Goldie’s nine time course winner Jordan Electrics, also the current track record holder over five and six-furlongs, joins stablemate Montezuma in the line-up while Iain Jardine-trained Little Mi Mi has five wins to her name already this year including over course and distance. Cheshire trainer Hugo Palmer was very complimentary when he paid his first visit to the South Lanarkshire venue earlier in the summer and he saddles Fans Favourite in the Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Handicap. The gelding has gone up most a stone in a season that has so far yielded wins at Lingfield, Ayr and Beverley.