SPINNING plates will be a common sight in the Big Top when Redcar stages its annual Circus Family Day on Sunday – and Tim Easterby’s Off Spin could be a topical winner.

The four-year-old gelding has been a model of consistency, reaching the frame four times in 2026 without getting his head in front.

The Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Handicap looks a solid opportunity for him to break his duck under talented 7lbs claimer Jake Dickson.

The 19-year-old earned praise from Easterby for his courage on Thursday when riding a Thirsk winner on Hatamoto the day after the death of his grandfather, and he has a good chance of following up for the prolific Malton trainer.

Redcar’s seven-race card gets underway at 1.53pm with the Racing TV Trial EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes, with pioneering Newmarket trainer Gihan Arnolda hoping to toast a first Redcar winner with Mojito Madness, ridden by Ra Dawson.

Former apprentice jockey Arnolda broke new ground in May when he became the first black trainer to send out runners from Newmarket. He’s in good form with his four winners this season all coming within the last month, and Mojito Madness shaped well when third of eight in an Epsom maiden at the start of July.

Malton trainer Julie Camacho looks to have the answer to the Luke Jobson Restricted Maiden Stakes with Derrygarran Lad. The gelding has shown distinct promise in his two runs on the all-weather at Newcastle, finishing third and second at the start of the year.

He was well clear of the rest when runner-up in February and, despite a lay-off since then, the market should be an indicator of stable confidence for his turf debut under Ryan Sexton.

Former jumps jockey Chris Grant, remembered for twice finishing second in the Grand National on Durham Edition, had a rare flat winner as a Billingham-based trainer with Stitching Wheel at Redcar’s last meeting.

The ex-Andre Fabre filly was a 16-1 surprise that day but will be much shorter odds as she bids for back-to-back wins under Cian Horgan in the racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap.

Malton trainer Nigel Tinkler is having another successful season at Redcar and his chestnut gelding Amidst The Chaos will be a leading fancy for the Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap, with Lewis Edmunds in the saddle.

The four-year-old is clearly in good heart, having won well at Pontefract last month. He then threw away another winning opportunity when hanging badly in finishing a narrow second last time out at Doncaster, and should be thereabouts again if he settles with cheekpieces fitted.

Middleham handler Ed Bethell is having another profitable campaign and his St Mark’s Basilica colt, Be Patient, bids for a hat-trick in the Sky Bet Go-Racing-in-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap. He looked to have plenty of scope for improvement when scooting clear at Doncaster last time and could be progressive with Danny Tudhope booked.

Trainer James Horton is making a good fist of rebuilding his career at Newmarket after quitting his job as private trainer to John Dance in North Yorkshire in 2023 amid an investigation into the owner by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Horton had a memorable day at Redcar back in April 2022, when he had a treble with Phantom Flight, Il Bandito, and Asjad.

He returns to the seaside course with recent Beverley winner Sahm Naif as a leading contender for the Trying Racing TV For Free Now Handicap under Jason Hart.

• Children get the chance to try their hand at a host of circus skills in the Big Top with gates opening at 11.53pm. Entrance is free for under-18s with a paying adult.