THE rain arrived at Haydock in the nick of time for one of the gambles of last Saturday in the progressive Tashkhan (105) who justified the support in gritty fashion to lift the bet365 Handicap.

In winning his second course handicap of the season, the former Emmet Mullins-trained son of Born To Sea stamped himself a stayer to follow with a power-packed finishing effort in a truly-run affair.