REPORT:
The David Paton stable scored yet another notable success
at HUNTINGDON winning another JEBEL ALI SERIES QUALIFIER
with NOTID. If David and the BXPS RACING PARTNERSHIP continue
in this vein they will not have enough space to keep all
the rugs they keep winning (see picture).
MISS MONCRIEF finally came good, ridden by promising youngster,
Mr Harry Haynes, winning the COLE HAY HANDICAP STAKES,
trained by Miss G Ward for Mr E Philpott. After a series
of consistent but luckless runs she finally broke her maiden
tag.
MABRUM looked another smart recruit for the HH SHeik Hamdan
Bin R Al , Mrs G Duffield and Phil Collington team, when
she won the 40th ANNIVERSARY MAIDEN STAKES (Sponsored by
Mr & Mrs Brian Clark, celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary)
DORMAH DE BRUGERE came back to her very useful best, ridden
by Pierre Deymonaz, scoring a decisive victory over a useful
field, including Group Winner EAU ROYAL in the 4.30. The
winner was impressive, but it would be unwise to write
off EAU ROYAL at this stage as this was clearly not his
form.
GLASTONBURY POP for Owner, Trainer Mr A J Jennings, gave
Simon Walker a win in the final race of the day beating
SABEZ (another David Paton/ BXPS RACING PARTNERSHIP runner),
who looked the likely winner until the final strides of
the race.
SHELILA was another winner for H H Sheik Hamdn Bin R AL
Maktoum and trainer Mrs G Duffield, but this time ridden
by another promising recruit to the jockey ranks, Mr Joe
Akehurst.
CS MALIK won the first event on the eight race card, giving
David Turner another winner in his race for the 2005 Jockey
Championship and providing Tony Brunton with the first
leg of a training double (DORMAH DE BRUGERE was his other
winner)
THE PENN CHALLENGE HANDICAP STAKES, Anglo & Part Bred
Arabians, saw the outsider of the three runners, HARDTOBACK,
owned and trained by Mrs Peyton and ridden by Rob Woolard
- scoring his 3rd win of the current campaign - winning
in a tough battle with CALL ME RISKY, LA PERRUCHE was third.
HARDTOBACK was 14lb out of the handicap, but he didn't
know that and scored his second consecutive win. The Penn
Challenge series is sponsored by Stuart Shefras with a
bonus of £600 being paid to the owner of the horse
that accumulates the most points in the 3 race series.
To qualify for the bonus a horse must run in at least two
of the challenge races.