Photos & Report
Jim & Chris
Bielby
Racing Advertiser Ltd
ARO
HUNTINGDON RACE MEETING
25th June 2005
RUNNERS
IN THE PADDOCK
WA
SAVANNAH SUNRISE
Winning 2.00 THE LARKINGLASS HANDICAP STAKES
RACING
IN THE HICHINGBROOKE HANDICAP STAKES
CS CLARION
WINNING THE HICHINBROOKE CLASSIFIED STAKES
EL
BUBA
WINNING THE JEBEL ALI RACING CLUB BANDED STAKES
ABRA
WINNING TOWN & COUNTRY
FARMS NOVICE RIDERS BANDED STAKES
REPORT:
Competitive racing at HUNTINGDON on Saturday 25th
June saw the David Paton stable notch a hat trick of wins in
the JEBEL
ALI RACING CLUB SERIES QUALIFIERS when EL
BUBA, ridden by Fred Offord and owned by the BXPS
Racing Partnership came back to
form and won the 3.00. To add to their success the stable also
took third place in the same race with SABEZ, ably
ridden by Caroline Stockham, who won the Town and Country Novice
Riders
Championship last season.
Bill Smith took the opening race with CABENAY (FR),
owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin R Al Maktoum and ridden
by Mr Simon
Walker. CABENAY was difficult going down to
the start and just as difficult during the race, but under
strong handling
from
Simon (Walker), he held on in a thrilling finish from the consistent MISS
MONCRIEF who must surely break her maiden
tag in the near future. A Stewards Enquiry into interference
by CABENAY against
the runner-up after the race was quickly dismissed, but MISS
MONCRIEFF did meet with trouble and, although it did
not affect the result, the mare ran a honest race and deserves
to win
a race.
Rob Woollard landed the first leg of a double when riding WA
SAVANNAH SUNRISE, owned and trained by Ms C Taylor,
to victory in the LARKINGLASS FARM HANDICAP STAKES at
2.20, quickly followed by his second success when riding HARDTOBACK, owned
and trained by Mrs J Peyton, in the HAY & STRAW GRADUATION STAKES for
Anglo & Part Bred Arabians.
ABRA, owned and trained by Mr B J Boulton, was another
winner in the TOWN & COUNTRY FARMS NOVICE RIDERS BANDED STAKES
for the promising young rider, Mr Ryan Cummings, who
must now be favourite to win the series.
CS CLARION, owned by Mrs J K Farr and trained by Mr
G C Farr, took the penultimate race on the card, THE
HICHINGBROOKE CLASSIFIED STAKES, under an inspired ride from Phil Collington,
taking his score to 7 winners for the season, equal with Simon
Walker
and David Turner at the head of the Jockeys table. Despite
this 2 miles race only having four runners, it provided probably
the most exciting finish of the afternoon, with all four runners
holding every chance of victory inside the final furlong.
The seventh race of the card was a walkover for the classy DORMAH
DE BRUGERE, providing rider Mr Pierre Deymonaz
with his 99th winner.
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Photos &
Report Jim & Chris Bielby
Racing Advertiser Ltd.
