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Pembs Hunt point-to-point a great success
On a gloriously sunny day at Trecoed, Nr Fishguard, good ground provided by watering, brought forward a good number of runners for a large and enthusiastic crowd to cheer home their favourites at the Pembrokeshire Hunt Point to Point.
First winner
In the opening Hunt Members race, 19 year old Darrack Skelly rode his first winner aboard his own horse Merdeka. The son of a Limerick bookmaker, Darrack has always been involved in racing, and after finishing school he has been working for the past year in Pembrokeshire with Marc Barber, who trains the horse for him.
First double
Tonyrefail lady jockey Emily Farr also enjoyed a day to remember as the twenty year old rode her first double aboard Freddie Lane (Maiden Race) and Little Miss Monty (Ladies Open Race). Both horses are home bred and trained by her parents Ross and Shan Farr, a real special family moment for them. Emily has only just returned to riding after breaking her elbow on March 26th at the Glamorgan meeting at Ystradowen, and a truly memorable day was capped when she also won The Sarah Crayford Memorial trophy, for the top novice rider at the meeting, a Trophy she also won in 2010.
Long journey pays off
Phil York made the long journey from Surrey in his quest to catch Men’s National Championship leader Richard Burton and came away a happy man with two winners. Firstly, he partnered Present of Flame in the ‘Restricted’ Race, the partnership always raced on the wide outside of the track in search of the fastest ground, recording the largest winning margin of the day, pulling away on the final circuit to an impressive 25 length success and later in the day in the ‘Intermediate Race’ he steered Ben Tally Ho to victory in a competitive four runner affair, posting the fastest time of the day.
Burton boosts title hopes
York now finds himself on thirty four winners for the season but rival and current championship leader Richard Burton was also in attendance, and is determined to fight off his challenge. From his two rides of the day he conjured up a winner in the ‘Mens Open’ aboard Keith Pritchard’s Chandlers Cross. This was win number 36 for the Shropshire man, and with only two meetings left, both in the West country, the slender lead may be enough to secure a fourth National Title for him, though it looks likely that the championship may not be decided until the finale on June 18th at Umberleigh in Devon.
First Race- Hunt Members
1st Merdeka/ D Skelly
2nd Mister Trigger/G Humfrey
3rd Viking Affair/Miss J Hughes
Dist: 6l & 10l Time: 6m.44 6 Ran
Second Race - Restricted
1st Present of Flame/P York
2nd Backstreet Lad/N Deakin
3rd Jackson town/M Jackson
Dist:25l & 3l Time:6m.21 8 Ran
Third Race - Mens Open
1st Chandlers Cross/R Burton
2nd Cinaman/B Gibbs
3rd Charango Star/N Deakin
Dist:7l & 30l Time:6.32 5 Ran
Fourth Race - Open Maiden
1st Freddie Lane/Miss E Farr
2nd Old Jere/M Barber
3rd Kimora/B Poste
Dist ½ l & 2 ½ l: Time: 6m.46 8 Ran
Fifth Race - Ladies Open
1st Little Miss Monty/Miss E Farr
2nd City Breeze/Miss J Hughes
Dist:3l Time:6m.29 2 Ran
Sixth Race - Intermediate
1st Ben Tally Ho/P York
2nd Ace High Blue/B Gibbs
3rd Mac Two/R Burton
Dist: 4l & 20l Time: 6m.19 4 Ran
PHOTOS:
Only two runners for the Ladies Open Race. On the right is the winner, Emily Farr and Little Miss Monty. Upsides her is Jodie Hughes on City Breeze.
Pembrokeshire Hunt Members Race winner, Merdeka with Darrach Skelly in the saddle.
Pictures taken by Alun Sedgmore/Sporting Prints.
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