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| RED MILLS INTERMEDIATE WINNING JOCKEY JACK ANDREWS |
Seven point to point meetings held the length and breadth of the UK on a glorious early spring afternoon. Horseheath holds it'S last meeting of the 2016-17 season, The Puckeridge hunt being hosts for the day.
Not a vast amount of entries but shapeing up with a a few tasty morsels in amongst the six races set before us.
The meeting offered an Horderve of three pony races before the main dish was served, and kicking off the day was a three runner event to contest the winner of the Horseheath Hunts club members race.
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| Banksandditches |
Only running last weekend Banksandditches owned and trained by the Hobson family took the race in fine style from his only Challenger up to the line Legend to be.
Listen to the chat we had with Clare Hobson in the winners enclosure with her eleven year old.
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| Banksandditches owned and trained by the Hobson family |
Seven went to post for the open maiden, Tom Ellis sending off Kings Walden at 5/4 partnered by Jack Andrews to take the race from Evan David on Andrew pennocks We've Got Company.
We chat to the trainer
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| Kings Walden |
And jockey of the six year old
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| partnered by Jack Andrews |
Only three go to post in the ladies open. But boy what a three to send.
Immy Robinson on Oh Toodles, Rose Turner on Sa Kaldoun and the eventual winner Sharp suit with Gina Andrews making it a double for the afternoon.
Trained by Alan hill the Milan ten year old gelding made most of the running to take the race with a demanding style.
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| Sharp suit |
Listen to me chat to Gina about the horse and her up and down sort of a week.
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| Sharp suit with Gina Andrews and Lawney Hill |
The men's open also did not disappoint in giving a good account of itself .Five runners to post and by the last fence two very promising horses Mr Raj from the Thomas Gallagher yard and Curraigflemens from the David Kemp stable locked horns head to head.
The Kemp horse running a little disappointingly for connections this season, set about the race for the first time with tongue strap on to help with breathing, the said piece of tack nearly working if not come up against a very nice nine year old in Mr Raj, a horse that Shane Roach jockey on Curraigflemens knows all too well from a win on him at Higham early on in the season.
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| Mr Raj, Sam Davies-Thomas and Thomas Gallagher |
Listen to Thomas and owner John Reddington, two very knowledgeable Irishmen chat about the horse, his future and the riders.
Also we catch up with Sam Davies-Thomas jockey of this promising nine year old.
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| Mr Raj jumps the last with Curraigflemens |
The Red mills Intermediate qualifier saw Jack Andrew follow his sister Gina into the doubles club with a fine win on another very promising youngster in Nemond trained by Stuart Morris.
A plan set for this six year old could see him take on the final in May at Cheltenham's evening meeting for Hunter chases.
Listen to the trainer chat about the plan and the horse after his win.
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| Nemond trained by Stuart Morris |
And Jockey Jack Andrews, we chat about his double for the afternoon.
The final race of the day was PPORA club members race for Novice riders, this going to the Kristy Smith trained Bertie's Desire, ridden by young jockey Will Thirlby
Listen to the trainer
And the jockey
About the horse and themselves as we get to know them for the first time on the Pointing Podcast
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| Bertie's Desire, ridden by young jockey Will Thirlby |
The busy time and summit of the season now well in sight for all, and we will have more podscasts to come from a selections of meets from now until June.
So why not listen in
