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Designed to put the spotlight on four- and five-year-old point-to-pointers trained in Britain, the 15-race series involves bonuses worth up to £25,000 for winners who go on to score under rules. Auctioneers Tattersalls Cheltenham and Goffs are sharing sponsorship of individual races and the project is backed by the British Horseracing Authority and Horseracing Betting Levy Board.
Dunsmore’s race, which is backed by Goffs and kicks off the card at 12.30pm, has attracted a worthy 12 entries, including the Chris Barber-trained Peter De L Orme. He finished third at Lower Machen recently in the inaugural GB Pointing Young Horse Maiden won by Baron De Brizais, a horse who is set to be offered for sale at Goffs’ Coral Gold Cup Sale at Newbury on Saturday week. Trainer Luca Morgan reports the four-year-old “as fresh as paint” and added: “He came out of the race bouncing”.
That was Peter De L Orme’s second race, the first coming at Ston Easton in the spring (pictured above under Tommie O’Brien) when he finished runner-up to Sogna In Grande. That horse was subsequently sold to clients of joint-trainers Kim Bailey and Mat Nicholls and makes his novice hurdle debut at Warwick tomorrow (Wednesday, 2.00).
Unraced horses with entries at Dunsmore include Farfromaway, a four-year-old son of popular sire Jukebox Jury and trained in Warwickshire by Fran Poste. She is joint-owner of the gelding with husband Charlie, who says: “He was ready to run in the spring, but the ground became too quick and we put him away. He’s come back in and his work and schooling has gone well, and he went nicely in a schooling race at Worcester recently. If we avoid the rain and we get some nice ground at Dunsmore he should run well.
“I’m in favour of the new series – anything that helps put a spotlight on young British pointers cannot be a bad thing – although the overall quality of young British pointers is coming to the fore and that’s the most important factor.”
Reigning champion trainer Josh Newman, who is based in Somerset, has made two entries for the Dunsmore race – unraced four-year-old Hoo’s The Jet, who was foaled by winning hurdler Hoo Bally Diva and bought for €11,500 at Tattersalls Ireland’s May Store Sale last year, and Woodstock Octo, who arrived at the yard via Goffs’s Doncaster sales ring in May when he was bought for £11,500. Woodstock Octo was placed in an Irish point-to-point in the spring.
Newman says: “One is likely to run, but a final decision will be made later in the week. Woodstock Octo is a tall, rangy horse who will fill out in time. He’s been doing what we’ve asked of him. Hoo’s The Jet was bought as a store and broken in here. Twelve months ago we took him and two or three other three-year-olds for a school round Dunsmore and we’ll probably do the same with some more three-year-olds on Monday. We don’t go over quick and just let them pop around. More recently we took him [Hoo’s The Jet] up to Worcester with another horse and schooled over hurdles. It was a good away day.”
Josh Newman, who has made two entries for the second race in the GB Pointing Young Horse Maiden Series
Hoo’s The Jet was bred in Britain, which means that if he wins on Sunday, or any other GB Pointing Bonus race this season, and then lands a selected race under rules within two years for a licensed trainer based in Britain he can win his owners at that time the £25,000 bonus. Horses bred outside of Britain who win a race in the series and then under rules can collect a £15,000 bonus.
Another Somerset-based trainer, Will Biddick, has entered a pair of ex-Irish pointers, namely four-year-old filly Next Gen and five-year-old Follow My Order. The last-named has been placed several times, experience which can be a marked advantage in young-horse maiden races.
Edwards Rees has entered the filly Dreamaboutit, who was second in an Irish point in May, while Emmas Wish, trained by John Heard, and Get To The Point from Megan Lawrence’s stable, also have the benefit of racing experience after placing in maiden races last season at Wadebridge and Trebudannon respectively.
