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Barito and Slay Girl, who finished first and second in Sunday’s GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series race at Sheriff Hutton, are set to reappear at Tattersalls Cheltenham’s January Sale on Saturday.
Joe Hill, who trains Barito (pictured in red/yellow colours above), said on Monday: “He trotted up nicely this morning, and while he was a little tired he had a long day yesterday with seven and a half hours in the box.”
Hill and Gina Andrews, who trains and rode Slay Girl, were contacted by Matt Hall from Tattersalls Cheltenham, which also sponsored Sunday’s race, and their entries for Saturday’s sale were duly accepted. Andrews had already entered Azlad, who made a winning debut at Alnwick last month, while Nick Wright, who trains near Newmarket, has entered Le Questionnaire, a five-year-old who has been placed at Charing and Horseheath this season.
Barito’s victory by three lengths took a plan hatched in France two and a half years ago another step closer to fruition. Hill had crossed the Channel with some friends, including agent Ed Bailey, to attend Deauville’s Summer Sale where a two-year-old by Manatee out of Paulmie was on their list to be checked over. Another son of Paulmie called Paul Manate was in the Hill family’s Oxfordshire yard and had shown promise a couple of months’ earlier when fourth at Edgcote – later that year he won a maiden at Horseheath under Dale Peters.
Barito (Dale Peters) is a length up on Slay Girl at Sheriff Hutton’s final fence (Tom Milburn)
Hill duly bought Paulmie’s two-year-old son for €25,000, named him Barito, broke him in, created a syndicate of owners called The Woodway Partnership and cannot have been too disappointed when their horse finished a close third at Chaddesley Corbett last month when making his debut. Given that the plan for Barito involved reoffering him for sale after he had shown some ability in a point-to-point it would have been tempting to put him on the market after that run. However, if he could win a race in the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series he would head to the ring with a £15,000 bonus for his next owner if winning a developmental hurdle or chase within two years from a licensed yard in Britain. Barito was bred in France, but had he been bred in Britain that bonus would rise to £25,000.
Joe Hill (right) get the race lowdown from Peters after Barito’s success (Tom Milburn)
At Sheriff Hutton he was prominent throughout, went on from fellow pacemaker Dancingatdark on the final bend and then held the challenge of Slay Girl, who was a length behind at the final fence and could find no more on the run-in.
Hill’s wife Izzie would have ridden Barito but for breaking her leg and ankle in a schooling fall early last month, and while James King rode him at Chaddesley Corbett he was booked for rides at Larkhill on Sunday and so Dale Peters took the reins. Hill said: “James and Dale had a good chat on Saturday evening and I just said to Dale ‘ride him like he’s the best horse in the race’ and let him take a lead, but if nothing goes forward let him go upsides. We didn’t want a crawl and then a sprint, which was what happened in his first race. His jumping is such an asset, he’s a fantastic moving horse and a good doer.
“Dale said he was always confident on the horse, and when Gina’s mare came to him he picked up again. Dale is not a bad super-sub and he had an unbelievable weekend with five winners.”
Hill said his wife’s injury is heading in the right direction albeit the road is long. He said: “Her leg has been in a boot the whole time which means she can take it off and ice her leg if it gets sore. Around the house she is able to take it off for longer periods. It is very lucky that her parents moved up here in the summer and they and my mum have been able to take her to Oaksey House for regular treatment. Dr Jerry Hill has been amazing too in keeping in contact and discussing X-rays and so on with her.”
Sunday’s race was the fourth in a 15-race series of maiden races restricted to four- and five-year-olds and sponsored by Tattersalls Cheltenham and Goffs. The series is created in conjunction with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) with funding from the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) and is aimed at boosting the profile of young British point-to-pointers.
The fifth race in the series takes place at Garthorpe on Sunday, February 1.
*Winners of a GB Pointing young-horse maiden race land one of the two bonuses if subsequently successful in any of the following within two years:
Keep watching for a full report from Sheriff Hutton to be published on this website
