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“When Bredon Hill has on his hat, ye men of the vale beware of that.”
So goes a local saying relating to a well-known Worcestershire landmark which can be a challenging location when a north-easterly wind blows. With panoramic views stretching to the Cotswolds, Malvern and Welsh Hills it is popular with walkers and a grand place to train a horse.
Ask Eve Hobbs, whose family farm at Bredon Hill and who on Sunday at Maisemore Park in Gloucestershire saddles unraced five-year-old Paris Man in the Goffs-sponsored GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden (1.35). With 18 entries the race promises to be one of the best in a series which was inaugurated this season with the aim of putting a spotlight on young British point-to-pointers. Winners in the series, which was scheduled to involve 15 races, can earn cash bonuses if they go on to win developmental hurdles or chases under rules within two years from a licensed yard based in Britain.
Hobbs says of French-bred Paris Man: “He’s big and bold, just like the other horse.” The ‘other horse’ she refers to is Tara Storm, who in December 2022 at Chaddesley Corbett provided Hobbs with a pronounced entry to the sport of point-to-pointing as both a trainer and rider. Arriving with a late rattle, Tara Storm got up on the run-in to overhaul odds-on favourite Captain Biggles and Gina Andrews. Hobbs has since ridden in ten races – eight on Tara Storm – clocking up five wins and five seconds, a remarkable ratio albeit from a small sample.
For now she has “temporarily” taken a back seat from riding, saying: “I love the training side and working with young horses. Zac Baker will ride Paris Man at Maisemore – he schooled him last week – and he also rides Tara Storm [pictured above with his trainer/rider after their debut victory] in the conditions race.
“We will wait and see how things go before deciding on a plan for Paris Man. He’s a bit of a mystery, having come from France. He is owned by myself, my father Jamie and some French friends of ours.”
Sunday’s race is chock-full of potential, with horses entered by some leading exponents in the art of buying store horses, breaking them in with a view to running them in point-to-points and then reoffering them to buyers, often at public auction. Luca Morgan, who won the first race in the series at Lower Machen, has entered Admiral Bonzo, a son of Vadamos from the Artiste Gaye family which includes Champion Hurdle winner Gaye Brief.
Chris Barber, Will Biddick and Josh Newman, who have all saddled winners in the series, are set to try their luck again. Biddick has entered four-year-old filly Kapella Grey (Kapgarde) and five-year-old gelding Strictlycommercial (Maxios), while Newman could run four-year-old gelding Maitre d’Oudairies (Night Wish). Barber has entered unraced Rockatansky (Maxios) and also Noble Thistle (Crystal Ocean) who finished second in a leg of the series held at Charlton Horethorne – the winner, Newman’s Micky Haller, later sold for £75,000.
Last year’s winner of the race – before it became part of the GB Pointing Bonus Series – was the unraced four-year-old In A Sonnet. His trainer, Tom Lacey, has this time entered Herbie’s Sock (Tirwanako), who was a €28,000 buy at Goffs’ Arkle Sale last year, while his near neighbour in Herefordshire, Clive Boultbee-Brooks, could give a debut to Yemen, a son of in-vogue stallion Goliath Du Berlais. Yemen was bought in France as a yearling for €55,000.
Clive Boultbee-Brooks, the Herefordshire trainer who has entered unraced Yemen (Ce)
Devon- based Ed Walker has entered Alderley Billy, a son of Ask and one of just two GB-bred horses who could take part, while Six Seven (Vadamos), an €11,000 purchase at last year’s Arkle Sale, is an interesting contender for Fran and Charlie Poste. If you do not know the significance of Six Seven ask a schoolchild – although you will probably still be confused – or look it up via a search engine (and be prepared for the screen’s reaction).
*Winners of a GB Pointing young-horse maiden race land bonuses of £25,000 (GB bred) or £15,000 (bred overseas) if subsequently successful within two years from a licensed British yard in any of the following:
