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West Country-based Darren Andrews was the rider to follow at Warwick’s evening hunters’ chase meeting.
Andrews (pictured above) rode a double with victories on the Bea Coward-trained Ultimate Survivor (7/4f) and Corporal Jackjones (5/2) from the stable of Poppy Skipper.
Interviewed by GB Pointing’s Alan Johns, Andrews, 32, said of Ultimate Survivor, who was the easy winner of the Pertemps Network Intermediate Hunters’ Chase: “The start was a bit scrappy and I didn’t jump off where I wanted to be, but the main aim was to switch off and get into a rhythm. I got a dream run from three out on the inside of Brad [Gibbs on third-placed Practice Run] and while I felt I might have committed too soon we put the race to bed.
“He’s lightly raced, but he has a good future.”
Bea Coward, who trained the intermediate race winner Ultimate Survivor (Ce)
Following his victory on Corporal Jackjones in The Jonathan Neesom Memorial Open Hunters’ Chase, which was run in memory of the late racing writer and broadcaster, Andrews told Johns: “He’s been a great servant this season as you can tell from his form figures. Poppy hasn’t been shy in running him and he’s now won two hunters’ chase including the big one tonight.”
Warwick stepped in to stage the meeting after remedial ground work meant Cheltenham had to pull out of staging the fixture. Andrews said: “I’m very grateful to Warwick for putting the meeting on and doing such a lovely job on the ground – it is drying out as the evening goes on, but what do you expect with this weather.
“I’m keeping my fingers crossed to stay injury free and keep kicking for the rest of the season – then I’ll get on the tractor and go farming.”
Great Valley (1/3f) ensured qualification for next season’s Aintree Foxhunters’ Chase when landing the opening race, the Connolly’s Red Mills Open Hunters’ Chase over two miles. Ridden by part-owner Guy Sankey and trained near Bishops Castle in Shropshire by Neil Gittins, six-year-old Great Valley had to be stoked up to defeat the George Edgedale-ridden Franigane by four lengths, although the winner is sure to be suited by a step up in trip.
Sankey told GB Pointing’s Claire Hart: “It was a bit nerve-wracking for me because I didn’t think we would come under that much pressure. Over two miles and it’s quite quick [ground] he got caught out with his jumping a bit, but he stayed on well and I’m delighted with him.
“We’ll be stepping up to two and a half miles next time, but it’s great to ride a winner over two miles and that’s my second ride under rules and two winners. The aim this season was to qualify for Aintree and we’ve done that now.”
Current men’s point-to-point champion James King, who is striding towards a fifth championship title, rode the Angela Slatter-trained Alaphilippe (11/8) to victory in the GB Pointing Open Hunters’ Chase, while Huw Edwards landed the Natural Green Creative Spaces’ Mares’ Hunters’ Chase on Loud And Proud (12/1), who is trained in Shropshire by the rider’s partner, Laura Richardson.
The ‘four miler’, The Foran Equine Open Hunters’ Chase, went to multiple women’s point-to-point champion Gina Andrews riding My Gift To You for Newmarket trainer James Owen, while Harry Brown notched his first winner over fences when taking the Carr & Day & Martin Open Hunters’ Chase on Arthur’s Sixpence (6/1), who ran from the Oxfordshire stable of his boss, Georgina Nicholls.
Harry Brown, who rode his first winner over jumps when scoring on Arthur’s Sixpence (Ce)
Brown, who is responsible for handling the yards pointers, told Johns: “That’s my first winner over jumps, although I have ridden a couple on the Flat. He guessed two out and put down on me, but he was good after that and kept galloping all the way to the line. The jumps is more exciting than the Flat, especially when they win like that.
“I’ve had a good season training pointers with six winners, although I didn’t ride a single one of them – they were all for owner/riders. This one [Arthur’s Sixpence] was pointing for me, but for tonight’s race he went back to Georgina.”
