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Sat-navs will be primed for some trainers when the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series heads to Alnwick in Northumberland on Saturday and Badbury Rings in Dorset on Sunday.
Goffs sponsors the Northern Area race, while fellow bloodstock auctioneers Tattersalls Cheltenham is backing the version staged in the Wessex Area.
There is some 400 miles and seven hours of driving between the pair, but that has not deterred trainers from lining up horses for both meetings. Two Herefordshire-based trainers, Chris Barber and Tom Scudamore, have confirmed that is their plan, while Fran Poste, who trains in Warwickshire, is also planning a double header.
Chris Barber, who is making his first visit to Alnwick where he saddles Titi Montmartre (Ce)
Alnwick will be slightly closer to home for Yorkshire’s Jack Teal, who has entered the unraced five-year-olds Good Moon Rising and Talk To The Rocks. Teal said: “I have to talk to owners before I commit, but I would think Good Moon Rising is the more likely runner at Alnwick, and the other lad could run at Charm Park a week later.”
Facing a longer journey, Barber said: “I’m heading to Alnwick to saddle Titi Montmartre, who will be ridden by Ed Doggrell in the young-horse maiden. I can’t be at Badbury Rings on Sunday as I have to be at Hereford races, but I am going to send Stick Season to Badbury Rings. James King will ride him as Ed is booked to ride one for Will Biddick.”
Titi Montmartre is a four-year-old newcomer who cost €12,000 as a two-year-old when bought in France, while Stick Season has had the benefit of two runs in Irish point-to-points. The aforementioned Biddick runner, Sixtwothree, is owned by bloodstock agent Tom Malone who bought the four-year-old at Goffs’ Spring Sale in Doncaster for £50,000.
Broadcasting obligations at Kempton with ITV Racing prevent Tom Scudamore from heading to Alnwick on Saturday where his Admiral Oxo will line-up in the young-horse maiden, although he plans heading to Dorset on Sunday to watch A Bob On Oxo in the equivalent race. The name Oxo refers back to the 1959 Grand National triumph by a horse of that name ridden by Scudamore’s grandfather, Michael.
Tom said: “Harvey Barfoot-Saunt rides Admiral Oxo at Alnwick. He’s got a good boss in Sam Thomas and is making a good fist of things under rules. He comes in and rides out with us and has a good attitude. I think I rode once at Alnwick back in the day, and I just hope Admiral Oxo does a better job than I did.”
Harvey Barfoot-Saunt, who heads from South Wales to Alnwick to ride Admiral Oxo (Ce)
Admiral Oxo made his debut at Chaddesley Corbett in December when finishing sixth, but Scudamore said: “He was only beaten eight lengths after getting a bit outpaced, but it was a competitive race and I expect him to run well.
“A Bob On Oxo, who is by Walk In The Park and from a good family, has done everything we have asked of him. He will be ridden by Sam Lee at Badbury Rings. These young-horse maiden races are part of a great initiative and we all need to get behind them.”
Three places ahead of Admiral Oxo at Chaddesley Corbett was the Gina Andrews-trained-and-ridden L’Hybris Is Born (grey pictured top of the page), who holds maiden-race entries at the weekend’s four meetings. Andrews said: “He loves mud, so at the moment we’re ruling out Badbury Rings, although I will probably still be at that meeting because we run Tigerbythetail under Molly Legg in the ladies’ race. The young-horse bonus does make Alnwick tempting.”
Also tempting is the likelihood of soft or easier ground at Alnwick. On Tuesday clerk of the course Nick Hargreave described it as “soft, heavy in places”.
Giving some background on Fran Poste’s two young-horse maiden runners, her husband, Charlie, said: “We’re planning to run Short Sell at Alnwick. He’s a big scopey horse who has taken a long time to come to hand. Ella Herbert who works for us has done a really good job of pulling him together. He’s had a few away days and a big galloping track like Alnwick should suit him. He might benefit from the experience, but he’s done plenty of work and we go there hopeful. Joe Wright rides him and Ed Vaughan will ride Just For Sport at Badbury Rings.
“He’s a different type of horse and a very straightforward four-year-old by German sire Isfahan. His jumping has always been very good and he’s looked professional from day one. With all the meetings that have been called off horses are stacking up and this looks a competitive race with entries from some very good yards.”
Fran and Charlie Poste, who will have runners at Alnwick and Badbury Rings (Tattersalls)
Horses who win a leg of the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series will gain their owners a £25,000 bonus if the horse is British-bred and lands a race under rules within two years, or £15,000 if bred overseas. They must be based in a licensed trainer’s yard in Britain. Backing for the series has come from the Levy Board and BHA, and the bonuses provide extra cache to such horses if they are offered for sale.
Winners of a GB Pointing young-horse maiden race land one of the two bonuses if subsequently successful in any of the following:
