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A weekend for the stayers, headlined by the Lord Ashton of Hyde’s Cup. All Loved Up (114) has struck up a good relationship with rider Hugh Lillingston and travelled kindly behind the pace for much of the way. Challenging the leaders entering the straight, she needed all of the extended three miles six furlong trip to finally pass the front running favourite Lavorante as that rival’s stamina reserves finally depleted on the run-in.   Having taken 22 starts to break her duck, All Loved Up has now won three of her last four starts, registered a career best time figure here and is worth aiming again at the Mares race at Cheltenham’s evening fixture in May – a race she finished fourth  in last season. Before then there are more staying opportunities to be found. Lavorante set a fair pace at the head of affairs but appeared a very hard ride. Slightly below his best here, he can hopefully regain the winning thread when dropped back in trip.

All loved Up – Hugh Lillingston (pink colours) winners of The Lord Ashton of Hyde’s cup – Mens Open at the Heythrop Hunt Point to Point. Photo Neale Blackburn

 Ask Elli (105) is a free going sort and had set too fast a pace on her seasonal debut  at Ampton. Ridden with more restraint this time, she fairly stormed up the Horseheath hill to take the Restricted by seven lengths. Only a six year old, she is by Schiaperelli, a notable sire of staying pointers, and should progress with time.

Ask Elli leads the way at Horseheath. Photo Graham Bishop

Later on the same card Seek Him There (102) finally lost his maiden tag, injecting a fair turn of speed on the final half circuit that quickly strung out the field. He had finished runner up to two progressive types in Entity of Substanz and Easy Rider on his previous two starts and had the form in the book to land this event (starting even money favourite) but there was no doubting the authorative nature of this win and Seek Him There should handle the step up to Restricted company comfortably.

Conditions were testing at the Percy where the opening two maidens were won in very similar fashion- the eventual winners getting up close home. The first saw a debut success for William Crump (94). He took the scalp of some promising Northern maidens here and is one to keep an eye on. His dam, eleven time winning pointer Granoski Gala, was similarly delivered late to win her races, and landed four successes at Alnwick.

There is little on the book to separate High on the Hill (91) and Where’s Willy (91) who had finished placed behind an Andrews’ hotpot at the previous Alnwick meeting and fought out the finish of the three mile maiden here. The two already have a  number of consistent placings to their name and this should hold them in good stead when conditions are again on the soft side.          

Here are this weekend’s best figures.

CHARING 31/01/2026

12:00 THE MAIDEN RACE, 3M: Farfromaway (IRE) (103)

12:35 THE CONDITIONS RACE (LEVEL 2), 3M: Arctic Oscar (GB) (113) Holiday Fund (IRE) (112)

 1:10 THE MENS OPEN RACE, 3M: Douglas Longbottom (GB) (124) 

  2:20 THE PPORA CLUB MEMBERS CONDITIONS RACE (LEVEL 3), 3M: Talimar Pearl (FR) (116) Call Me Early (IRE) (112) Kansas du Berlais (FR) (110)