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Fred Philipson-Stow enjoyed the thrill of a winner when riding at Eyton-on-Severn on Monday – but also a moment’s disappointment.
First he rode Chasing Good Times to victory in the Goffs-sponsored GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden race – notching a third win in the series for Herefordshire trainer Chris Barber – and then found himself on the floor following a mix-up with a bend marker.
“The highs and lows in little more than 30 minutes,” said a rueful Philipson-Stow, whose tumble came on A Jet Of Our Own, the horse owned by his father Ed and who was the schoolmaster who ignited his rider’s rising status within the sport. At least the fall proved that the collarbone which Philipson-Stow broke in early March, and which kept him on the sidelines for five weeks, could take a knock.
Chasing Good Times – pictured above with box driver Paul Hozgood, Philipson-Stow, stand-in groom Felix Barlow and Lawrence Jordan – a hitherto unraced four-year-old bred in Ireland and by the stallion Affinisea, led his three rivals over the first fence and while joined briefly at the far end of the course galloped to victory by five lengths and three-quarters of a length from fellow four-year-old newcomers Penarthur (Getaway) from Josh Newman’s stable and the Will Biddick-trained Son Of Saratoga (Crystal Ocean).
Reflecting on the race, Philipson-Stow said: “The first fence at Eyton is not the nicest on an unraced maiden because the crowd lines up on both sides and there’s plenty of noise, but the plan was to jump off handy. When he outjumped Huw Edwards’ horse [Rum N Reggae] he seemed happy in front. I had a nice easy lead so thought I’d make the best of it.
“I gave him a squeeze going through the three-mile start and around the bend and he quickened up. Going to the last [which was also the first] he had a little look and I thought, ‘oh no, don’t let things go wrong now’, but he jumped it well enough. He’s a beautiful, big horse, still raw and green, but with so much improvement to come.”
Chris Barber, who trains the season’s final GB Pointing Bonus YHM Series winner Chasing Good Times (Ce)
The victory took Philipson-Stow, a freelance work rider, to nine wins for the season, which is easily his best, plus one hunters’ chase success. He said: “It’s really nice to be trusted by people such as Chris, especially when you are asked to do a job on a young horse that’s being prepped for sale.”
On a busy weekend for Barber – with runners in three counties – he headed to Mollington in Oxfordshire for his Bank Holiday Monday racing, from where he said of four-year-old Chasing Good Times: “He’s a big, raw baby, nearly 16.3 hands, and we didn’t want to get caught in traffic so I said to Fred he’s a nice horse and if necessary put him upsides [in front]. Eyton is a brilliant track and the team there do a good job so I was happy to give our horse his first run there.
“Now I would say he will probably be going to Doncaster [for Goffs Spring Sale of point-to-pointers and horses in training on May 20 & 21].”
Monday’s race was the fifteenth and final one this season in the GB Pointing Bonus Young Horse Maiden Series which was introduced in November as a way of promoting young British pointers, stoking additional awareness of the sport in general and lifting the appeal of British-based stallions. Thanks to backing from the British Horseracing Levy Board and the BHA each winner can go on to earn a £25,000 bonus if GB-bred or £15,000 if bred overseas should they be successful in a developmental hurdle or chase within two years for a licensed trainer based in Britain.
Barber said of the scheme: “It’s a great initiative because it means the next man [who buys a series winner] has a chance of winning a chunk of the purchase price back.”
The majority of winners from the series have since been sold into licensed yards either via public auction or private transactions. Those who have been put through a ring include Magnifaik (trained by Max Kendrick, sold for £110,000), Baron Du Brizais (Luca Morgan, £90,000), Midem De Berce (Tom George, £77,500), Micky Haller (Josh Newman, £75,000) and Barito (Joe Hill, £60,000). Hoo’s The Jet, who finished second in a GB Pointing Bonus YHM race in December, was sold out of Newman’s yard for £30,000.
Licensed trainers who are known to have invested in winners or runners from the series include John Dawson, Nicky Henderson, Syd Hosie, Henry Oliver, Ben Pauling, Dan Skelton and Jamie Snowden.
Chasing Good Times and his stablemate, Rockatansky, who won a leg of the series recently at Charm Park, are expected to go through the ring at Doncaster.
You can watch a replay of Monday’s race here:
*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:
