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Josh Newman’s raiding party into Beaufort country paid handsome dividends after he returned to his Somerset base with a treble in the bag following successes for Electric City, Beacon Edge and Getaway Drumlee.
Having caught the eye when chasing home the impressive Six Two Three at Badbury Rings a couple of weeks ago, Electric City made the most of the step up to three miles to collect the GB Pointing YHM Series race at the expense of newcomer Roll a Dollar.
Most winners of these types of races head for the sales but that is not the case as far as the five-year-old is concerned. Newman explained:” He’s a syndicate horse and he was bought with that in mind so he is staying in the yard
“I would think he may have another run or two in points for experience with the intention of going into the care of my wife Kayley Woollacott’s team and running under Rules later this year.”
The Mixed Open was a tightly knit contest on paper and so it proved in the race itself with Newman having to be at at his forceful best in the closing stages, as Beacon Edge stayed on in dogged fashion from the the last fence to get up close home and deny the 2-1 favourite Fil D’Ariane by a head.
The jockey said:” It was a competitive race and we have gone a solid pace all the way – my horse never really travelled to be fair as I was niggling him along for much of the journey really
“But when we turned for home he came alive and realised he had something to aim at. In fairness to him, he seems to know where the winning post is which is just as well because it was very close thing in the end.”
For the PPORA Conditions contest Newman swapped his jockey silks for his trainer’s cap as he saddled the 10-year-old Getaway Drumlee and gave jockey Hannah Morgan her final instructions.
Morgan must have listened intently to those orders as she galvanised her mount to the front front five fences from home and then had enough in the tank to fend off the rallying Up For Appeal by a neck in an exciting finish.
The rider works full-time in Newmans’s yard and reported:” The horse is owned by mum Sue and her friend Sharon Rushton so I was under a bit of pressure to get it right this afternoon and luckily we edged it where it mattered.”
Amber Jackson-Fennell had a busy 24 hours as she partnered Amatchmadeinheaven to a cosy success at Exeter on Friday afternoon before landing the Restricted aboard the Edward Rees-trained What’s Up Harry.
And Jackson-Fennell put her lucky streak down to working for the Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies team since the autumn. She said: “I am like a different rider since I have been based at Naunton
“Being on those horses has helped improve my confidence in the saddle and my overall performance all round. I am enjoying every minute and this horse really picked up for me in pleasing style from the final fence.”
Punters who supported the 9/4 favourite Mount Gay Rum in the concluding Maiden must have had their hearts in their mouths in the early stages of the race as the Nick Pearce-trained gelding was far from tidy at a number of fences.
However, jockey Sean O’Connor sat tight and the combination gradually crept into contention from five out before moving smoothly to the front on the home turn and eventually stretching nine lengths clear of King’s Quest.
A very happy Pearce said:” He took a bit of time to warm up but got his act together in the last mile or so and I would think he will have learned a lot from that experience
“I thought Sean was very good there as he did not get flustered and his patience has paid off. Looking ahead the horse will have a short break and be back pointing in a couple of weeks.”
Local owner Christopher Walker was doubly represented in the Adjacent Hunts contest with What A Steal (Ed Doggrell) and Champagne Mystery (James King). The pair finished first and second but not in the order connections considered would happen.
Walker was left scratching his head and confided: “We thought that Champagne Mystery definitely had the better chance of the two. But that’s horse racing and I should enjoy the moment in any case.”
On an afternoon of exciting finishes none were closer than in the Conditions (Level 2) contest as last year’s winner Alaphilippe and odds-on favourite Glancing Hill locked horns from the final fence all the way to the winning line.
Neither would give an inch and, in the end, the judges consulted the I-Pad evidence before announcing that the pair had dead heated which was not a huge surprise.
