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Monday afternoon saw the easing of Covid restrictions across the country and allowed grassroots sports to return. This included the very welcome return of point-to-point action in Yorkshire as the Hurworth did a fantastic job at staging their meeting behind closed doors at Hutton Rudby.
Social distancing and numerous other strict Covid regulations were in place at the track as 49 horses were declared and went to post on the day, with Yorkshire’s leading rider John Dawson picking up where he left off last season by scoring a double on the day.
John Dawson took the opening Hunt Members race aboard the Stevie Cook-trained Sartorial Elegance. The pair looked in command from two out after the departure of Champagne To Go and Vent d’Automne and had only the efforts of Phil Greaves and Neville Woods to tend with and did so with relative ease to win by 10 lengths.
“He’s a totally different horse when fitted with blinkers. I made sure the leaders were always within sight, but I felt we were always going the better when the others departed,” said Dawson.
The winner has been well hunted with the Hurworth earlier in the year and this 10-year-old looks capable of winning more races of this nature in the future.
Dawson book ended the card with the Sarah Dent-trained Fire Rock. The winner’s form was previously uninspiring but, if you looked closely enough, you would have seen that he departed late on when holding every chance on his first point-to-point start, and he stormed through here on the run-in to score.
“To be fair, he has been a bit unlucky last season, but I was confident he would pick up after the last,” stated John.
It was also a good day for the winner’s trainer, Sarah Dent, with all three of her runners making the frame.
“We rode him a bit handier today. I thought it might best to let him see his fences and allow him to concentrate a bit more,” said the winning trainer.
Mick Easterby nearly had an early birthday present but the runner-up, Thornton Le Clay, hung on the run-in under Joe Wright to come home in second, whilst the Will Easterby-trained four-year-old Line n’ Length made a very encouraging debut and should be following up soon.
The easiest victory of the day came in the Men’s Open with the Jack Teal-trained and -ridden Matts Commission. The pair were bouncing back from a disappointing return in a Leicester hunter chase and Matts Commission appeared to strip much fitter for that effort. The pair led four out and never looked in danger, stretching clear on the run-in to score easily and record Jack’s 50th victory in the saddle in the process. The winner could now target the prestigious Buccleuch Cup at Kelso on April 11th. The places were filled by Welsh raider African Belle (Fred Timmis), followed by Monsun Storm (John Dawson) back in third.
The Conditions race saw a surprise victory for the Rosie Howarth inmate Merrion Avenue. Always towards the rear, the winner gradually worked his way into the race but looked booked for third over the final fence. However, a storming run down the outside saw the pair snatch victory from the idling southern raider Hawkhurst (Will Biddick), who could only muster third, and the early pacesetter McMurphy (Jack Teal). Bought privately out of Ireland, the winner had only previously won a maiden and so was taking a significant step up in grade.
“He had form figures of 1P2 in Ireland before Christmas in good company, and a recent run in a Catterick hunter chase blew the cobwebs away,” commented the winning rider.
The Ladies Open saw an eventful finish with the eventual winner Son Of Suzie returning to form after some lackluster efforts under Rules. Plagued by a loose horse on the run in, the likely winner Seefood (Lottie Crane), along with eventual runner-up Kildaven Spider, were badly interfered with after the last, allowing Amie Waugh’s charge to storm through and win narrowly from a rallying Kildaven Spider, who was making her point-to-point debut.
“A recent outing over hurdles at Carlisle tuned him up nicely for this. He enjoys the slower pace of pointing,” said the winning rider/trainer.
The Veteran Conditions race saw a patiently ridden Game As A Pheasant storm clear after the last to win nicely to give Jack Andrews a winner from his only ride on the card. The winner was down the field when last seen at Alnwick earlier in the year but has shown a clear liking for this better ground.
“They went some pace, so we just sat out the back and let them get on with it,” said the winning rider.
Trained by Cherry Coward, the winner was named by rider Jack Teal who schooled the horse as a youngster and, after being asked his thoughts, described him as being “game as a pheasant”.
Winged Crusader attempted to make most of the running but had to settle for second in the end, while the second of Alan Hill’s two raiders, Knight Bachelor, could only manage third under Will Biddick.
