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Commentator Edward Dingle summed it up succinctly when declaring: “What a day for Joe O’Shea – what a trainer!” after Envious Editor had landed the featured Mixed Open at Knightwick last Saturday.
O’Shea travelled south to the Worcestershire circuit with a quartet of well fancied horses and headed back to his Nantwich base with a quick-fire short priced treble in the bag after Time Leader and Willewonga also made their mark.
But Envious Editor was the star of the show as he comfortably stretched an impressive 12-lengths clear of Zee Man, despite proving headstrong and testing rider Henry Crow’s arm muscles for much of the contest.
Winning owner Peter Clifton, who also has 2021 Aintree Foxhunters’ hero Cousin Pascal in O’Shea’s care, said of Envious Editor: “That is just what we were hoping for as the plan is now to find another point-to-point for him and then go hunter chasing in the New Year.
“We will pick and choose our races with him as he wants decent ground and there is a two-and-a-half-mile hunter chase at Ludlow in January that might suit as conditions at that course are usually closer to good when everywhere else is soft.”
Of Cousin Pascal, he added:” There is every chance he will start off in a point, probably a ladies race somewhere and then I hope he can try and win the Walrus Hunter’s Chase at Haydock for the second year running before heading back to Aintree in April for another go at the Foxhunters’.”
Last season’s champion rider James King was in the saddle aboard Time Leader, having his first outing for O’Shea, and the combination set a brisk gallop in the Conditions Race before coming home in splendid isolation from What A Glance.
O’Shea reported:”He runs in the colours of new owners to the sport – Gary Capper, Miles Kennerley along with Leanne Doyle and Mark Loran of Platinum Financial Services – and they wanted a horse who could win a point or two and then go on to hunter chasing.”
King was also instrumental in the victory of Evens favourite Willewonga, who proved six-lengths too smart for closest market rival Honey I’m Good in the Conditions Race for Novice Riders under Amber Jackson-Fennell.
The rider said: “When Mr O’Shea was looking for a jockey for the horse, James kindly put my name forward, so I have him to thank for the win. Apart from a little error down the far-side he jumped really well throughout the race.”
She added:” That is my sixth career victory and looking ahead I would like to aim at the lady riders’ novice title as I work for Charlie and Fran Poste and it would be nice to think I might pick up a few good rides from them as well.”
Legostar, making his debut for O’Shea, was fully expected to make it a clean sweep for the trainer in the concluding Maiden but the seven-year-old faltered in the stamina stakes and victory went the way of Cossack Dancer, trained and ridden by Freddie Mitchell.
The jockey’s father and former trainer Philip commented: “That success has been a joint effort by Freddie and his girlfriend Megan Brown. They have done such a fantastic job with the horse as he jumped for fun on his first try over fences.”
Despite moving to Hertfordshire just over two years ago, Bradley Gibbs still makes regular forays west to his old stamping grounds and soon had the Restricted Race in safe keeping on 4-7 favourite Keaden Hill.
The trainer/rider said: “He was all wrong in his blood when seemingly not staying the three miles at Kingston Blount last season and had no such problems here. He has two options for the immediate future as he will either go to the sales or we will sell him to stay in the yard.”
The Tattersalls-sponsored Four- And Five-Year-Olds Maiden turned out to be something of an ironic damp squib considering the date as a quartet were entered and only two went to post. The Tommie O’Brien-partnered Ipsos Des Bordes finished alone after Supreme Johnson toppled over at the final fence when held.
West Mercian supremo Nickie Sheppard expressed herself delighted that the first meeting of the new term had gone without hitch. She said: “We are delighted with the well supported turnout for a Saturday and luckily the weather was kind as the rain held off during racing. All in all a great start to our season.”
