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Tom Britten’s move from the point-to-point fields to racing under rules got off to a winning start at Newton Abbot on Saturday.
Former point-to-pointer Mount Anglesby, Britten’s first runner since taking out a licence, made all in a handicap hurdle under Joe Anderson and held off the odds-on favourite to win at 10/1. It was a dream debut for Britten, who only gained his licence two and a half weeks ago having previously been assistant trainer to Alastair Ralph in Shropshire. While working in that role he trained pointers too and enjoyed some high-profile victories, none bigger than What A Glance’s win in the 2024 Pertemps Champion Hunters’ Chase at Stratford.
A few weeks earlier What A Glance had won a hunters’ chase at Cheltenham’s evening meeting, while the previous year Britten trained Encounter A Giant to win the Lady Dudley Cup.
Britten (centre) with What A Glance, jockey Murray Dodd and winning owner Ann Taylor (right) after the Pertemps Champion Hunters’ Chase at Stratford (Ce)
Those experiences when put alongside the 50 or so rides he had in races were a great grounding he said. Speaking this morning, while riding out on What A Glance from his new base at Hill House Stables in Lambourn, Britten said: “Point-to-pointing and hunter chasing helped me massively before going out into the big wide world. For jockeys and trainers it’s such a good place to learn. By having runners at racecourses you learn the protocols and gain publicity in a less pressurised way. I love point-to-pointing and will still go to meetings.
“Interestingly the horse who won the next race at Newton Abbot on Saturday was El Capitaine who beat Mount Anglesby in a restricted race at Kingston Blount [in February 2025]. That was some restricted.”
Mount Anglesby raced in Ireland for a couple of seasons, but having failed to win under rules was sent to Ralph’s stable for Britten to train and run in point-to-points. With two wins from three outings he showed enough to go back under rules and subsequently won a couple of hurdle races for Ralph, but when Britten moved to Lambourn the horse’s owner was happy to let the horse go too.
The move seemed to do Mount Anglesby no harm and Britten says it seems to have pepped up 11-year-old What A Glance. He said: “I’m thinking of running What A Glance in the Southern National [at Fontwell]. He’s got a mark of 125 and I’m hoping he can be competitive off that.”
