Tair Gwaith Saturday May 12th 2012
It was a glorious sunny day for the Tair Gwaith meeting of Mid Wales & Border Counties Harness Racing, on Saturday an ideal day for racing, pleasant for spectators and horses alike. With conditions on the hard track superb, the times get faster as the season progresses.
The first Nursery was won by Ithon Inmate for the Price family from Brecon, they bought two horses in the off season and have re-commenced racing in explosive form, Kerry Ann Lobel (Greenway, Michaelchurch Eskley) was second with Brywins Starling (Davies Drefach) in third. Lily Agnes (Wilson Llanfihangel yr arth) took the second race from Jethro (Evans Brecon) and Highbrooks Eternal (Probert Merthyr).
The Novice heats were the start of the competitive races of the day, in the first Too Hot Today (Jones Merthyr) proved to be just that sweeping in front of the lightly raced Ithon Express (Bevan Builth) while Man of the Day (Harries Llandysul) after a year off last season was third. In the second heat Ithon Hope and Andrew Bevan from Builth made all the running to secure victory from Brywins Jo Jo (Jones Ammanford) with Greenhill Megan (Parker, Huntington) enjoying a very good run in third.
In the first Grade B heat My Immortal (Evans Brecon) their homebred youngster was first passed the post followed by C U Boykin (Hitchcock Haverfordwest) with the big grey Brywins Beama (Williams Brecon) in third. Meadowland Hasty (Price Brecon) looks to be well named as he and trainer Derek Pritchard took top honours in his first race in open company having been upgraded since Monday. In second was Ithon Cracker (White Porthcawl) with Brywins Snowflake (Weigel Llanddew Velfrey) in third.
Strike a Light (Lloyd Kington) was still in devastating form after his win at the beginning of the week, claiming another victory from the ever reliable Saunders Playboy (Pritchard Rhosgoch) with newly promoted Faraway (Atherton Narberth) in third. In the second heat the crowd favourite Scooby’s Dream (Lloyd Kington) provided a popular win from the long time leader Serenity (Jones Llandysul) with Fold be Nimble (Perks Presteigne) on his first appearance this year in third.
Miss Jackpot (Langford Ammanford) was another horse who repeated her win from earlier in the week, this homebred mare showed a good turn of foot, to propel her into the Novices, in second was Ithon Hannah (Bufton Dolau) returning from a year away, while Dragon Penlan (Barton Clynderwen) was third. Sam Dot Com (Tromans Newcastle Emlyn) added a second victory within a week for his ecstatic owner/breeder/driver Mathew Tromans and he also moves up to the Novices, beating Kickstart (Williams Brecon) and Welsh Cowboy (Evans Red Roses).
The Novice Final saw the appropriately named Too Hot Today with Mark Evans from Brecon on board scorch to victory for genial owner Gareth (gadger) Jones from Merthyr, so next week she moves to open racing, while another backmarker Ithon Express (Bevan Builth) was impressive in second and the speedy Brywins Jo Jo (Jones Ammanford) was third.
In the Grade B Final it was Meadowland Hasty driven by Derek Pritchard for the enthusiastic Price family from Brecon who speeded around the track in front of Ithon Cracker (White Porthcawl) and Brywins Snowflake (Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey).
Strike a Light (Lloyd Kington) made it four out of four as she lit up the Grade A final with Mark White doing the st%ering, Saunders Playboy (Pritchard Rhosgoch) provided a memorable performance in second while Serenity (Jones Llanllwni) was third.
The season has certainly started with a bang and looks set to provide plenty of competition, the Lloyd stables of Kington, Pritchard stables of Rhosgoch, and the Hardwick, Evans combination from Brecon has some brilliant horses ready to do battle on the race track, with lots of smaller stables also with high claims, and next week the action moves to grass, with different venues each week, which will favour different horses %ach meeting, so the summer already looks to be one to anticipate with pleasure. The next meeting is on Saturday May 19th when the traditional Knighton races take centre stage start time 1.30 pm.
Detailed Results
Race 1 - Nursery | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Ithon Inmate | Gate | £0 | |
2 | Kerry Ann Lobel | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Brywins Starling | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Dolan Hasty | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Tyssul Opal | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.269 | ||||
Race 2 - Nursery | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Lily Agnes | Gate | £0 | |
2 | Jethro | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Highbrooks Eternal | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Ceiron Omega | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.132 | ||||
Race 3 - Baby Novice | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Miss Jackpot | 20 | £70 | |
2 | Ithon Hannah | Gate | £30 | |
3 | Dragon Penlan | Gate | £15 | |
4 | Hyar Temptation | 20 | £0 | |
5 | Reprieve | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Brywins Sweetheart | 10 | £0 | |
Time: 2.119 | ||||
Race 4 - Baby Novice | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Sam Dot Com | 20 | £70 | |
2 | Kickstart | 10 | £30 | |
3 | Welsh Cowboy | 10 | £15 | |
4 | Glan Dancer | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Shes Some Deal | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.082 | ||||
Race 5 - Novice H1 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Too Hot Today | 20 | £20 | |
2 | Ithon Express | 20 | £10 | |
3 | Man Of The Day | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Hold The Cards | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Ithon Gem | Gate | £0 | |
PU | Bon Hasty | 10 | £0 | |
WD | Greenhill Cliff | 10 | £0 | |
Time: 2.068 | ||||
Race 6 - Novice H2 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Ithon Hope | Gate | £20 | |
2 | Brywins Jo Jo | 10 | £10 | |
3 | Greenhill Megan | Gate | £0 | |
4 | A And As Beauty | 10 | £0 | |
5 | Nimbles Dream | 10 | £0 | |
6 | Mahogany Magic | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.085 | ||||
Race 7 - Novice Final | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Too Hot Today | 20 | £100 | |
2 | Ithon Express | 20 | £40 | |
3 | Brywins Jo Jo | 10 | £20 | |
4 | Ithon Hope | Gate | £0 | |
5 | A And As Beauty | 10 | £0 | |
6 | Man Of The Day | Gate | £0 | |
7 | Hold The Cards | Gate | £0 | |
8 | Greenhill Megan | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.070 | ||||
Race 8 - Grade B H1 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | My Immortal | 20 | £20 | |
2 | C U Boykin | Gate | £10 | |
3 | Brywins Beama | 20 | £0 | |
4 | Boomshakalakka | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Family Circle | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.088 | ||||
Race 9 - Grade B H2 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Meadowland Hasty | Gate | £20 | |
2 | Ithon Cracker | Gate | £10 | |
3 | Brywins Snowflake | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Clares Own | 20 | £0 | |
5 | Sunnyside Geoff | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.058 | ||||
Race 10 - Grade B Final | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Meadowland Hasty | Gate | £200 | |
2 | Ithon Cracker | Gate | £50 | |
3 | Brywins Snowflake | Gate | £25 | |
4 | Clares Own | 20 | £0 | |
5 | Brywins Beama | 20 | £0 | |
6 | My Immortal | 20 | £0 | |
7 | C U Boykin | Gate | £0 | |
8 | Boomshakalakka | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.028 | ||||
Race 11 - Grade A H1 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Strike A Light | 10 | £20 | |
2 | Saunders Playboy | Gate | £10 | |
3 | Faraway | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Blackfield Buddy | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Meadowbranch Mike | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Coalford Pride | 10 | £0 | |
Time: 2.044 | ||||
Race 12 - Grade A H2 | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Scoobys Dream | 60 | £20 | |
2 | Serenity | 20 | £10 | |
3 | Fold Be Nimble | 20 | £0 | |
4 | Terripan Hanover | 40 | £0 | |
5 | Bon Jasper | 60 | £0 | |
6 | Bellieve | 30 | £0 | |
Time: 2.056 | ||||
Race 13 - Grade A Final | ||||
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Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Strike A Light | 10 | £200 | |
2 | Saunders Playboy | Gate | £50 | |
3 | Serenity | 20 | £25 | |
4 | Terripan Hanover | 40 | £0 | |
5 | Fold Be Nimble | 20 | £0 | |
6 | Faraway | Gate | £0 | |
7 | Blackfield Buddy | Gate | £0 | |
8 | Scoobys Dream | 60 | £0 | |
Time: 2.037 | ||||