Talsarn Racing
Talsarn races is a typical ‘Cardi’ meeting with lots of local support, making it an enjoyable day for competitors and public alike. This year they were celebrating thirty years since its foundation and the day lived up to expectations for this traditional event.
Perhaps the day could be summed up with the winner of the Nursery, The Wow Factor owned trained and driven by Matt Lewis from Welshpool which started the afternoon’s proceedings on the right road.
The Novice heats were the next on the card with Brywins Lucky Charm (Jones Brecon) adding another heat win within four days of his last success, as driver Aled Davies guided him home in front of C U Choteau (Thomas Llanbister) and Hyar Temptation (Thomas Tregroes). In the second heat Miss Jackpot with owner Mel Langford at the controls, made little of her twenty yard handicap to win from Tyssul Pearl (Barton Clunderwen) while Precious Cargo (Gwatkin Evenjobb) on his season’s debut was third.
Lakeside Pan (Elder New Quay) was another back marker to score in the first Grade B heat, beating Habberley Haste (Lloyd New Radnor) and Blackies Boy (Prosser Libanus). In the second heat the grey Camden Lock (Probert Merthyr) was the victor coming home in front of Mahogany Magic (Davies Dihewyd) with Ithon Gypsy (Jones Llanbister) in third.
Blackfield Buddy (Barton Clunderwen) scored a popular win in the first heat of the Grade A while Merrington Man (Thomas Rhymney) was second and Meadowland Hasty (Price Brecon) was third. In the second Grade A heat, No Mercy (Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey) claimed victory from Strike a Light (Lloyd Kington) with the in form Chaps Commander (Jones Talgarreg) in third.
George Gentle with owner Zak Lewis from Welshpool began their climb up the racing ladder with a win in the first Baby Novice race with BG’s Star (Wilson Llanfihangel ar arth) in second and Fitch (Harries Merthyr) in third. In the second Baby Novice it was another gate horse, Self Pozest with her young owner James Hussey from Merthyr who were first passed the post from Hilltop Surprise (Tromans Newcastle Emlyn) in second and Ceiron Overway (Williams Port yr Rhyd) in third.
Jango Fett with owner Debbie Hitchcock, were the victors in the dash ahead of Brywins Jo Jo (Jones Ammanford) on her season’s debut while American Gigolo (Elder Blaencelyn) was third.
Rebecca Hitchcock with her usual partner Ithon Ghost (Wilson Llanfihangel ar arth) claimed a win in the saddle race in front of Terripan Hanover (Davies Dihewyd) with Saunders Playboy (Pritchard Rhosgoch) in third.
Made in Wales (Evans Red Roses) won the consolation ahead of Finbarr Messenger (Meaney Merthyr) and Forrest Surprise (Miles Merthyr).
The afternoon’s racing was completed with the three finals, in the Novice Brywins Lucky Charm (Jones Brecon) repeated his heat win for local driver Aled Davies while C U Choteau (Thomas Llanbister) claimed another second prize with Tyssul Pearl (Barton Clunderwen) in third.
The Grade B Final went to Habberley Haste owned by the Lloyd family from New Radnor and driven by trainer Andrew Hardwick from Brecon, in second was Lakeside Pan (Elder New Quay) with Camden Lock (Probert Merthyr) coming third.
The Grade A Final provided the climax of the day with No Mercy driven by Louisa Barton for her parents the Weigel family from Llanddewi Velfrey in second was Strike a Light (Lloyd Kington) while Meadowland Hasty (Price Brecon) was third.
Next week there is a mid week meeting at Newbridge on Wednesday August 13th starting at 4pm with the weekend meeting at Postbach in Ceredigion on Saturday August 16th with a 1pm start time.
Detailed Results
Race 1 - Nursery | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | The Wow Factor | Gate | £0 | |
2 | Live the Life | 20 | £0 | |
3 | Glan Buckley | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Highbrooks Martini | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Rhyds Backchat | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Jets Boy | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.183 | ||||
Race 2 - Baby Novice | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | George Gentle | Gate | £60 | |
2 | B Gs Star | Gate | £20 | |
3 | Fitch | 10 | £10 | |
4 | Brywins Crispyduck | 10 | £0 | |
5 | Forest Surprise | 20 | £0 | |
6 | Symlog Imp | 10 | £0 | |
Time: 2.149 | ||||
Race 3 - Baby Novice | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Self Pozest | Gate | £60 | |
2 | Hilltop Surprise | Gate | £20 | |
3 | Ceiron Overway | Gate | £10 | |
4 | Finnbarr Messenger | 10 | £0 | |
5 | Made In Wales | 10 | £0 | |
6 | Gold Ness | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.161 | ||||
Race 4 - Novice H1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Brywins Luckycharm | Gate | £20 | |
2 | C U Choteau | 10 | £0 | |
3 | Hyar Temptation | 20 | £0 | |
4 | Blackfield Billie | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Brywins Sweetheart | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.138 | ||||
Race 5 - Novice H2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Miss Jackpot | 20 | £20 | |
2 | Tyssul Pearl | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Precious Cargo | 10 | £0 | |
4 | Chinatown Lucky | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Llwyns Hall | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.108 | ||||
Race 6 - Novice Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Brywins Luckycharm | Gate | £150 | |
2 | C U Choteau | 10 | £50 | |
3 | Tyssul Pearl | Gate | £20 | |
4 | Chinatown Lucky | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Hyar Temptation | 20 | £0 | |
6 | Precious Cargo | 10 | £0 | |
7 | Miss Jackpot | 20 | £0 | |
Time: 2.136 | ||||
Race 7 - Grade B H1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Lakeside Pan | 20 | £25 | |
2 | Habberley Haste | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Blackies Boy | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Greenhill Emily | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Bon Hasty | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Vyrnwy Taffie | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.112 | ||||
Race 8 - Grade B H2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Camden Lock | Gate | £25 | |
2 | Mahogany Magic | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Ithon Gypsy | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Jango Fett | 20 | £0 | |
5 | Kickstart | 10 | £0 | |
6 | Faraway | 20 | £0 | |
7 | Cross Current | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.125 | ||||
Race 9 - Grade B Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Habberley Haste | Gate | £300 | |
2 | Lakeside Pan | 10 | £40 | |
3 | Camden Lock | Gate | £20 | |
4 | Mahogany Magic | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Ithon Gypsy | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Greenhill Emily | Gate | £0 | |
7 | Blackies Boy | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 2.124 | ||||
Race 10 - Grade A H1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Blackfield Buddy | Gate | £25 | |
2 | Merrington Man | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Meadowland Hasty | Gate | £0 | |
4 | Terripan Hanover | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Clares Own | 20 | £0 | |
6 | Saunders Playboy | Gate | £0 | |
7 | IB Gucci | 20 | £0 | |
8 | Premier Dream | 20 | £0 | |
9 | Artisan | 30 | £0 | |
Time: 2.111 | ||||
Race 11 - Grade A H2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | No Mercy | Gate | £25 | |
2 | Strike A Light | 10 | £0 | |
3 | Chaps Commander | 30 | £0 | |
4 | Bon Jasper | 40 | £0 | |
5 | Rhyds Desire | 10 | £0 | |
6 | Kestrels Rogue | Gate | £0 | |
7 | American Gigolo | Gate | £0 | |
8 | Ithon Inmate | 10 | £0 | |
Time: 2.087 | ||||
Race 12 - Grade A Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | No Mercy | Gate | £400 | |
2 | Strike A Light | 20 | £80 | |
3 | Meadowland Hasty | Gate | £30 | |
4 | Bon Jasper | 40 | £0 | |
5 | Blackfield Buddy | Gate | £0 | |
6 | Merrington Man | Gate | £0 | |
7 | Chaps Commander | 30 | £0 | |
Time: 2.119 | ||||
Race 13 - Saddle | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Ithon Ghost | Gate | £50 | |
2 | Terripan Hanover | 20 | £20 | |
3 | Saunders Playboy | 20 | £10 | |
Time: 2.115 | ||||
Race 14 - Dash | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Jango Fett | 20 | £60 | |
2 | Brywins Jo Jo | Gate | £20 | |
3 | American Gigolo | 20 | £10 | |
4 | Brywins Sweetheart | Gate | £0 | |
5 | Llwyns Hall | Gate | £0 | |
Time: 1.392 | ||||
Race 15 - Consolation | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Position | Horse Name | Handicap | Prize | |
1 | Made In Wales | 10 | £25 | |
2 | Finnbarr Messenger | Gate | £0 | |
3 | Forest Surprise | 10 | £0 | |
4 | Vyrnwy Taffie | 30 | £0 | |
5 | IB Gucci | 70 | £0 | |
Time: 2.169 | ||||