Welsh Rider And Trainer Double At Warwick Races

Glamorgan cricket ground Sophia Gardens Cardiff South Wales UK daffodil motif on entrance gates. Credit Jeff Morgan Alamy

Glamorgan cricket ground Sophia Gardens Cardiff South Wales UK daffodil motif on entrance gates. Credit Jeff Morgan Alamy

Pembrokeshire’s James Bowen had only two rides at Warwick in midweek and won on both of them  – an 89-1 double (writes Brian Lee). Both were trained by fellow Welshman Christian Williams at Ogmore-By-Sea. The double was initiated when six-year-old Fifty Shades, a 5-1 chance, won the handicap chase by a length from The Last […]

Pembrokeshire’s James Bowen had only two rides at Warwick in midweek and won on both of them  – an 89-1 double (writes Brian Lee).

Both were trained by fellow Welshman Christian Williams at Ogmore-By-Sea.

The double was initiated when six-year-old Fifty Shades, a 5-1 chance, won the handicap chase by a length from The Last Bridge, who was ridden by champion jockey Richard Johnson. 

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Fifty Shades’ stable-mate Conas Taoi finished a further one-and-a-quarter lengths back in third place.

Then, in the mares handicap hurdle, 14-1 shot Lace Bonnet got home by half-a-length from the lowly weighted Infiniti to make it a memorable day for trainer and rider.

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