Veteran rider Byron Moorcroft of Cowbridge seems to be riding better than ever, writes Brian Lee. He chalked up the 24th winner this season at the well attended Banwen Point-To-Point Club Steeplechases.. Moorcroft was riding Jason Warner’s five-year-old chestnut gelding French Piece, which scored by three lengths from Gowell after making most of the running. […]

Merthyr Mawr teenager Jack Tudor is making a bold bid to land the Fuller’s sponsored national novice riders’ championship. Tudor, aged 16, earned a treble at the Tivyside Hunt Point-to-Point Steeplechases at Lydstep in Pembrokeshire to take his tally so far to 13. Huw Edwards and Liam Harrison are Tudor’s closest challengers for the title won by […]

David Brace OBE and 16-year-old jockey Jack Tudor were back in the winners’ enclosure at Berkeley Hunt’s Point-To-Point Steeplechases (writes Brian Lee). Less than 24 hours after landing the Dunraven Bowl Novices Hunter Chase at Chepstow Racecourse with Pink Eyed Pedro, Brace and Tudor were winners again after Tudor riding Brace’s 12-year-old bay gelding William […]

Pink Eyed Pedro, owned, trained and bred by David Brace of the Dunraven Stud at Pyle, near Bridgend, ran out an easy 11-lengths winner of the Dunraven Bowl Novices’ Hunter Chase at Chepstow (writes Brian Lee). The eight-year-old bay gelding gave sponsor Brace his first success in the race since it was first staged in […]

  Welsh jockey Connor Brace had two rides at far flung Perth in Scotland for his guvnor, Cotswold trainer Fergal O’Brien, and won on both (writes Brian Lee). The former national novice champion point-to-point rider won the Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle on six-year-old Carolls Milan, who was completing a three-timer and then took the closing Novices […]

Welsh rugby International Cory Hill has a share in a syndicate horse that has won three point-to-point races this season (writes Brian Lee). He saw his mare take the honours at South Pembrokeshire Hunt Point-To-Point Steeplechases, Lydstep. It was the first time Hill had watched five-year-old chestnut Highway Jewel race win when she beat solitary rival Ruperra […]

Hunt racing returned to Redland Farm, Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan for the first time since 2012, and organisers were rewarded with a huge attendance (writes Brian Lee). It was the best at a point-to-point in the Wales area for many years. There were 11 bookmakers in attendance –  three more than usual – and […]

South Pembrokeshire Hunt will be hosting their ever-popular Easter meeting at Lydstep on Monday, April 22 (writes Steph Rogers). The meeting has attracted 82 entries in all with the feature race, The Connolly’s Red Mills Intermediate Race, boasting 10 strong entries.  The impressive Highway Jewel could make it three from three for David and Bradley […]

Merthyr Mawr’s Jack Tudor, aged 16, had his biggest win to date when he won the Cheltenham Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on Uno Mas (writes Brian Lee). The horse is trained by former National Hunt jockey Christian Williams at Ogmore-By-Sea.  Five-year-old Uno Mas, a 14-1 chance, got home by a neck from Cornborough, ridden […]

A 10-year-old horse called Risk A Fine, trained at Pyle near Bridgend by former rugby star Gareth Moore, won the hunter chase at Stratford and in doing so denied runner-up Master Baker a four-timer (writes Brian Lee). Risk A Fine, a winner of a similar event 17 days ago, was partnered by James King and […]

Point-To-Point racing returns to Redlands Farm, Bonvilston near Cowbridge, on Easter Saturday for the first time since 2012 when the Glamorgan Hunt hold their popular annual steeplechases (writes Brian Lee). With excellent viewing facilities and a six race card including a £1,000 feature race an exciting afternoon’s racing is promised. Glamorgan Hunt entry is £10 […]

Lorcan Williams, who hails from West Wales, had four rides for legendary trainer Paul Nicholls at Fontwell and won on three of them (writes Brian Lee). After finishing a length runner-up on the top weighted Tomorrow Mystery to Magical Thomas in the opening Handicap Hurdle, the former point-to-point rider won the next three races at […]

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 […]

Dual purpose trainer John Flint took the M&M Green Haulage Handicap Chase at Ffos Las (writes Brian Lee). His 10-year-old course and distance winner Lac Sacre finished 12 lengths ahead of the Evan Williams-trained Sutters Mill.  Lac Sacre, a 9-1 chance, was partnered by Paddy Brennan. Earlier in the day, Williams’ Flight To Milan had […]

Wales’ David Prichard, aged 27, came in for plenty of praise at Taunton. He landed the PontisPool Equine Sports Centre Maiden Hunters’ Chase on Claire Hitch’s 10-year-old Im All Set, denying favourite Harriet Waight’s CoCo Live of a five-timer. David, assistant trainer to South Molton’s Kayley Woolacott and a 3lb claiming rider, got his mount […]

Isabel Williams and Jack Tudor, who both  live in the Vale of Glamorgan, rode winners at Ludlow, writes Brian Lee. Isabel, riding Burn Baby Byrne for her National Hunt trainer father Evan, scored a one-and-a-half lengths win over Mabela in the Weatherbys TBA Mares’ Handicap Hurdle. Jack was aboard the seven-year-old Hidden Charmer in the Heath Farm […]

Welsh champion point-to-point rider Bradley Gibbs, 24, was in cracking form at the well attended Monmouthshire Hunt Point-To-Point Steeplechases at Monmouth Showground.  He rode a four-timer and took his wins total for the season to 17. Bradley took the opening Connolly’s Red Mills Intermediate race on the nine-year-old Captain McGinley, leading two fences from home […]

Bradley Gibbs, who rode three winners at the Brecon & Talybont Hunt Point-To-Point Steeplechases, took his season’s total of wins to 13 with a first at the Teme Valley & United Pack meeting. Gibbs was on board the Pip Hooley trained Ertidaad at Brampton Bryan in North Herefordshire. Ertidaad owner John Chinn was not able […]

Welsh trainers Phil Dando, Tim Vaughan  and Dai Rees all saddled winners at Bangor-on-Dee (writes Brian Lee). Dando, who trains at Peterston-super-Ely, took the Broxton Gates Handicap Hurdle with his home bred Driftwood Haze which scored by half-a-length from bottom weighted Samson’s Reach, ridden by James Bowen. Driftwood Haze, a 5-1 chance, was partnered by Mitchell […]

Wales’ leading Arabian horse racing jockey Charlie Price is equally comfortable over the sticks as he is on the Flat and at Chepstow he won the opening novice hurdle handicap (writes Brian Lee). Price is attached to Vale of Glamorgan trainer Tim Vaughan’s yard.  Riding 11-year-old Flanagans Field for Bargoed’s Bernard Llewellyn, Price won by […]