Wales rugby star Jonathan Davies was a winner, while Evan Williams landed a double at the Welsh Horse Racing Awards, arranged by Chepstow, Ffos Las and Bangor Racecourses . Davies and All Stars Sports Racing won the National Hunt Owners’ award as owners of Coral Welsh Grand National winner Potters Corner – the first winner of the race owned and trained in Wales since 1965. Williams was named National Hunt Trainer of the Year for 2020, while stable jockey Adam Wedge was chosen as Jump Jockey of the Year, having won the first two Grade 1 races of his career, including the Stayers’ Hurdle on Lisnagar Oscar.

Wales’ Georgia Wilson is celebrating after winning silver for Great Britain in her first senior championships at the European Para-dressage Championships in Rotterdam. The 23-year-old from Wrexham, riding Midnight, finished second behind multi-Paralympian Pepo Puch from Austria, on Sailor’s Blue. Wilson’s score of 73.47% secured Britain’s first medal of the championships before she paid tribute to her trainer Sophie Wells.

James Broome will go head-to-head with his Great Britain teammates this weekend, when the Welsh carriage-driver competes at the Tristar Welsh National event at Cricklands. Two weeks ago, Broome – son of show jumping legend David – was part of the GB team that won a bronze medal at the Nations Cup in Holland. On Saturday and Sunday, he will be in opposition to colleagues Daniel Naprous and Wilf Bowman-Ripley at an event in Crick that counts as both a qualifier for the UK National Championships as well as a selection event for the British team.

A huge crowd turned up at Lower Machen, near Rudry, for the Tredegar Farmers Hunt Point-To-Point Steeplechases last Saturday and they were treated to an afternoon’s exciting sport. In the opening restricted race, the legendary national champion William Biddick, on Nigel Lilley’s French-bred eight-year-old mare Silver Louna, got home by a neck from the James King partnered Airpur Desbois the only other French-bred horse in the seven runner field.

Vale  of Glamorgan trainer Tim Vaughan  had a double at Ludlow with AllTimeGold  and Jefferson Davis (writes Brian Lee). The former,  partnered by stable jockey Alan Johns, landed the two-mile handicap chase, while Jefferson Davis, ridden by champion jockey Richard Johnson, won the three-mile handicap chase. A nice win here for Jefferson Davis under champion jockey @dickyjohnson77 […]

Teenager Jack Tudor landed a double at Sunday’s Melton Hunt Club Point-To-Point at Garthorpe and both were trained by his father Jonathan Tudor who is also having a cracking season. The 17-year-old Jac, from Merthyr Mawr, rode a winner at the Gelligaer Farmers fixture on Saturday and followed that with his two-timer. He won the club […]

Vale of Glamorgan’s Isabel Williams chalked-up her fifth point-to-point winner of the season at the well attended Gelligaer Farmers Hunt Steeplechases.  Isabel, the 21-year-old daughter of leading Welsh National Hunt trainer Evan Williams, has high hopes now of retaining her Welsh Lady Riders Championship title. In a thrilling finish to the young horse maiden race four of the nine runners […]

Llancarfan’s Evan Williams and Bridgend’s John Flint saddled winners at Wincanton and Worcester (writes Brian Lee). Williams saw his four-year-old Annsam land the maiden hurdle at Wincanton and dual purpose trainer John Flint took the handicap chase at Worcester with his nine-year-old Cillian’s Well. Annsam, partnered by stable jockey Adam Wedge and a 5-1 chance, won by […]

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 […]