A 'large and enthusiastic crowd' gathered for a 'thrilling day' of point to point amateur horse racing at a traditional Shropshire meet.
A 'large and enthusiastic crowd' gathered for a 'thrilling day' of point to point amateur horse racing at a traditional Shropshire meet.The Bank Holiday Monday meeting on the banks of the River Severn at Eyton-on-Severn on May 6 saw 75 horses run on ground described as"excellent" for an extended card of nine races.
Among the successes were Phil Rowley who trained a treble courtesy of Forest Chimes in the Mixed Open, Subtle Fortune in the Intermediate and Perryville in the first division of the three-mile Maiden. Rowley’s jockey Darren Andrews rode the first two of them to record a double. In the first division of the Maiden, Clara Brewitt brought Perryville to challenge Freestyle Fighter at the second last and held on well to win by three-quarters of a length.
The winner is owned by Orchard Stables and is trained by Eamonn O’Donnabhain, who said that they had been waiting for better ground to run the horse. The winner got the biggest cheer of the day as the syndicate is made up of the jockey and a few of the meeting’s organisers. It was also a first training success for Neil Gittins who trains locally.
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