Hursley Hambledon
Tweseldown
Sunday 11th December 2011
by Robin Gray
Leading local rider Philip York got off the mark for the season on Seymar Lad at Tweseldown on Sunday. Seymar Lad took up the running from Royal Tir with six fences to jump in the Spray Tek Members & Farmers race and coasted home for an easy success. Royal Tir and 18 year old Megan Trainor finished second - the partnership doing well to avoid In Media Res who had fallen at the last fence.
Both Frankie Hickman, 16, having her second ride and Chloe Swaffield, 24, racing for the third time scored their first successes respectively in the BFJ Consulting & Queens Hotel Portsmouth Ladies Open and the first division of the Brandon Hire Maiden.
Mount Sandel and Hickman made all the running in the Ladies to score by three lengths from Armoury House, but Swaffield had a harder task to persualde Battle Bridge to beat favourite Jimmy The Hat by half a length.
Divine Intavention was favourite for the Painsmith Solicitors Mens Open but had to give best by a length to Lorikarad ridden by Liam Payter. The winner is trained in Worcestershire by Charlotte Jones who has just the one horse in her stable.
With 55 runners from 75 entries this was one of the most successful meetings in recent years at Tweseldown. It augurs well for the Club fixture on 5th February 2012 when holders of the orange wristbands from last season's meeting will be admitted free of charge.
Results
Spray Tek Hursley Hambledon Members & Farmers
1 Seymar Lad (Philip York) 2 Royal Tir (Megan Trainor)
12 lengths - 4 ran - no time taken
Painsmith Solicitors Thames Valley Conditions
1 Who Else Knew (Robbie Henderson) 2 Parakeet 3 Hollow Ranger
1 length and one and a quarter lengths 12 ran 6min 22 sec.
BFJ Consulting - Queens Hotel Portsmouth Ladies Open
1 Mount Sandel (Francesca Hickman) 2 Armoury House 3 Qozak
3 lengths and 4 lengths 10 ran 6m 30s
Painsmith Solicitors Mens Open
1 Lorikarad (Liam Payter) 2 Divine Intavention 3 On My Living Life
1 length and 3.1/2 lengths 12 ran 6m 16s
Brandon Hire Maiden (Div.1.)
1 Battle Bridge (Chloe Swaffield) 2 Jimmy The Hat 3 Full Of Beans
half length and a distance 8 ran 6m 28s
Brandon Hire Maiden (Div.2.)
1 Bien Connu (Jack Barber) 2 Cut The Lugsreilly 3 Quand Je Reve de Toi
3.1/2 lengths 8 lengths 9 ran 6m 17s
