REVIEW |
For the second successive day, runners were
few and far between, thanks to the lack of rain seen in the region in the
past few weeks.
Bruce Forsyth used to say that “life is the name of the game”, but at Brocklesby
yesterday, it was jumping that was the name of the game for Lammoski in
the Restricted. Oliver Williams’ mount was forced to jump a full circuit
on his own after his two rivals, Phyllis (Fiona Needham) and I’m
Struggling (Richard Wakeham) both exited at the same point, and did so
admirably, including when being asked to jump the last despite the
carnage. Oliver has done particularly well to extract two wins out his
mount and who’s to say that they’ve finished winning yet, though he
won’t get any easier opportunities than this. Despite the unsuitable fast surface, Ababou
(Steve Charlton) got the better of Fine Times (Matthew Mackley) in the
Mens Open. The winner is a good animal and deserves to take his chance in
Novice Hunter Chases. This was the first sign of form that Fine Times has
shown this season and now that he has his preferred going, he may take a
race by the end of the season. Royal Snoopy (Rupert Abrahams) was one
paced in third and Big Thyne (Simon Walker) put in another lack-lustre
performance and is beginning to look ungenuine. In the Confined, The Nobleman (Simon
Walker) attempted to make all, but was just touched off on the line by the
odds on favourite Silver Spider (Stuart Morris). Silver Spider didn’t
look to enjoy the going and was dismounted after the line. This was a fine
attempt by The Nobleman, who was well supported in the market, and he can
take a small race now that the ground has dried up. Troubleshooter (Matthew Mackley) put in a
good front running display taking the 5, 6 & 7yo Maiden by a
length-and-a-half from the Bang And Blame (Thomas Greenall). The winner
jumped really well on this occasion, but won’t find many softer races
than this. Stuart Morris completed a double in the 8yo
and above Maiden, getting Cawkwell Princess up on the line to beat Master
Flash (James Clare) by a head. This really was “vintage” Morris and
it’s good to see him riding this well after the terrible injury that he
sustained in 2002. For the second day in a row, there was a walk over in the Ladies Open with Cadrillon (Jo Foster) taking the honours. With the recent lack of runners in these events, this surely adds fuel to those who would prefer to see mixed opens, as opposed to separate mens and ladies races. 5,6
& 7yo Maiden Confined Ladies
Open Mens
Open Restricted
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