Countryside Alliance (Wales) The amazing five-year-old Findlay's Find (Nick Williams) landed the Tim Vaughan Racing Mixed Open Race at the Countryside Alliance (Wales) meeting at Bonvillston in fine style coming home an official 14 lengths ahead of the useful ten-year-old Balearic Star (James Tudor).The other two runners Cottage River and Saucy Bingo were both pulled up. Findlay's Find was winning for the eighth time this season and according to Williams, who has won the Welsh Riders' Championship " He jumped better than ever.'' The one time inmate of Tim Vaughan's yard could be seen out again this weekend! Racing got under way with the 4,5,6 and 7Year-Old Open Maiden Race and Jodie Hughes, who has won the Welsh Ladies' Championship, survived a last fence blunder on Swaaheely Girl to win by half-a-length from Cardigan Island (George Humphrey). Owned and trained by Pontypridd's Luke Price, Swaaheely Girl, a five-year-old bay mare, was racing for only the second time and was described by Luke,who was saddling his fifth winner of the season, as "A bit of a bitch.'' Luke is hoping to attract more owners and can be contacted on 07776007083. Joseph Williams, 18, of St Mellons near Cardiff, rode a cracking race on Jack Rowsell's ten-year-old grey Stoneriggs Merc who got up on the run-in to win by half-a-length from the favourite Ask The Thatcher (Robbie Llewellyn). A length down at the last fence, Stoneriggs Merc, a winner over the course earlier this season, and who stands some 17hands high, being a grey was an appropriate winner of the race as he has won The Grey Kid Memorial Trophy. Wyn Morris's popular Grey Kid, it will be remembered, sadly dropped dead after finishing a close second at Trecoed last season. The Eight- Year-Old And Over Aged Maiden Race
was won by Chloe Roddick's nine-year-old chestnut gelding Nosler
who took it up five fences from the finish to win by twenty lengths
from Peter-Man (David Pritchard). Nosler was ridden for the first
time by Tom David who twenty four hours earlier had been riding in
a steeplechase in France. Tom's grandfather Jim Thomas, a former
leading point-to-point rider himself in the 1950s, was acting as a
steward Doctor Simon Clarke's ten-year-old bay gelding Diddle'Em gave Paul Tolman his eleventh winner of the season when out-jumping his six rivals to win the Intermediate Race by eight lengths from the favourite Mac Two (James Tudor). As there will be no more racing at the very popular venue - " for a number of reasons'' says land owner Mr Tudor Harris - we can only thank him and his family for the happy memories we will have of visiting Redlands Farm for the past 15 or so years. Winners: Young Horse Maiden: Swaaheely Girl (Jodie Hughes) 7-1 Novice Riders: Stoneriggs Merc (Joseph Williams) 6-1 Restricted:Sheer Brilliance (Bradley Gibbs) 7-1 Mixed Open:Findlay's Find (Nick Williams) 2-9 fav Aged Horse Maiden: Nosler (Tom David) 11-2 Intermediate: Diddle'Em (Paul Tolman) 4-1 Pony Racing 128CM: Bugsy (Jack Tudor) 3-1 138CM:Pennway Tap Dance (Lorcan Williams) 1-3 fav 148CM: Springs (Michael Bowen) 1-2 fav
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