18 May 2009 Report: North West Point-to-Point Club - Tabley
by Arthur Shone
SCRAPPIE: and Tom Greenall won the Mens Open race
photo: Sweet Photography
The North West Point-to-Point Club meeting at Tabley was one for the true enthusiasts, as the meeting was subjected to heavy bursts of rain during the majority of the racing, which resulted in a very low turn out of racegoers.
It turned out to be bumper day for rider Tom Greenall who completed a four timer. Yorkshire trainer Cherry Coward took the training honours with a treble.
he feature race on the card was the Dodson & Horrell PPORA Club Members Championship Final for novice riders. Only six runners went to post but they were a quality lot, and coming to the last fence there were virtually three in line, but Grenfell under Sam Twiston-Davies found the better turn of foot to win going away by two lengths from Toby Greenall on Pristine Condition. Texas Ranger, under Allison Pocklington, was a further six lengths back in third. The winner is trained by the rider's mother Cathy Twiston-Davies.
Lagosta, with Rachael Reynolds in the plate, ran out a very comfortable twelve length winner in Ladies Open over the jolly Flashy Boy, ridden by Hannah Burton. The Fort Wood gelding is owned and trained at Ludlow by Steve Graham and was winning his second race of the season after previously finding the winners enclosure at Maisemore. He was given the horse as a gift two years ago by Martin and Angela Roddis, who he used to work for ten years ago.
The opening Open Maiden was won in good style by Tom Greenall on Ahwaak, the combination quickened up well to beat Lazzari by six lengths, with Shales Ay Jay a further eight lengths back in third. The winner is trained at Newmarket by Emma Candy, the daughter of trainer Henry Candy. The gelding is owned jointly by Rupert Erskine Crum and bloodstock agent David Redvers, who owns Tweenhill Stud. The winner was bought at the Doncaster Sales by Redvers for £4,200 gns, having originally cost £500,000 as a yearling.
The second of Tom Greenall's winners came aboard the progressive Scrappie in the Mens Open. The gelding found a nice turn of foot of the run in to beat Wickford under Adrian Wintle readily by a length and a half. The winner is trained in Yorkshire by Cherry Coward and owned by the rider's father Lord Daresbury.
The same combination of owner trainer and rider were back in the winners enclosure following the success of Ile De Paris in the 10 year old and upwards Club Members race. Fresh Love, with Will Telfer in the plate was second, with the favourite Noble Persian under Burtie in third.
Coward and Greenall rounded off a good day when Aldea ran out a cosy winner of the Restricted beating Petina with Trocadeno third.
Adam Wadlow had the choice of riding Ricky B or Le Seychellois in the Club Members Race, he chose Ricky B who was unplaced. Le Seychellois was ridden by Will Kinsey and came home unchallenged by an easy 20 lengths from Classic Shot. Lambrini mist was a neck back in third. The winner is trained at Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey by Richard Hewitt who said afterwards that he told Adam Wadlow that he thought he had chosen the wrong one to ride!
