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GOODGIRLTERESA takes the IWEC Electrical Mares’ Handicap Steeple Chase for
@k_woollacott
and
@MichelNolan1
🏇🏻🏆 well done to all involved!
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Tremendous afternoon for the Bowen brothers after they rode 5 of the 7 winners on today's card
@Chepstow_Racing
-
@Sean_Bowen_
rode a double &
@james_bowen_
secured a treble - well done lads, great effort!
@HarryFryRacing1
@EWilliamsRacing
@colintizzard
@SammyTRacing
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A blast from the past with
@Conbrace01
@BenJone04644251
@jacktudor9
@williams_lorcan
all aged between 10 and 13. Brilliant photo!!! We are posting it to celebrate Connor riding out his claim last week.
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A more detailed update from our General Manager - Kevin Hire
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RACING IS ABANDONED. Despite the best efforts of the Clerk and all the ground team, and the track looking in great condition, horse welfare must come first and we cannot provide hot and cold water due to frozen pipes.
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Congratulations to
@Sean_Bowen_
who has ended the jump season with his best ever total of 95 winners. He's won more than £1m of prize money. Plenty of highlights including Mac Tottie in the Topham
@AintreeRaces
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Winning owners from our last race Scarlets & Wales rugby players Gareth Davies & Rob Evans!
🏉🏇🏴
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On final day of jump season, a special mention to one of Pembrokeshire's finest ever sportsmen
@Sean_Bowen_
- he's ridden 157 winners and despite 7 weeks off with injury almost won the championship - some performance. It'll be your turn very soon. Good luck from all
@FfosLasRC
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So many wonderful tributes today to retired Welsh trainer Dai Burchell who has passed away. The thoughts of the team
@FfosLasRC
are with Ruth and the family.
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Some great photos of
@MadnessNews
performing here on Saturday 🤩 did you know they are playing at our sister track
@Chepstow_Racing
on the 8th June?
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Jockey
@Conbrace01
at the double
@plumptonraces
today with winners aboard Blue Bikini and Champagne Well for trainer
@OBMRacing
- congratulations!
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Our General Manager - Kevin Hire gives an update on the course and all the fantastic work the grounds team are doing ahead of Thursday’s meeting.
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These guys have ridden 75 winners between them this season - keep 'em coming lads
@Sean_Bowen_
@williams_lorcan
@james_bowen_
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West Wales - the home of top jump jockeys
@BenJone04644251
and
@williams_lorcan
who both rode winners at the Cheltenham Festival today - well done lads, we are proud of you!
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A fantastic win for Pembrokeshire trainer
@rebcurtis
with Lisnagar Oscar in the
@paddypower
Stayers' Hurdle
@CheltenhamRaces
under a superb ride from
@Adamkwedge
- congratulations from all
@FfosLasRC
, your local racecourse!
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Best wishes to Ebbw Vale based Dai Burchell who will retire from training next month. Dai, who will be 85 in February, has been training since 1983 and has saddled around 450 winners. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Welsh Horse Racing Awards in 2018.
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THE NEW ONE - Race 5 winner, congratulations to winning jockey
@ZBaker94
& trainer
@NigelTwistonDav
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The New One, who has sadly passed away after a bout of colic, was a proper equine star. He won more than £1m in prize money with one of his many top class victories coming in the 2017 Welsh Champion Hurdle...
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We love the winter but we also can't wait for summer to see this top man in action
@FfosLasRC
- our leading flat jockey of 2019
@oismurphy
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Well done
@Sean_Bowen_
on finishing the season as the leading Welsh jump jockey with 68 victories and £540,000 of prize money.
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The team
@FfosLasRC
would like to congratulate Pembrokeshire jockey
@williams_lorcan
after his win on Porlock Bay
@CheltenhamRaces
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Great day yesterday for the
@EWilliamsRacing
family. Isabel rode
@FfosLasRC
and completed a hat trick on Memphis Bell & the stable star and former Welsh Champion Hurdle winner Silver Streak won
@kemptonparkrace
. Something to cheer us up in Wales!
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Our grounds team were out earlier testing the ground.
So far so good. Fingers crossed the weather is kind to us overnight 🤞
Inspection at 0730. We will update everyone soon after.
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As well as a magnificent performance from
@Sean_Bowen_
in the 2023/2024 jump jockeys' championship big shout out too for
@BenJone04644251
@james_bowen_
&
@jacktudor9
who flew the flag for Wales with 55, 52 and 47 winners respectively. Well done lads!
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It’s great to welcome Patrick Mullins to Ffos Las ahead of his ride in our first race!
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Fair play to Dai Rees who was joint leading jump trainer at Ffos Las last season with
@EWilliamsRacing
. It's quite an achievement for Dai who has around 10 horses in training. He had 5 winners from 17 runners, a 29% strike rate.
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Best of luck to
@Sean_Bowen_
tomorrow when he rides the strongly fancied Metier in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle for trainer
@HarryFryRacing1
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Well done to 18 year old Katie Powell who won the Stable Staff Recognition Award at this year’s
@RacehorseOwners
Welsh Horse Racing Awards - she works for trainer Sheila Lewis
@thebeautymill
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Well done to
@BenJone04644251
, son of Clerk of the Course, Dai Jones, for winning our penultimate race of the day on Lac Sacre, trained by
@Johnflint_11
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The thoughts of everyone in the team
@FfosLasRC
are with the racecourse founder and former chairman Dai Walters and his family after yesterday's helicopter crash in North Wales - wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Despite retiring in 2015
@AP_McCoy
remains our leading jockey since we opened in 2009 but
@Adamkwedge
is closing in - he has 66 winners and is just three behind the 20 time champion. Adam has 5 rides on our card this Thursday - first race 1.23pm.
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Further Inspection: We are having another look at the track at 11am - conditions improving.
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The last few days have seen a great run of winners for Team Bowen:
Three from his last 4 rides for
@Sean_Bowen_
Three from his last 6 rides for
@james_bowen_
Two wins from last 3 runners for
@Peter_Bowen_
Well done all!
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What a day it turned out to be for jockey
@Sean_Bowen_
- he's ridden a treble
@haydockraces
on Quel Destin, Robinsfirth and Lisnagar Oscar (for Pembrokeshire trainer
@rebcurtis
) - congratulations from your local racecourse
@FfosLasRC
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It's 90 winners for the season for
@Sean_Bowen_
after a double with us today - he was successful aboard Dunbar and Lord Bryan. He's in action
@Chepstow_Racing
tomorrow.
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These beautiful retrained racehorses with
@RoRlatest
haven't forgotten their former lives racing around tracks like
#ffoslasracecourse
!
We're delighted the group has joined us at
#countrysideday
to tell us about the successful careers these wonderful animals can have after racing
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What a day for amateur jockey Ellie Williams who has ridden her first winner aboard Olympic Honour in our final race today - Ellie combines her role at
@EWilliamsRacing
with her other job as a racing executive with us
@FfosLasRC
&
@Chepstow_Racing
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The team
@FfosLasRC
would like to congratulate
@james_bowen_
for winning the BBC Wales Young Sportsman of the Year Award
@TheCelticManor
this evening
#WSA2018
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Congratulations to the
@Peter_Bowen_
yard after taking the bumper
@CarlisleRaces
today with Equus Dancer ridden by
@james_bowen_
- now for the 300 mile trip home!
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Members of the
@CWilliamsRacing
Club are delighted after the admirable Uno Mas wins again - that’s nine career victories. Today’s success came in the 3m handicap hurdle.
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Check out this photo of Ffos Las Racecourse in 1987 when it was an open cast coal site! 👀
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Well done jockey
@BenJone04644251
– today he rode the 100th winner of his relatively short career when Beau Haze was successful
@Chepstow_Racing
for trainer Phillip Dando, the same person who supplied his first ever success in the saddle.
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Our General Manager Simon Rowlands today presented
@davidprobert9
with a framed montage of his eight winners
@FfosLasRC
earlier this month - David rode another three winners at the course today!
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LITTERALE – Race 5 winner, congratulations to winning jockey
@AineOConnor91
& trainer
@HarryFryRacing1
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Jerry Hinds, a very happy winning owner, after his gelding Glory And Fortune won the £50,000
@PotterGRacing
Welsh Champion Hurdle - trained by
@tflacey
and ridden by
@StanSheppard9
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Vision Des Flos arriving 🏇🏻 makes his chasing debut in The Smerdon Novices Chase, good luck to the Colin Tizzard team🤞🏼
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Welsh jockey
@williams_lorcan
is celebrating a tremendous victory in today's Midlands Grand National
@UttoxeterRaces
aboard Truckers Lodge, trained by
@PFNicholls
- the horse was runner-up to Potters Corner in last year's
@coral
Welsh Grand National.
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Another excellent day at the office for a few Welsh jockeys - winners around the country for
@williams_lorcan
@jacktudor9
@alan_johns1
&
@richpatrick17
- good news!
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In the last 5 years
@oismurphy
has ridden 7 winners with us - today he rode 4 in one day. Brilliant! Here's the story from
@AtTheRaces
-
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It’s been a fabulous FIVE winners
@FfosLasRC
tonight for Bargoed born
@davidprobert9
- congratulations on a fantastic achievement.
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What a fantastic effort by Welsh trainer
@TVaughanRacing
to lose almost three stone to ride in today’s Town Plate
@NewmarketRace
.
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It's been 'Bowen' day
@SedgefieldRace
today with two winners for
@james_bowen_
and one for
@Sean_Bowen_
with one of the winners, Getastar, trained by
@Peter_Bowen_
- well done all!
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Wells De Lune, trained by
@Peter_Bowen_
, was beaten in a seller
@FfosLasRC
in May - since then he's won four times including two victories
@Cartmelrace
this weekend. He's amassed around £40,000 of prize money too - great training performance!
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Jockey Sam Ewing is celebrating a fantastic double at the Big Welsh Racing Weekend after victory aboard Effernock Fizz in today’s
@DragonBetWales
Welsh Champion Hurdle the day after success
@Chepstow_Racing
aboard Peregrine Run in the Native River Chase.
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Great to see
@Conbrace01
in the Winners' Enclosure today after an easy victory
@NewburyRacing
aboard Paint The Dream for owner David Brace and trainer
@OBMRacing
.
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Jockey
@james_bowen_
is hoping for a second victory in the
@coral
Welsh Grand National when he rides the strongly fancied Springfield Fox for trainer
@TomGeorgeRacing
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The long trip from Ogmore-By-Sea to
@SedgefieldRace
has paid off for local trainer
@CWilliamsRacing
as Cap Du Nord has just won the 2.40pm under
@james_bowen_
🏇🙌
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We'll be holding a precautionary inspection tomorrow morning at 7.30am to assess prospects for our Christmas Party Race Day.
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Many happy returns to
@FfosLasRC
Raceday Presenter Martin Higgs , who had to work his birthday night yesterday.
Everyone knows what a great job he does for us in the Parade Ring, always the professional with a smile and a kind word for all. But we all don’t believe your still 21!
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A bottle of champagne for jockey
@kai_lenihan
after riding his first ever winner today when Seaston Spirit took our 5th race for trainer
@OliverSherwood
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Jockey
@samtwiston
has ridden 54 winners
@FfosLasRC
since we opened in 2009. Good luck
@AintreeRaces
in the next 3 days.
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A huge thank you to
@JamesJohnLovell
& David Lovell
@DragonBetWales
for sponsoring today's Welsh Champion Hurdle and Norton's Coin Novices' Chase - their fantastic support of
@FfosLasRC
is greatly appreciated. Good luck with the business!
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WELL DONE to
@BenJone04644251
for scoring his first Cheltenham Festival winner!
This will not be his last!
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Sending best wishes to one of our leading jockeys
@Adamkwedge
who will be out of action for a while after sustaining a back injury in a schooling fall last week -
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The moment Silver Streak won The Welsh Champion Hurdle 😍
@EWilliamsRacing
@AdamKwedge
@DunravenWindows
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The team
@FfosLasRC
would like to congratulate Janet Davies
@jaydee58
, one of the leading owners in Wales, with the victory of the
@EWilliamsRacing
trained Prime Venture in the
@UnibetRacing
Veterans' Chase Final
@Sandownpark
today - great ride
@Adamkwedge
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We've been speaking to jockey
@BenJone04644251
who recently rode his 100th career winner and he's full of praise for his Dad
@DFfoslas
- here's the story -
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Our new Clerk of the Course at
@FfosLasRC
Tracey OMeara headed west with General Manager Kevin Hire to spend time with top Welsh Trainer
@Peter_Bowen_
while enjoying the glorious sunshine down in Pembrokeshire this morning.
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Happy retirement to
@dickyjohnson77
- a true champion and a fantastic ambassador for our sport. Best wishes for the future.
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Well done to trainer Shelia Lewis
@thebeautymill
and jockey
@BenJone04644251
as Volcano registers a 4th win of the season with victory
@WarwickRaces
this afternoon.
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A treble for
@BenJone04644251
today
@Chepstow_Racing
on the same his Dad, Dai (our former clerk of the course) officially started his new role as clerk at Chepstow. Ben is now on 30 winners for the season. Two of his successes came for Pembrokeshire trainer
@rebcurtis
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We are delighted to name a race this Sunday after the wonderful Tobefair, a winner
@CheltenhamRaces
yesterday as well as 7 races on the trot from 2015 to 2017 - he's trained in Carmarthenshire by Debra Hamer and owned by the Down The Quay Club. What a star!
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The Bowen brothers have been flying the flag for Pembrokeshire in the last few days.
@james_bowen_
rode a double at Ascot on Saturday &
@Sean_Bowen_
followed up Friday's win at
@Ascot
on the impressive Metier with a double at Uttoxeter yesterday. Well done lads!
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Great to see
@CWilliamsRacing
🏴 back in Winners Enclosure
@Huntingdon_Race
. Good ride by
@GavinSheehan92
. Well done Team CWilliams
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Great to see five Welsh (or Welsh based) jockeys currently in the Top 20 riders -
@Sean_Bowen_
@Adamkwedge
@james_bowen_
@Conbrace01
and
@BenJone04644251
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We're sure our Clerk of the Course Dai Jones had a smile on his face (again) today when his son
@BenJone04644251
rode his 31st winner of the season aboard Le Ligerien
@NewburyRacing
- great to see
@jacktudor9
get on the scoresheet too with Eddiemaurice for
@Johnflint_11
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🎈🎈Happy Anniversary to us! Eleven years ago today we held our first race meeting with 10,000 people in attendance. The opening race went to Plunkett, trained by
@EWilliamsRacing
and ridden by Donal Fahy. 🍾🎈🎈🥂
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We are delighted to reveal that
@Sean_Bowen_
is our Official Ambassador of Ffos Las Racecourse 👏🏇
Read all about his new role below 👇
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Congratulations to Conor Ring
@conorring12
in riding his claim out at our Sister track
@Chepstow_Racing
on Ask Brewster for
@EWilliamsRacing
today 🏇
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Congratulations to jockey
@jpbargary94
after his win on Amateur in the
@PotterGRacing
@CanterCarpet
West Wales National for trainer
@Johnflint_11
- he’s a happy man...
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One of the most popular recent winners of the
@DragonBetWales
Welsh Champion Hurdle was Silver Streak in 2018 for trainer
@EWilliamsRacing
and jockey
@Adamkwedge
. This year's race is off at 3.10pm this Sunday. Tickets available in advance and on the day.
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.
@EWilliamsRacing
chats about winning, Welsh weather and having a great day at
#ffoslasracecourse
today as he took a double with
@Adamkwedge
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After a night celebrating the successes at the
@RacehorseOwners
Welsh Horse Racing Awards, fabulous to see more big wins today for
@EWilliamsRacing
@CWilliamsRacing
@SammyTRacing
with Dans Le Vent, Strictlyadancer and Before Midnight.
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HEXAGON wins the Ffos Las welcomes Jean Delarre Novice Stakes for
@RogerCharlton
and
@Jason7Watson1
🏆🏇🏻
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FORMULA ONE by Frankel, takes The 4:15 Watch Live Programming On The
@AtTheRaces
APP Novice Stakes for jockey
@benacurtis
and trainer
@hpalmerracing
👏🏻👏🏻
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A winner
@KelsoRacecourse
for our honorary chairman Dai Walters
@TheWaltersGroup
&
@CanterCarpet
with Mario De Pail trained by
@SammyTRacing
- it's been a brilliant day for the trainer who also scored with Iwilldoit ridden by
@Conbrace01
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Congratulations
@Peter_Bowen_
&
@CWilliamsRacing
with your
@FakenhamRC
winners today - Game Line (Norfolk National) and Barden Bella were both successful.
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What a great day
@Ascot
for
@benpauling1
and Jockey
@BenJone04644251
3 very nice winners and a close second. Well done Team
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Well done to
@StarsRacing
& Jonathan Davies, owners of
@Coral
Welsh Grand National winner Potters Corner, for winning Jump Owner of the Year at the 2020 Welsh Horse Racing Awards. The Chaser of the Year Award also went to Potters Corner. Here’s
@GarethMaule
from the owners...
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What a day for Pembrokeshire trainers at the big meeting
@MarketRasenRace
! It was a 7th Summer Plate for
@Peter_Bowen_
who scored with Francky Du Berlais ridden by
@james_bowen_
. The yard also won with Rooster Cogburn
@Sean_Bowen_
&
@rebcurtis
was successful with Sunset Showdown.
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Race 6 Result - County Living Group Handicap
🥇 Beryl Burton 12-1
🥈 Wow William 14-1
🥉 My Boy Charles 10-1
Jockey:
@FMcmanoman
Trainer:
@JohnWathenBerry
Owner: Glanvilles Stud Partners
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Happy faces after our opening race with Heavenly Promise completing a hat trick of victories under jockey
@Conbrace01
- even better news is that the mare is owned by David Brace from the sponsors
@DunravenWindows
- congratulations all!
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Great to see two happy winning owners today
@Revsprop1
and
@Gar_Davies9
after Robin of Sherwood’s victory in our 3m
@TheWaltersGroup
Handicap Chase.
@scarlets_rugby
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Race 4 Result - Star Sports Bet Owners Club Guarantee Handicap Chase
🥇 Powerful Position 100-30
🥈 Tudors Treasure 22-1
🥉 Mouseinthehouse 10-1
Jockey:
@jacktudor9
Trainer:
@CWilliamsRacing
Owner: R J Bedford & All Stars Sports Racing
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