Pobbles goes in search of a repeat victory
FFOS Las holds its first meeting since February tomorrow.
The feature race is the £14,900 Potter Group Canter Carpet West Wales National.
The 2019 winner, Pobbles Bay, trained by Evan Williams, is one of 22 horses entered for the contest over three and a half miles.
Other entries include Amateur, Holdbacktheriver, Seaston Spirit, Hill Sixteen, Dominateur, Volcano, Ballycross, Alminar and Snuff Box. There are seven races from 1.55pm, all live on Sky Sports Racing.
We have decided to move the Kaiser Chiefs raceday from this May to Friday, August 27. Tickets are available from our website.
The next meeting at Chepstow is on Easter Monday, with another fixture at the track on Saturday, April 10, the same day as the Grand National at Aintree.
There is still no news from the Welsh Government about trials with spectators and we remain hopeful of a positive update in the near future.
Welsh trainers and jockeys continue in superb form across the country.
Christian Williams sent Kitty’s Light on a round trip of almost 800 miles from his Ogmore-on-sea base to Kelso last Saturday, and the journey proved well worth while when the five-year-old landed a Class 2 chase worth £18,000 to the winner. Jack Tudor was the successful rider.
James Bowen’s season started quietly, but he’s been in tremendous form with six winners since March 21 including a double at Musselburgh last Friday. He’s now ridden 29 winners this season.
Sean Bowen’s last two winners have produced prize money of £21,000 and he’s moved on to 62 winners for the season and lies eighth in the jockeys’ championship.
Richard Patrick rode a big winner last Saturday at Newbury when Tinkers Hill Tommy, trained in Pembrokeshire by Rebecca Curtis, won the Conditional Jockeys’ Veterans’ Handicap Chase Final.
The 10-year-old is owned by the Lewis family, well known in the point-to-point scene in west Wales. Richard rode the horse in his first-ever point-to-point at Howick, near Chepstow, in 2016. Tinkers Hill Tommy won the prestigious Dunraven Bowl at Chepstow in 2018.
Finally, there is sad news with the passing of former Welsh jump jockey Granville Davies at the age of 60. He rode multiple winners Grey Dolphin and Yangtse-kiang in the 1980s.