Point-to-point
Dean Summersby and Darren Edwards enjoy a successful day, while an eight-year-old wins on his debut
Four Burrow, Essex with Farmers and Union, Garthorpe, Larkhilll and High Easter
TRAINER-JOCKEY duo Dean Summersby and Darren Edwards enjoyed a hat-trick of wins with three promising horses. Their first win came in the conditions (level three) with six-year-old gelding Port O’Clock. The gelding has now won his past three starts.
“We bought him as a store in Ireland three years ago,” said Dean. “He’s a lovely horse with loads of ability but hasn’t been the easiest. He’s a bit hot-headed and you can’t touch his mouth, but each year he is maturing and Darren has done a grand job on him. He’ll have one more run in an intermediate this season and maybe go hunter chasing.”
Next up was the maiden division one with seven-year-old ex-Irish pointer Party Tunes, whom Dean bought in Doncaster two years ago.
“Last year he got touched off a couple of times giving his weight away to four-year-olds, but the break has done him the world of good because he’s big, backward and gangly but he has now grown into his frame,” explained Dean.
“He is a brilliant jumper and if the ground stays right, he’ll run on until the end of the season as he didn’t do much last year.”
The pair’s third win came in the second division of the maiden with six-year-old Russian Invasion for the Little Acres Racing Club.
“I bought him late last summer at Doncaster sales,” said Dean.
“He had one run in Ireland and finished second, and then went to Jonjo O’Neill’s and had a run over hurdles. He is as good as anything I’ve sat on. He’ll go through the ranks pointing.”
Also at Four Burrow, trainer Luke Price landed the mens’ open with Los Alamos, a horse he took on last summer, under Will Biddick. It was the eight-yearold’s first run in points.
“We knew he was a nice horse, but didn’t know if we had him fully fit enough and it was a hot mens’ open so we were surprised,” said Luke. “We go to the beach and train them on the farm so the horse got fit without us really knowing. He’s enjoying being on a quieter yard, too. He’d never run over fences, only hurdles, but he jumped brilliantly for his first time. He’ll probably stay in points to get his confidence up.”