“HE’LL BE A NICE HORSE FOR THE FUTURE”

PERSEVERANCE paid off for young horse producer Tom Weston, who collected two wins at Garthorpe from two home-produced horses having their first runs.

His first win came in the maiden (division one) with four-yearold gelding Pilot Show (pictured) under Luke Scott.

“I bought him as a foal from Ireland with the aim of producing him for racing and then to sell, so he’ll head to Doncaster sales in middle of May unless he’s sold before,” said Tom. “He wants softer ground, but hopefully he’ll be a nice horse for the future.”

He also landed the flat race with four-year-old gelding King Arise, also under Luke Scott. “He was also bought as a foal and produced to run him. He was impressive on his first start and will also head to Doncaster.”

Tim buys a batch of foals every year and has 16 youngsters coming through to produce for racing each season.

“We buy them as foals and the aim is to produce them to win a point-to-point and then sell them,” added Tom. “It rarely works out like that, but on this occasion, our perseverance paid off and it worked out for both of them.”