2016/17 Jumps Issue 15 - Plenty of Points

Headlines

Card Wins on Cue at Ascot

Yanworth Lands Kingwell Hurdle

Ballycasey Stars At Gowran Park

Ball D’Arc Rolls home

Report

We start at Ascot last Saturday where in the 2m 5f Grade 1 Ascot Chase, Cue Card( Cliff, Lee, Martin, Neil), went to post, tracked leader, challenged 4 out, led 3 out, easily drew clear from 2 out, winning hard held by 15l . He gets 26.3 points.

At Wincanton, in the 2m grade 2 hurdle Yanworth ( Bob, Lee, Peej, Steve), took his chance, tracked leaders, not fluent 2 out, soon upsides leader,1l down at last,  ridden to lead after last, kept on strongly to win by 1l. He gets 26.3 points.

At Gowran Park in the 2m 4f grade 2 chase, Ballycasey ( Neil), went to post, settled behind leader, raced wide most of , disputed lead at 4^th, led narrowly next, headed after 6^th, improved before straight where niggled along, ridden after 2 out, stayed on well to lead run in, winning by 4 ½ l. He gets 32.6 points.

On Sunday at Navan in the 2m 1f novice chase Ball D’Arc ( Cliff), went to post, chased leader, took closer order in 2^nd from 4 out, left in lead 3 out, stayed on well, eased run in, winning by 19l. He gets 34.8 points.

The John Torpey Memorial Trophy

              February       Total

Micky              172.2                  739.2

Lee                  204.4               709.8

Steve                 86.9                700

Martin             123                  651.9

Neil                 96.2                  601.6

Cliff                98.4                555

Peej                 76.8               539.8

Tony                16.1               536

Cod                 37.3                534.9

Bob                  63.6              490.7

News

Colin Tizzard hopes to have Thistlecrack back on a racecourse around Christmas time after a season-ending tendon injury saw him become the latest high-profile name to be ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival