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Little Chiefy & Jack Pipe Winners at Bangor
A big highlight in what was a relatively quiet week was my son Jack winning his first racecourse series pony race at Bangor on Saturday on his pony Little Chiefy. This is the first season Jack has been properly riding in pony races and having started at Cocklebarrow in January, he and his pony have progressed and learnt with every run. He has won two point to point pony races, at Charlton Horthorne and Flete Park from six starts and he was placed on the other occasions as well, but this was stepping up to a different level and I am a very proud dad. Jack learns from his mistakes and has taken something from each of his races. Read more...
- Sunday, 24 May 2026 07:15
- Written by G Edwards
There are three jumps meetings today at Kelso, Fontwell and Uttoxeter and we have two runners at the latter. Grand Claremont and Show Your Hand are our representatives at Uttoxeter and they are both ridden by Rian Corcoran. They are not until the final two races on the card and Grand Claremont runs in the 5.12pm handicap chase over three miles. This will be just his second start in Britain and he finished sixth at the track on debut over 2m4f. He is an eight time winner in France at shorter trips than three miles but on account of the ground we have stepped him up in trip today. He ideally wants softer ground and so while the ground remains good we thought he was worth a try at this trip. He was a little outpaced last time but today should suit better. He has dropped a few pounds in the weights which will help and he is another with a likeable attitude and I expect him to take a step forward from last time. There are eight runners and it is a fairly competitive little race but I hope we have a good each way chance.
