Benger on mark for new owner; HEREFORD.Byline: by Andrew King MOUNT BENGER, claimed by trainer DaiWilliams for 6,000gns after winning at Chepstow last week, made a quick repayment to new owner Craig Davies Craig Martin Davies (born 9 January 1986 in Burton upon Trent, England) is an English-born Welsh international footballer who currently plays as a striker for English club Oldham Athletic. when proving far too good for favourite Rippling Ring in the beginners' chase. Ridden with plenty of dash by ChristianWilliams, the nine-year-old was always in control from the front and came home a distance clear of the runner-up, who reportedly burst a blood vessel blood vessel n. An elastic tubular channel, such as an artery, a vein, a sinus, or a capillary, through which the blood circulates. blood vessel(s), n the network of muscular tubes that carry blood. . Trainer Williams said: "He has got nowhere to go over hurdles, as he's too high in the handicap, so we thought we'd try our luck over fences with him. He has jumped really well for Christian. "Hopefully there are more races of this nature to be won with him, as he seems to like this faster ground." Rippling Ring's trainer, Paul Nicholls, enjoyed better fortune in the novice hurdle, in which Pilgrims Lane carried the colours of the Oak Partnership to an easy victory over odds-on shot Nordwind. The champion trainer's representative, Harry Fry, said: "We have waited for the better ground for him and, now that he's got his head in front, we'll keep him on the go over the spring and summer." Master Wells followed up his recent Exeter victory with another bloodless blood·less adj. 1. Deficient in or lacking blood. 2. Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips. 3. success in the novice selling hurdle for trainer Jimmy Frost and his jockey son Hadden. Frost was forced to go to 5,800gns to retain the eight-year-old at the auction and said: "He has won well again and could be out at Exeter next Wednesday, as he seems in very good heart at the moment." Prairie Spirit turned the conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle into a one-horse romp under Richie McLernon as he came well clear of long-time leader Amron Hill. Winning trainer Charlie Longsdon dashed off to Towcester straight after the race, but said before leaving: "I was surprised by the mark he was given, to be honest, and it's not a great surprise that he's won so well on this better ground." Phoenix Eye reversed form of ten days previously with Zorro zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise De La Vega de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to: People (arranged by date of birth)
Star performance Prairie Spirit made a mockery of a handicap mark of 89 to score in heavily eased-down style Can pay his way Pilgrims Lane relished the faster conditions to win with a bit in hand |
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