The East maintained their spot on the summit of the Racing League after a aggressive evening of racing at Chepstow.
Roberto Caro received Yorkshire off to the proper begin at Chepstow with an all-the-way win on the Monmouthshire course, maintaining on dourly to strike within the opener for Adrian Keatley and Joanna Mason. King Of Gentle and Addison Gray each got here dwelling strongly however neither had been in a position to land a blow on the sport winner and picked up the minor honours for his or her efforts.
The Daniel and Claire Kubler-trained Shamrock Bay prolonged Richard Kingscote’s lead on the high of the jockeys’ desk in race two, getting the nostril right down to thwart Lir Speciale (North). The duo had gone away from their rivals a furlong on a half from dwelling after setting a robust tempo, however it was London & The South’s consultant who gained the argument, per week after chasing dwelling Mr Swivell in final week’s Racing League assembly at Wolverhampton.
The successful jockey, who heads to Hong Kong earlier than the top of this yr’s event, ended the evening on 186 factors – 54 away from Danny Muscutt within the standings.
Regardless of the absence of Matt Chapman on the Welsh monitor, London & The South struck once more shortly after when Nice Acclaim – shouldering a 5lb penalty – roared dwelling down the centre of the monitor to justify favouritism underneath Charlie Bishop. Mister Bluebird secured important factors for Scotland in second, with the successful staff’s factors supplemented by King’s Lynn who ran a stable race in third.
Yorkshire loved their greatest week of the marketing campaign so far, underlined by an excellent one-two in race 4. Cleverly manoeuvred to the far-side rail by David Allan, Flag Of St George soared dwelling in splendid isolation for the White Rose, chased dwelling by teammate Wobwobwob – a lot to the delight of Leonna Mayor.
A affected person Danny Tudhope trip aboard Billie Be Fast paid dividends for Workforce Eire shortly after, with Jessica Harrington’s cost quickening well on the opportune second to thwart Vince L’Amour and firm over the 5 furlongs.
Race 20 introduced some much-needed pleasure for Wales & The West on dwelling soil, with Beylerbeyi’s most factors doubled due to an impressed use of the joker by captain Jamie Osborne. Despatched off an 11-4 favorite underneath Eddy Greatrex, the five-year-old received upsides Eire’s Winston Junior late on earlier than powering on to attain.
Scotland used their joker far much less successfully within the finale, with Qitaal and Rogue Impression ending a great distance adrift of the East’s Crowd Quake and Salamanca Metropolis, who propelled them again to the highest of the leaderboard. The previous horse made all underneath a assured Marco Ghiani trip, with the jockey solely providing encouragement two furlongs from the road.
FINAL STANDINGS – WEEK THREE
The East – 395
London & The South – 379
Yorkshire – 353
Scotland – 328
Wales & The West – 304
Eire – 291
The North – 235
