THE Plantation Picnic Club’s Alskamatic goes straight to the Cheltenham Foxhunter after winning the South Dorset Ladies’ Open at Milborne St Andrew.

The nine-year-old was prominent throughout under Claire Hart and forged clear when Chloe Newton brought market rival Ghizao through to challenge in the last half-mile.

Alskamatic has now won four point-to-points, an Exeter hunter chase, and finished runner-up in Cheltenham’s 2014 Connolly’s Red Mills Intermediate Point-to-Point Championship Series Final from his 19 races.

Oxfordshire trainer Alan Hill took the handling honours with a double with Bonhams Men’s Open winner Harbour Court and Minella Theatre.

The former, fifth in the 2014 Cheltenham Foxhunter, fin- ally wore down Cock Of The Rock (Harry Cobden) after jumping the last six lengths in arrears in third place.

Royal Artillery Hunt race winner Impact Area continued his rapid rise through the ranks by taking the Restricted race.

Harriet Besent’s nine-year-old grey gelding raced prominently under Louis Muspratt before drawing well clear over the final four fences.

Racecourse debutants took the two divisions of the three-mile Maiden.

The Jack Barber-trained five-year-old Charmix, a €3,000 French purchase in July, only needed to be pushed out by Will Biddick after leading four out in Division One.

Tom Lacey’s Village Mystic is also for sale after crossing the line with his head still in his chest under trainer Sam Drink-water in Division Two.

Rockmills Lad benefited from the application of a Grakle noseband to take the 2m-4f Maiden. Turtle Boys recorded his third Milborne St Andrew win when taking the Hunt race under Ben Clarke.