LEADING LADY: Rachael Green, on board Brown Cockle
SEABOROUGH trainer Richard Barber stole the show with a treble at Littlewindsor's Cattistock Hunt, where the spring weather brought out a large crowd.
The West Country handler combined with stable jockey Rachael Green - now on the 16-winner mark, just six behind Polly Gundry - to take the Hunt race (with Brown Cockle) and Ladies' Open (Rimpton Boy).
Brown Cockle forged clear in the straight to give Beaminster owner Bill Dupont his first-ever win in the contest.
He said: "I finished second and third in the race myself in the 1970s, once behind Robert Atkinson.
"Brown Cockle jumps much better these days and much of that's down to Teresa Dufosee, who's done a lot of work on his back since he ran at Chipley Park in January."
Rimpton Boy again showed the benefit of blinkers, leading at the second last and holding off his three rivals in a slow run race.
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Now the winner of 27 races, the 13-year-old shows no sign of deterioration and continues to give enormous pleasure to his owners, the 16-strong Axe Valley Racing Club.
Rimpton Boy provided former stable jockey Nick Williams with his first-ever winner at Larkhill in 2002, so it was fitting that he completed Barber's treble on Range Rover, the comfortable winner of the
three-mile Maiden.
Rhys Flint also rode a double, taking his tally to 12 and giving him a commanding advantage in the National Novices' table.
Flint kicked off in the six-runner Men's Open with Iris's Prince, who finished alone after Ryan Bliss pulled up final challenger Barney Blue at the last rather than continue in futile pursuit.
Bobosh completed Flint's double in the Countryside Alliance Novice Riders' race, finally asserting on the final circuit after running freely in the early stages.
Barber came close to a four-timer with Briteside (Lucy Dickinson and Nick Williams again), who jumped ahead at the last, but could not hold Tabaristan (Nathan Wilmington) in the 2m4f Maiden.
Tory Blue's Restricted race win was a family success, as the horse is owned and bred by Jim and Ann Tory of Winterborne Whitechurch, trained at Thornicombe by daughter-in-law Mary and was ridden by granddaughter, Emma.
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