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Entries to:   The Point to Point Racing Co Ltd

Entries close:   Monday 10th November 2025 12.30pm

Races: 4 and 5 year old Maiden (2m4f), Mixed Open, Conditions (L3), Restricted, Conditions (L2) Novice Riders+, Maiden (NWFAA)

First Race:   12.30 pm

ENTRY FEES  £50 per entry per race - NB. Online entry fees £50  2nd entry same horse £25

The new Wessex point to point season opens at Badbury Rings near Wimborne, DT11 9JL
when the Portman hold their annual meeting on Sunday with the first race scheduled at
12.30pm. The first of 21 meetings due to be held across Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire
from November to May 2026 will provide racegoers with plenty of excellent racing and a
chance to see future equine stars as well as both experienced and novice amateur jockeys.
Always an excellent day out for the family and in addition to the six horse races there will be
dog racing in the paddock , a silent auction and a grand raffle and trade stands to browse
and the bookmakers to have a bet with. The main sponsors of the meeting are Savills and
Spire Jaguar Land Rover. The current report is good and with rain forecasted for the week
the going should be just about perfect for Sunday. Entry costs are £15 per person with under
16s free when accompanied by an adult.
There are eleven entries for the opening Maiden race for four- and five-year-olds over the
shorter trip of two miles and four furlongs. Leading trainers of Christopher Barber, Harry
Ryall, Will Biddick and Luca Morgan are all represented and one of these may produce the
winner. Chris has entered the ex-Irish Samba Mambo who has run twice before whereas
Harry has two entries namely the unraced Espiritu Park and the ex Irish Georges Street and
his choice should be respected. Will has the unraced Winding Lake who is related to Bobs
Worth the winner of the Gold Cup in 2013 whereas Luca who has already trained a winner
this season has the ex-Irish J’Envoievalserenki. Riskamatriark trained by Mike Vanstone was
a good second at Holnicote last season and must have each way chances. A chance is
taken with Kow Boy Sivola previously with Sandy Thomson who boasts placed Hurdles form
and is now in the capable hands of Ed Rees
Fred Phillipson Stow appears to hold the aces in the Novice Riders race with his name
appearing against the two leading fancies. Already the winner of nine races he returns to
Novice Rider races following the change in the rules to widen the availability to win 10 races
as a Novice. He has recorded most of these victories on his father Edward’s A Jet of Our
Own and is very consistent and should relish Badbury Rings. His other option is the exciting
mare Regatta de Blanc who is unbeaten in point to points including the 2024 Coronation
Gold Cup and two Hunter Chases. After an unsuccessful spell with Paul Nicholls she has
returned to Will Biddick and will surely give the Pendil Partnership another enjoyable season.
Their main opposition is Somptueux who is likely to be ridden by Marina Bealby who won
this race 12 months ago and ran well at Stratford at the end of last season. Fred is likely to
be on the winner

Rocky Creed trained by Bea Coward near Mere, Wiltshire looks the likely winner of the
Conditions race as he boasts good form from last season and looked unlucky when slipping
up at Cothelstone on his final outing. Ballinoulart is still a Maiden whereas Finisher has been
placed but has not won for some considerable time. Doyannie is returning to racing after a
spell at stud and this winning chaser may prove the main rival to Rocky Creed.
The feature race, the Mixed Open, also holds an entry for Regatta de Blanc where if this
race is chosen, she is likely to be partnered by her trainer Will Biddick. She would be the one
to beat. Harry Ryall has entered both Another Furlough and Norton Hill. The first named is a
prolific winner at the Dorset course and would be the choice if the mare is absent. Poli Roi
won four points for Tim Vaughan but missed last season so should be watched on his debut
for a new stable. Southfield Lily has won both her races at the course last season for her

usual rider Lily Bradstock but her reluctance to race in her final two races does send warning
bells.
Go Sacre Go would be a very popular winner for her local trainer Sally Alner in the
Restricted race. Very lightly raced but clearly talented by his run at Wincanton in a Hunter
Chase behind Mr Glass he ought to be too good for his rivals one of which may be Rocky
Creed mentioned in the Conditions race. Assassins Lullaby who won at this meeting last
year beating My Lucky Star who may reoppose is worthy of consideration for his usual pilot
Jack Stenhouse. Shuile Warrior won at Chaddesley Corbett and is on the upgrade.
The meeting concludes with a Maiden for which nine entries have been received. Harry Ryall
has entered Georges Street and River Don and the former placed in an Irish point may hold
his best chance of winning this race. Chris Barber also has two Samba Mambo entered in
the opening race and Fukkatsu Enki who already has been placed in an Irish point in
October. His fitness could be an important factor in this race. Alan Hill has entered Papa
Barns who was placed for Olly Murphy is another who should be fit having last run in
September. Riskamatriark is a tentative selection if this race is chosen for him.

Race 1:            4 & 5 yrs Maiden 2m4f 

1^st         J’Envoievalserenki

2^nd        Winding Lake

3^rd        Kow bay Sivola

Runners:          5                      Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

Race 2:            Conditions (Level 2) Novice Rider 

1^st         Void race

2^nd       

3^rd       

Runners:                                  Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

Race 3:            Conditions (Level 3) 

1^st         Finisher

2^nd        Rocky Creed

3^rd        The Big Bite

Runners:          4                      Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

Race 4:            Mixed Open 

1^st         Another Furlough

2^nd        Somptueux

3^rd        Hold Onto The Line

Runners:          5                      Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

Race 5:            Restricted 

1^st         Go Sacre Go

2^nd        Shuile Warrior

3^rd        Assassins Lullaby

Runners:          4                      Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

Race 6:            Maiden (NWFAA) 

1^st         Samba Mamba

2^nd        Priceforlove

3^rd        Riskamatriark

Runners:          7                      Distances:        l, l                                Time: m s

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The Wessex season opened under grey skies at Badbury Rings when the Portman held their annual meeting. The skies cleared as the day progressed and a good crowd were able to enjoy some very competitive racing on going described by riders as being good. It was a day of drama including a particular poignant victory, another win for a course specialist and a first training victory.

The very good-looking Go Sacre Go ridden by Paddy Barlow was an impressive winner of the Restricted race having jumped from fence to fence without being headed. The reception he received on returning to the winner’s enclosure was heart warming and full of emotion as very sadly one of his owners Annie Tory had passed away only one week ago. Annie and her husband Percy have been long-standing members of the Portman Hunt and have been supporters of Badbury Rings for a very long time. The colours of Annie well known to racegoers, most recently by the prolific Tom Barton who is now retired, were worn by Paddy who is her great nephew and was partnering the nine-year-old for the first time. Trained by Sally Alner as now her only horse she was thrilled and emotional in equal proportions and said ‘it shows I can still train horses despite my age and this was for Annie’. Describing Paddy’s ride as ‘fantastic’ the gelding has not been easy to train having won a Maiden at Milborne St Andrew in January 2023 and then not seen again until two years later when runner up at Wincanton.

There was drama at the start of the Savills Mixed Open race when Norton Hill was withdrawn having found to be lame and after two false starts the mare Southfield Lily ridden by Lily Bradstock decided that she was not going to be involved and planted herself. This will be the final time she will be seen as she has now been retired. The remaining four runners finally set off and after Hold Onto The Line had made most of the running Another Furlough ridden for the first time by Will Biddick took up the running at the third last and had a comfortable three lengths in hand over Somptueux ridden by Marina Bealby. This was Another Furlough’s fifth career win at Badbury and he continues to be his trainer Harry Ryall’s  flagbearer for his stable. Commenting on his victory Harry said ‘ he knows this course so well and this is his fourth win on his seasonal debut and he jumped well for his new pilot’

Somptueux had previously been declared for the Novice Riders race but when it transpired his rider could not claim an allowance, he was withdrawn leaving A Jet of Our Own as the remaining entry. His rider Fred Philipson-Stow had already ridden nine winners and decided not to increase this as a result of  a walk over so the race was made void.

Fred had only to wait thirty-five minutes to record that tenth career when partnering Finisher to win the Conditions race. The outsider of the four runners he dropped to the rear at the twelfth fence but stayed on well to lead at the fifteenth and soon drew clear to give her owner/trainer Lilian ‘Bubble’ Bartlett her first winner . Bubble explained that ‘ I shared a house with Fred when we both worked for Will Biddick and as I am not able to ride at present I offered him the ride’  Currently now working full time in a show jumping yard Bubble added that she does her work with her only horse very early in the morning or late at night. Previously the winner of a Hurdle when trained by Mark Gillard this was his first point to point victory.

The opening race for four- and five-year-olds was won in commanding fashion by J’Envoievalserenki trained by Luca Morgan and ridden by James King. Held up by James he moved into the lead at the second last and had too much speed for his rivals. Luca celebrating his second winner of the season advised that ‘ he was sourced by bloodstock agent Dan Astbury after running in five novice hurdles in Ireland when trained by Paul Nolan’  Describing his four year old as a fun horse for his owners the Gambie Gang who are a group of friends of his parents he added cryptically that he is ‘ complicated straightforward’ and paid credit to James for the work he has done with the gelding including a gallop around Ffos Las. James indicated that ‘he should stay further as he ran through the finish positively and he settled well behind the leaders’

The concluding race the Open Maiden was won by Samba Mambo ridden by Ed Doggrell after Papa Barns ridden by Alfie Shalliker had fallen when in the lead at the fourth last. Trained by Chris Barber the ex-Irish filly has been on Chris’s radar since seeing her as a two year at Arqana and then missing her when she was sold at Doncaster to Rob James. Bought from him Chris said that ‘ she was very weak and needed plenty of work to strengthen her up’ Describing her as ‘ very straightforward ‘she is likely to be next seen at the sales.