Chris Dawson reached a landmark at the Cleveland meeting, with his treble taking him to the 100 winner mark
Chris Dawson reached a landmark at the Cleveland meeting, with his treble taking him to the 100 winner mark in point-to-points and hunterchases.
The winners were Chris’s only rides of the day and there is no-one who rides the track at Morden, near Sedgefield, better.
He said: “I’ve ridden about 40 winners here. This is my home track so it’s very fitting that the 100 came here.”
Chris’s first winner came in the John Hellens Contractors Mens Open Race. The field were tightly grouped throughout with Mardood and Beggar’s Velvet making the running.
Chris (pictured), riding Yes I Can, stalked the leading pair throughout and kicked on for home at the top of the hill last time around, continually extending his lead to win by eight lengths for owner, trainer Maria Myco from Beggar’s Velvet and Drew Holmes who ran on for second.
The single win was quickly turned into a double in the Beaumont Accountancy Restricted Race.
A similar ride with Spozalizio held up in mid-field until the final run for home meant that the favourite duly obliged, but this time a slightly shorter winning distance of four lengths from Indalo Return and Phil Dennis, with course owner John Wade’s Newspage back in third for Chris O’Mahony.
Dawson followed up in the next race, the Collins (Seafoods) Ltd PPORA Club Members Race run over the extended distance of 3m5f.
Coming up the hill it could have been anyone’s race, however Chris’ mount Racing Ace kept finding more and was quietly pushed out to the line, winning by three lengths and easily fending off the efforts of the hard ridden Eyre Square who finished in second and Narciso who was third.
The crowd applauded as he crossed the line and there were big cheers when the pair were led into the winners’ enclosure.
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