Monmore duly landed their home leg of the BAGS/SIS Track Championship on Monday afternoon though the biggest smiles would have been heading south easterly, as Towcester rallied like reigning champs.
Par score for a home leg is reckoned to be 70 points, so the 64 collected by the hosts can only be viewed as a disappointment.
The afternoon kicked off with victory for the ultra reliable Hall Green juvenile Let Me Tell You. The sprint went to local D1 runners Scala Rory. There were also home wins for Stellas Veekayee in the stayers race and Maxitout in the ‘dogs’ event. Moreton Melody produced Swindon’s sole win in the bitches events.
But a double for Mark Wallis with Macs On Storm (standard) and Swift Whirlwind (Elite) plus a couple of seconds and a fourth saw the Towcester handle net 37 of his tracks 40 points and it was ‘game on’.
Instead of bursting into a healthy lead with just the Hall Green leg to go, Monmore find themselves still in second place. Today: 64 Monmore, 40 Towcester, 36 Hall Green, 30 Swindon, 26 Perry Barr.
Running total: 186 Towcester, 180 Monmore, 154 Swindon, 140 Hall Green, 122 Perry Barr
Hall Green’s high scoring LET ME TELL YOU (t2) trained by Angie Kibble and owned by Jonathan Miles, wins again in the Bags TC Youngsters, this time leading home Towcester’s Adageo Gold (t4). Photo: Steve Nash
MAC’S ON STORM (t2) first leg of a Mark Wallis Towcester double leads home Sawpit Successor (t6 Perry Barr) in the Standard.
Photo: Steve Nash
Spread across the track as Monmore’s wide finisher Maxitout (t5) gets up to win the “Dogs” from Boolamore (t3) and Sawpit Sunshine (t2, right). Swift Dartmoor (t1) and Droopys Brighton (t4) are next in the tight finish for crucial points.Photo: Steve Nash
Stayers: Moynevilla West (t3) leads early from eventual Kim Billingham-trained home winner Stellas Veekayee (t1).
Bags Track Championship (West) Photo: Steve Nash
