Repeat victory for Wye Doon at Wales & Border Harness Racing

Wye Doon came out on top again during the latest round of Wales & Border Harness Racing.

Having claimed the spoils at the Synod Inn in Ceredigion a week earlier, he repeated the feat in the Grade B event on the all-weather track at Tair Gwaith near Ammanford on Saturday.

Driven by his young trainer Maddy Davies for grandmother Amanda Hawkes from Orleton, Wye Doon- led the way home from Juicy Wiggle (Arrowsmith, Gorslas) and Sealofapproval (Munro, Bridgend) in the heats.

Stateside Icon - with Lee Price at the controls - provided another win for the Weigel family from Llanddewi Velfrey in the second heat, coming home ahead of Lucifer (Lloyd, Painscastle) and Best in Flight (Gale, Gorslas).

And then later in the day, at the Grade B final, Wye Doon saw off Stateside Icon and Best In Flight to take overall Grade B victory for the second week running.

In the Novice race, Built Wells’ Andrew Bevan took first prize on the family owned Dai’s Silver Talk. He finished in front of ever-reliable Begwyns Trust (Lloyd, Painscastle), with Full Closure - the new horse belonging to Jane Bevan of Llanddewi - in third.

The two Baby Novice races were next on the card with the first going to Beach Boy - driven by Ben Flanagan for owner Will Collard from Rhayader. In second was Rhyds Louie (Millard, Stourbridge), while Ayr Zac (Boxhall, Brecon) was third.

In the second race, Glenfield Thomas - driven by Mathew Tromans for Gary Billington from Leicester - took the spoils, with Mahogany Frankie (Munro, Bridgend) in second and new-comer Sonny Camden (Millard, Stourbridge) in third.

In the Grade A, the well-named World Famous is really making a name for himself with the help of his young driver Finn Bevan from Builth Wells, driving for his grandfather Mike. He claimed another victory from Mike’s brother Andrew Bevan on Hillbilly Jackson, while Blue Guns N Roses (Thomas, Pontypridd) was third.

After a break for the human race - won by Orleton’s Sam Reynolds as the ‘horse’, driven by Evie Davies - the horse racing resumed with the Nursery, which was won by young driver Vinny Price on Rhyds Louie (Millard, Stourbridge), with Buster Bradie (Eggerton, Norton Canon) in second and Yewtree Habanero (Flanagan, Wimbourne) in third.

This week there was a non-whip race added to the programme, which was won by Hannibal (Weigel, Llanddewi Velfrey) - driven by Mathew Tromans - ahead of Manhattan Gangster (Munro, Bridgend), while newcomer Sonny Camden (Millard, Stourbridge) was third.

The racing is again at the all-weather track near Ammanford on Saturday, starting at 1.30pm.