THE British action resumed last week with the Harkaway Club meeting at Chaddesley Corbett where there were six Irish-bred winners on the nine-race card.

Among the half-dozen with an IRE suffix were the Lorcan Williams-partnered pair of Winterberry in division two of the restricted and Tucks Bergin in the second division of the four, five and six-year-old maiden. Both races were over two and a half miles.

Previously in the care of Brian Hamilton, for whom he won a novice riders’ maiden at Loughanmore in April and was placed over hurdles at Bellewstown, the 2010 Fruits Of Love gelding Winterberry was making his British debut on Friday. He was bred by Sybil Redmond out of the Old Vic mare Vicks Lass. The 2012 Getaway gelding Tucks Bergin, who ran four times in Ireland when trained by Peter Flood, had six outings between the flags in Britain last season. He was bred by Jane Mangan out of the Dr Massini mare Dr Sandra.

The first division of the younger horses’ maiden fell to the Ed Glassonbury-ridden newcomer Twotwothree. This 2013 gelding is by Shantou out of the unraced Overbury mare Sibury, an own-sister to Over Siberia and a half-sister to the Oscar siblings Mattock Ranger and Pollywoddydoodle.

Also visiting the winner’s enclosure were Battle Dust, who won the men’s open under Alex Edwards, Crowded Room who, on his British debut, claimed the PPORA Club members’ race for novice riders in the hands of his trainer, Callum Bickers Price, at odds of 20/1, and Ballycahane who rounded-off a good day for Irish-breds in the concluding Harkaway Club members’ maiden. Ridden by Milo Herbert, the 2009 Flemensfirth gelding was having his second start in a British point-to-point having previously run here on the track.

DOUBLE

The aforementioned Tucks Bergin brought up a training double for Carlie Packwood which was initiated in the first division of the restricted with Bleu Et Or. That French-bred gelding was ridden by Helen Lewis who too completed a double when landing the club members’ conditions race on another French-bred, War Path, who she also trains. Also hailing from France was the ladies’ open winner, Top Wood, who was ridden by Gina Andrews for trainer Kelly Morgan and owner Johnnie Weatherby.

Six of the seven races at the Cambridgeshire Harriers Hunt Club meeting in Cottenham on Sunday also went to Irish-breds, three of them supplying Archie Wright and his trainer father Nick with a treble from just four runners.

Their trio of winners were the 2009 Portrait Gallery gelding In A Blue Dust (club members’ conditions race), the 2011 Witness Box gelding Mr Maclennane (restricted) and the 2011 Tikkanen mare Almost There. The last-named, who landed the open maiden on her British debut, was placed on all three of her runs here in the spring of 2016 when trained by Jerry Cosgrave. She was bred by P. Turley & Sons out of the Dress Parade mare Miss Ondee.

With Burtredgipandgump, the Wrights had to settle for a poor second in the men’s open behind the Alex Edwards-ridden Now Ben (last season’s champion novice hunter chaser) while the ladies’ equivalent went to the pointing newcomer Shimla Dawn ridden by Emma Todd. Former international show jumper Tim Gredley landed the CA club members conditions race for novice riders on his own Just Cause who he purchased from Gigginstown House Stud at Doncaster in September.

The only winner not bred in Ireland was Danny’s Star (GB) who landed the concluding four, five and six-year-old maiden over two and a half miles in the hands of reigning national champion Will Biddick. The 2011 Winged Love gelding, who ran three times here during the 2015/16 season and was having his third start in Britain on Sunday, is out of a mare by the US-bred stallion Big Sink Hope who was best-known as a sire of good-looking show horses.