DARREN Edwards didn’t have the best of starts to his weekend when he took a heavy fall in the restricted at Flete Park on Saturday but he bounced back to land a treble in the final three races at this Dartmoor Hunt fixture.

Half of the eight races were won by horses foaled in this country including the Leslie Jefford-trained Ryves Rocky who claimed the concluding three-mile open maiden at odds of 10/1. The eight-year-old Witness Box gelding, who has only run nine times between Britain and Ireland since making his debut in January 2015, was bred by Michael McCarthy out of the Accordion mare Melojan Cove.

Division one of the two and a half-mile maiden for four, five and six-year-olds went to the Jill Dennis-owned and trained newcomer Noah And The Ark who won by half a length in the hands of Jake Bament.

The 2014 Vinnie Roe gelding is out of the unraced Old Vic mare Well Water, dam previously of the Mountain High mare Collen Beag who won a bumper and three hurdle races. This is the family of Moorcroft Boy, Lord Of The River and Ballistaw.

IRISH WINNERS

Five of the seven winners at the Haydon meeting at Hexham were bred in Ireland including the Anthony Ross-owned and trained Slanemore Hill who provided Kilkenny-based amateur Tom Hamilton with the first leg of a double when landing the open maiden by a length.

The six-year-old Court Cave gelding, who was having his fourth career start on Saturday, is out of the three-time-winning Good Thyne mare Goodonyou-Polly.

There were five Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card at Kingston Blount two of whom were partnered by Gina Andrews for trainer Alan Hill. Aly Sterling won the first of the afternoon’s maidens, that over two-miles, five-furlongs for four, five and six-year-olds, on pointing newcomer An Scairp.

The six-year-old Scorpion gelding, who had two runs in bumpers last season, was bred by Ronald Brown out of the bumper-winning Zaffaran mare Stepping Out Well.

The three-mile maiden at this Kimblewick fixture went to the eight-year-old Gold Well gelding Cnoc Sion who was ridden by Phil York for owner/trainer Tim Underwood. The well-exposed bay was bred by Sean Osborne out of the unraced Meneval mare Bondi Babe.

Connor Brace and Bradley Gibbs both recorded doubles at the Llangeinor Pentyrch meeting in Wales, the latter initiating his in the first of seven races, the younger horses’ maiden, on the Pip Hooley-trained Sham From Milan who was making his British debut. The six-year-old Milan gelding was bred by Cleaboy Stud out of the Astarabad mare Bridge Love.

DOMINATION AT PENSHURST

From a total of just 27 runners, there were four Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card at Penshurst including the Christy Mews-trained pair Degooch (ladies’ open) and Lord Heathfield (men’s open). There were wins also for Ireland-born riders Gordon Treacy and Shane Roche.

Co Meath’s Martin McIntyre recorded a first and last race double on two of the six Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card at Larkhill.

The reigning men’s champion Will Biddick completed a treble at this South & West Wilts fixture when the Claire Harris-trained Sixteen Letters finished alone in the two-runner two and a half-mile maiden for four, five and six-year-olds. The 2012 Well Chosen gelding was bred by J.J. Harty out of Back To Loughadera (by Bob Back).

There were just 24 runners at Revesby Park where Jack Andrews brought up a double in the restricted on the six-year-old Millenary gelding Big Man Doe, one of four Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card.

DOUBLE

Irish-breds won seven of the eight races at Chaddesley Corbett where Alex Edwards completed a double in the two and a half-mile younger horses’ maiden on the Philip Rowley-owned and trained The Maestro. The four-year-old newcomer by Doyen is out of the unraced Le Bavard mare Myown, whose best produce to date is the Grade 3 Coral Cup winner Ninetieth Minute (by Old Vic).

The 11-runner three-mile maiden was won by Immy Robinson on the Wareed gelding Rules Of War, who is trained by the rider’s mother, Caroline. The six-year-old, who ran once here last October for Ross O’Sullivan, was bred by Maurice Stack out of the Sagamix mare Taras Choice.

Edwards extended his lead in the Fuller’s men’s championship on Sunday when landing a four-timer at Brampton Bryan, the second leg coming in the five-runner Timico mixed open on the Philip Rowley-trained Now Ben.

That 10-year-old Beneficial gelding was one of two Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card, the other being the year older Cloudings gelding William Money who claimed the opening PPORA club members’ conditions race for novice riders under 16-year-old Connor Brace.

There was an Italian-bred winner at Tabley where three of the other five carried an IRE suffix. These were the Tom Chatfeild-Roberts-partnered pair of She’s Real (eight-year-old and upwards conditions race) and Our Milly Acres (Connolly’s Red Mills Intermediate) and the concluding open maiden winner Rob The Getaway who was making his British debut.

Trained by Sheila Crow, whose grandson Henry was in the saddle, Rob The Getaway, who ran here three times last year, is a 2013 Getaway gelding bred by Michael and Linda O’Sullivan out of the Snurge mare Kinard True.

Trainer Cherry Coward and rider Jack (J.M.) Andrews combined to record a treble at Witton Castle where there were six Irish-bred winners on the eight-race card.

The pair won both divisions of the open maiden stating with the six-year-old Royal Anthem gelding Royal Chant, who was bred by Barry Murphy out of the Carroll House mare There On Time, while their division two winner was the Paddy Kinsella-bred seven-year-old Darsi mare Aine’s Choice, who is out of Karlybelle (by Sandhurst Prince).

There were three Irish-bred winners on the seven-race card at Guilsborough and the same number at Fakenham where Gina Andrews won the concluding two-runner Connolly’s Red Mills intermediate on the six-year-old Kalanisi mare Kalabaloo who is trained by her husband Tom Ellis.