THERE were two doubles on the card at Sunday’s Tedworth Hunt meeting at Barbury Castle.

A large crowd watched the feature race of the day - the Tedworth Gold Cup - a stayers test over three miles six furlongs.

Patiently ridden by Charlie Dando, the Michael Hawker-trained mare, Cecile De Volanges was tucked in behind the leaders for much of the race, before Dando made his move five fences from home.

Turtle Boys, however, was not going to go down without a fight, but the mare eventually got up to win by two-and-a-half lengths.

Jockey Dando said: “She travelled well although she made a couple of mistakes early which knocked her confidence.

“But as the race progressed she became more fluent, winging everything down the back straight and running on well.”

Hawker dashed off to saddle Bobble Mist in the next race, who obliged with victory in the Mares Open Maiden, giving her trainer his second win of the day.

Trouble Digger, partnered by Joe Drinkwater, gave elder brother and trainer Sam Drinkwater his first win in a tightly-fought finish to beat Joe The Trucker by a neck in the Club Members Race for Veteran & Novice Riders.

John Wills, who owned and bred the winner, is no stranger to the saddle himself, having taken part in the Grand National back in 1969.

Drinkwater’s second win came in the two mile four furlong Open Maiden race, where Breath of Blighty, having run out in his previous race, was firmly anchored by jockey Charlie Deutsch to beat Deal Of The Day, who has now been placed five times in Maidens this season.

Sent to post as a 1/5 favourite, the Sally Alner trained Garstin, under jockey Luke Kilgarriff, stayed on to hold a challenge from Getyouractogether and Amelia Glass to take the Confined Race.

Coeur Brulee, owned, trained and ridden by David Turner, won the Restricted cosily from Daves Venture.

Turner said: “He’s kept and trained from a field belonging to my farrier, Paul Coombes, so I have him to thank.”

In the pony races that preceded the main card, Harriet Godfrey, one of the leading pony race riders in the country, won Division 2 of the 14.2hh race on Goldwell’s Gucci, just ahead of the fast finishing Alfie Martindale and Otterburn Lady.

Poppy Scott won the 13.2hh pony race aboard Coveham Generation, while Division 1 of the 14.2hh race was won by Ben Sutton riding Scribblin.

The day concluded with a12-strong Hunt Race, run in good humour in aid of the Hampshire Air Ambulance, and was won by Michelle Williamson and Spider.