"Llanddewi Brefi on Saturday enjoyed one of the few sunny days during August which added to the cheerful atmosphere of this typical 'Cardi' meeting. With £1000 on offer to the winner of the Grade A final the racing lived up to the expectations for a classic event.

The Nursery kicked off proceedings with a win for the youngster Sunnyside Geoff belonging to new owners the Clarke family from Brecon but driven by his experienced trainer Andrew Hardwick also from Brecon, in second was local horse the Talgarreg based Glan Dancer (H Evans) with Radnor Halleluliah and Andrew Bevan from Builth in third.

The first novice heat gave a win for the big hearted grey Ayr Force One (Haslam Llanybydder) and young Emma Langford from Pontardawe with Sam the Man (Tromans Newcastle Emlyn) in second and little Katie Blue (Williams Shrewsbury) in third. Newly promoted My Immortal and his young owner / driver Mark Evans from Brecon took the honours in the second heat beating Classic Day (Miles Merthyr) and Coalford Time (Hardwick Brecon).

The in form Hitchcock stable from Haverfordwest sent out the winner of the first Grade B heat, Chinatown Maori (Jones Llanllwni) on his first open run with Blackfield Willy (Barton Clunderwen) in second and Wellfield Xpense (Langford Ludlow) third. Bon Beti (Evans Jones Rhymney) ran an impressive race in the second heat to win from Meadowbranch Mike (Jones Llanllwni) and Gangster (Evans Brecon).

Three Grade A heats followed with gate horse Vodka Express (Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey) taking the first from back marker the flying grey Live the Dream (Langford Pontardawe) while Master T J (Gwatkin Evenjobb) was third. The little chestnut mare Believe (Crowther Llanidloes) won the second heat beating Ithon Ace (Williams Shrewsbury) and Blackbird (Lloyd Kington). Bon Bethan (Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey) continued her sensational season to win the third heat for her young driver Louisa Myers with the back marker Purple Rain (Edwards Bromfield) in second and Fold Surprise (Perks Presteigne) in third.

Emma Langford picked up another drive in the first Baby Novice race as she partnered Ithon Artist (Wozencraft Llangurig) to a win from Man of the Day (Harries Llanllwni) and Fold Tinto (Perks Presteigne). In the second Baby Novice Highbrooks Teebeau driven by part owner & trainer Mathew Williams won while Saunders Playboy (Pritchard Rhosgoch) was second and Today's Future (Hughes Builth Road) was third. C U Boykin (Hitchcock Haverfordwest) claimed his ticket into the Novice section by winning the last Baby Novice race beating long time leader Hilltop Polly (Gittins Welshpool) and newly purchased Ithon Eagle (Edwards Bromfield).

The dash produced the closest finish of the day with a nose dividing Family Circle (Barton Clunderwen) driven by Louisa Myers as they defied what looked like certain victory for Obi-Wan-Kenobi (Williams Llanafan) with Blackbird (Lloyd Kington) running on to be third.

In the Novice final the hard pulling home-bred Classic Day (Miles Merthyr) registered a fine win driven by young Rebecca Williams who works in a National hunt stable in Shropshire with My Immortal (Evans Brecon) relegated to second and Ayr Force One (Haslam Llanybydder) third. Unfortunately Chinatown Maori had to withdraw from the Grade B final because of lameness but his stable companion Meadowbranch Mike (Jones Llanllwni) driven as usual by trainer Debbie Hitchcock admirably deputised by winning from the often placed Blackfield Willy (Barton Clunderwen) and the much improved Gangster (Evans Brecon). The premiere race of the day was the Grade A final when the little chestnut mare Believe (Crowther Llanidloes) battled to the front for leading driver Derek Pritchard with stable companions Vodka Express and Bon Bethan both belonging to the Weigel family from Llanddewi Velfrey securing second and third.

The final race of the day was the Junior race where the experienced Bethan Perks on Fold Rajah (Perks Presteigne) made up a long trail to claim a close victory from this season's new-comer Daisy Cornes driving Hilltop Polly (Gittins Welshpool).

Next weekend the racing returns to its roots as the finale to Hundred House Show first race at 4.30 pm.

Nursery

1 Sunnyside Geoff (Andrew Hardwick) owned Clarke Brecon trained Hardwick Brecon 2 Glan Dancer 3 Radnor Halleluliah Time: 2.32.25

Novice Heat 1

1 Ayr Force One (Emma Langford) owned & trained Haslam Llanybydder 2 Sam the Man 3 Katie Blue Time: 2.23.25

Novice Heat 2

1 My Immortal (Mark Evans) owned & trained Evans Brecon 2 Classic Day 3 Coalford Time Time: 2.17.84

Grade B Heat 1

1 Chinatown Maori (Debbie Hitchcock) owned Jones Llanllwni trained Hitchcock Haverfordwest 2 Blackfield Willy 3 Wellfield Xpense Time: 2.21.07

Grade B Heat 2

1 Bon Beti (Derek Pritchard) owned Evans Jones Rhymney trained Pritchard Rhosgoch 2 Meadowbranch Mike 3 Gangster Time: 2.21.35

Grade A Heat 1

1 Vodka Express (Horst Weigel) owned & trained Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey 2 Live the dream 3 Master T J Time: 2.21.66

Grade A Heat 2

1 Believe (Derek Pritchard) owned Crowther Llanidloes trained Pritchard Rhosgoch 2 Ithon Ace 3 Blackbird Time: 2.20.78

Grade A Heat 3

1 Bon Bethan (Louisa Myers) owned & trained Weigel Llanddewi Velfrey 2 Purple Rain 3 Fold Surprise Time: 2.22.31

Baby Novice Race 1

1 Ithon Artist (Emma Langford) owned & trained Wozencraft Llangurig 2 Man of the Day 3 Fold Tinto Time: 2.27.79

Baby Novice Race 2

1 Highbrooks Teebeau (Mathew Williams) owned Jones Merthyr trained Williams Merthyr 2 Saunders Playboy 3 Today's Future Time: 2.27.18

Baby Novice Race 3

1 C U Boykin (Debbie Hitchcock) owned & trained Hitchcock Haverfordwest 2 Hilltop Polly 3 Ithon Eagle Time: 2.24.69

Dash

1 Family Circle (Louisa Myers) owned & trained Barton Clunderwen 2 Obi-Wan-Kenobi 3 Blackbird Time: 1.50.46

Novice Final

1 Classic Day (Rebecca Williams) owned & trained Miles Merthyr 2 My Immortal 3 Ayr Force One Time: 2.22.75

Grade B Final

1 Meadowbranch Mike (Debbie Hitchcock) owned Jones Llanllwni trained Hitchcock Haverfordwest 2 Blackfield Willy 3 Gangster Time: 2.23.47

Grade A final

1 Believe (Derek Pritchard) owned Crowther Llanidloes trained Pritchard Rhosgoch 2 Vodka Express 3 Bon Bethan Time: 2.20.13

Junior

1 Fold Rajah (Bethan Perks) owned & trained Perks Presteigne 2 Hilltop Polly (Daisy Cornes) Time: 2.29.56

Report written by Maureen Lloyd