Wadge stars at Kelso as De Boinville trims Jockeys’ Cup deficit 

Patrick Wadge enjoyed day two of the Ladbrokes Go North series finals as a win on Starlyte and a runner-up finish on Your Own Story secured the young Scottish rider 18 points. As a result, he jumped up the David Power Jockeys’ Cup leaderboard into a share of 24th position on 64 points, and is now just 18 behind leading conditional rider Dylan Johnston (82 points) as both chase the top prize for leading conditional.

Other jockeys to enjoy success at Kelso included Danny McMenamin (14 points) and Brian Hughes (10).

At the top of the standings, Nico de Boinville enjoyed a fruitful afternoon at Newbury with a win for Bhaloo and a runner-up finish for the same connections’ La Pinsonniere securing a return of 18 points. Leader Harry Skelton, meanwhile, endured a rare blank afternoon in front of the ITV cameras.

Jonathan Burke rode Siog Geal to success in the race that La Pinsonniere was second in, the Grade 2 BetVictor British EBF “National Hunt” Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle, while Harry Cobden and Sam Twiston-Davies both came away from the Berkshire track with four points apiece. 

The sole ITV race at Bangor on Saturday afternoon went the way of the Sean Bowen-ridden The Four Sixes.