De Plotting Shed, four times a winner over hurdles when trained by Gordon Elliott in Ireland, finally came good over fences at the twelfth time of asking to land the feature £13,800 St Austell Brewery Beginners’ Chase at Newton Abbot on Wednesday.
We are sorry to announce that our fixture tomorrow, Friday 14 June, has been abandoned due to heavy rainfall, leaving the track waterlogged in places with further rain forecast this evening.
Ditcheat trainer Paul Nicholls saddled the first and second in Newton Abbot’s feature race yesterday, as Bagad Bihoue and Sam Twiston-Davies jumped to the front at the penultimate fence and held off the challenge of stable companion Alcala.