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Wall and Mansell go head-to-head
THE outcome of several area awards will be decided at Bank Holiday Monday's Albrighton Woodland point-to-point at Chaddesley Corbett.
Mark Wall leads David Mansell by just six points in their battle to become leading jockey, while a handful of points separates cousins Alex Smith Maxwell and Josephine Banks in their bid to become leading novice rider.
Their grandmother Pat Tollitt, from Phepson, was one of Britain's best jockeys in her day and she takes great pleasure seeing her granddaughters doing well.
These families are based around Himbleton and Josephine has three points in hand over Alex so the outcome of the Conditions race will prove the key to who takes the title.
Coole Venture finished second at Upper Sapey recently, but behind Hi Tech Man at the Wheatland meeting and with conditions in his favour the latter is taken to prevail.
The danger could come from We're Confused and success for the Julie Houldey-trained gelding would put Mansell in front of Mark Wall in the race for the men's title.
Sapega could be heavily penalised in the Members and Phillip Needham, based in Chaddesley, will hope to follow up last year's win with Philtre.
Yorkshire-based Oliver Greenall won the Men's Open with Von Origny in 2007 and he will be crowned the new National Champion when the season ends. The horse could return to Chaddesley, but Greenall could also team up with Chorizo or Sonevafushi.
Fergal O'Brien and Andy Hobbs are battling for the trainers' championship so they will be keen to do well in this contest.
The Tollitt colours could be seen in the ladies if her daughter Angela Rucker teams up with Honest Endeavour and victory would ensure the prize for the leading owner-trainer-rider made its way back to the Ruckers' sideboard.
The first race is at 2pm.
9:48am Wednesday 21st May 2008
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