The South Herefordshire Hunt harness racing meeting under BHRC rules at Allensmore was a busy day for the judges who had to pore over several photo finishes on the nine-race card.
It was a memorable day for Pandy-based man, Pete Collins. Having been National Autograss Champion in 1990, he has swapped horse-power for horses, and drove his first winner under BHRC rules when Max Factor made all the running in the first race. Within the hour, Pete was exulting in a double for his stable when his recent acquisition, Proud Girl, prevailed by a neck in the novice event with David Bevan. David, fresh from his successful Musselburgh raid was also in double form, blazing home with Vynwy George, who was recently a close runner-up in the National Pacing Derby.
Allensmore couple, Brian & Tracy Reynolds had reason to celebrate when their home-bred five year-old Copper Beech (Sara Mould) just thrust his nose out to win one of the maiden events, while start-car driver, Pete Lloyd was jubilant in the other division. His gelding, Sunset Dancer, powered out of the gate in the hands of the cheerful Glyn Slade-Jones and was never headed.
Lee Price and Major Current have looked a serious partnership this season and fulfilled that promise with a canny victory in the novice, but the judges were unable to separate Free Nukes (Gareth Bevan) and Cerion Ecology (Dylan Lloyd-Jones) who dead-heated in a highly competitive Improver.
Castle Rajah had a busy week, finishing 4^th in Scotland, before sprinting clear of the Allensmore Intermediate field with Roy Wilson to qualify for open company.
The brave mare, Cassini Venture (Mark Pritchard) refused to be beaten in the mile handicap and took some notable scalps with her dogged late challenge. Another gutsy mare, Temptress, made her debut on the Wales & West circuits with Roy Wilson, and it looked as if it was going to be a winning one. But she had no answer to Julie Bevan and her father's handsome Free Contender who flew up the home-stretch so fast that the buzzing crowd expected a sonic boom.
Next Fixture: Classic Cup weekend at Allensmore Saturday (17^th) & Sunday (18^th) Both 2 p.m
Results. Going:
WYE VALLEY METALS -NON-WINNERS OF LAST 5 STARTS
1 Max Factor (Pete Collins); 2 JJ Jedo ( Dylan Lloyd-Jones) 10 yds; 3 Johnny Springbok (David Bevan).
2:15.5. 2L, 3L. 6 ran. Owned & trained by Pete Collins, Pandy.
HOME FARM MAIDEN DIV 1
1 Sunset Dancer (Glyn Slade-Jones); 2 Shermans Pasha (Roy Wilson); 3 Scoot Along Rosie (David Bevan).
2:16.6. 4L, 1/2L. 6 ran. Owned & trained by Peter Lloyd, Kington.
CHASEVIEW VETERINARY CLINIC MAIDEN DIV 2
1 Copper Beech (Sara Mould); 2 Best Man (Gareth Price); 3 Ginger Spice (Andrew Rees).
2:20.8. Short hd, short hd. 9 ran. Owned by Brian & Tracy Reynolds, trained by Brian Mould, Penkridge.
THE BLACK SWAN NOVICE DIV 1
1 Proud Girl (David Bevan); 2 Newtown Shine (Terry Laventure); 3 Fearless Scoot (Libby Lloyd).
2:16.3 Neck.neck. 8 ran. Owned and trained by Pete Collins, Pandy.
GOLDEN VALLEY MEATS NOVICE DIV 2
1 Major Current (Lee Price); 2 Burstaway (Julian Price); 3 Greenwood Beth (Richard Owens).
2:15.2. 1L, 2L. 10 ran. Owned by L&R Price, trained by Lee Price, Builth Wells.
RYEFORD ROSETTES IMPROVER 
=1 Free Nukes (Gareth Bevan) & Cerion Ecology (Dylan Lloyd-Jones); 3 Ms Bogart (Sara Mould).
2:15.3. Dead heat, 1L. 8 ran. Free Nukes owned & trained by Gareth Bevan, Maesmynis Cerion Ecology owned & trained by Delwyn Thomas, Lampeter.
COUNTRY BRUSH INTERMEDIATE
1 Castle Rajah (Roy Wilson); 2 Barney (Gareth Price); 3 Eli (Brett Strickland)
2:14.1 8L, 4L. 7 ran. Owned by S Barratt, trained by Mair Wilson, Llanbister.
MORASTON ENTERPRISES OPEN HANDICAP MILE
1Vyrnwy George (David Bevan); 2 Bobby Dazzle (Roy Wilson); 3 Highbrooks Cobra (Mark Pritchard).
2:14.7. 2L, 1L. 10 ran. Owned by Gordon Parkes, trained by David Bevan, Builth Wells.
W.E WILDE & CO OPEN HANDICAP MILE DIV 2
1 Cassini Venture (Mark Pritchard); 2 Patchpiece Ted (Patrick Morris) 10 yds; 3 Inez Gale (David Bevan).
2:15.1 1/2L, 11/2L. 9 ran. Owned by Nigel and Debra Lewis, trained by Radnor RS, Glasbury-on-Wye.
BIOTAL OPEN HANDICAP MILE DIV 3
HANDICAP REDUCED BY 20 YDS
1 Free Contender (Julie Bevan); 2 Temptress (Roy Wilson) 20 yds; 3 Scoots Messenger (David Bevan) 20 yds.
2:12.3. 3L, 11/2L. 8 ran. Owned & trained by Colin Bevan, Llangammarch Wells.