Point-To-Point: Rydal Parks rivalry with Caveman comes to a head

By Hugh Condry 557PM GMT twenty-two March 2010

Closest finish of all came in the Men"s Open when trainer-rider David Kemp and Rydal Park gained a short-head outcome over Caveman after the span had been inseparable over the last 3 fences.

This topsy-turvy the placings of when they had met at Ampton a fortnight before. Then Caveman accomplished a length to the good.

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Close formula were a underline at multiform week end meetings. In the initial dual races at Whitfield on Sunday Unoitmakessense and Just Judy both resisted challengers by a short-head, whilst at Saturday"s Detling tie the four-mile Mixed Open dubbed the Kent Grand National resulted in a dead-heat in between Teeton Bollinger and Master Alf.

Most conspicuous opening from those achieving initial successes at the week end was that of David Griffiths, who functions for tutor Dr Richard Newlands.

He available his initial feat on Saturday at Siddington on Maletton, won the following competition there with Opium du Bois and subsequent day at Howick reached the winner"s enclosing again roving Prioritisation.

Richard Burton and James Tudor each scored once to go on pity the lead in the men"s championship on fourteen wins apiece. New ladies" jot down hilt Polly Gundry drew blanks on both days and in the women"s pretension competition is right away one at the back of Claire Allen, who landed her 10th win of the deteriorate on Shernally at Garnons on Saturday.