UPPERVILLE, Va.--The father and son combo of Todd as trainer and James as jockey joined forces to win a timber race at the Piedmont Fox Hounds Point-to-Point on Saturday, March 21.

Piedmont racesSarah M. Jay's Be Counted won the second division of the Foxhunter Timber by 5 lengths over Shining Marble (Ire), trained by Kathy Neilson.

"We've had Be Counted for quite a long time," said Todd. "He's owned by Sarah Jay, whose father, who has passed, was a long time client of ours."

"James won a bunch of races on Be Counted last year," said Todd. "He was also on the winning team at the Foxhall Farm Team Chase a couple of weeks ago. We'll run him back at Elkridge Harford, and James will ride him."

Of having the father and son combination, Todd said "We''re lucky to have that."

Neil Morris saddled Vincent Bonanni's Bet the Pot, ridden by Eric Poretz, to win the first division of that timber race by a neck over Paddy's Crown, trained by Emily Hannum.

 

MORRIS had two other winners.

Runnymoore Racing's  Step Out (Ire), ridden by Poretz, won the first division of the Maiden Timber by 2 lengths over Idoneo, trained by Emily Hannum.

Morris also saddled William Russell's Animal Kingdom, ridden by Poretz, to win the Open Timber by 4 lengths over The Butler Yates (Ire), trained by Leslie Young. 

Young, who also had two winners, saddled Joy Slater and Thomas Rice's Vadavvero (Ire), ridden by Ben Mulligan, to win the second division of the Maiden Timber by 2 lengths over Hey Padre, trained by Mark Beecher.

Young also had a one/two placing in the Open Flat with John & Crispin Menefee's Kobe's Smile, ridden by Mulligan, who won by 10 lengths over Hokey Moley. 

Hannum saddled Adlestrop Hill's Our Legend (Ire), ridden by Chloe Hannum, to win the Lady Rider Timber by 1 1/4 lengths over Alottacents, trained by Sam Cockburn.

Todd McKenna saddled Turks Head Turf's The Red Fox, ridden by Elizabeth Scully, to win the Maiden Flat by 3/4 length over Belle Wish (Ire), trained by Young.

Lawrence Smith saddled T Rex to win the Virginia Bred Flat by a neck over Getti'downonit, trained by Beecher.

Piedmont enjoyed good entries, with most races having five or six horses, and the pony races also drew good number of entries, with the Smal Pony flat drawing six entries.

Pauly Aquilera rode both the Large and Medium Pony winners, Tia and Rose. 

Daniel Edelstein on Mallory won the Small Pony.