Pembrokeshire trainer Rebecca Curtis and jockey Jamie Brace won back-to-back races on Sunday afternoon, landing the 1.20pm and the 1.52pm.
Father-and-son trainers Jonjo and A J O’Neill also had a double at Ffos Las Racecourse, where three of the seven races went to the market leaders.
Read on for a report of the Ffos Las card, with horse racing odds from BoyleSports.
Curtis and Brace strike twice in half an hour
Genietoile opened the account in the two-and-a-half-mile maiden hurdle (1.20pm), winning by five and a half lengths at 5/1. Ben Godfrey’s Fine Tuning (16/1) was second and Espiritu Park (20/1) third.
Debrave Soldier, the 11/10 favourite for Anthony Honeyball, could only finish fifth.
Curtis and Brace were back in the winner’s enclosure 32 minutes later, as River Voyage took the Dandara Handicap Hurdle over almost three miles (1.52pm) at 15/2.
Followango (11/1) was over two lengths back in second and Getaway Theatre (6/1) third, while the 13/8 favourite Midweek Voices trailed home ninth.
Not Without Danger upsets the odds-on favourite
The card had opened with a shock. Olly Murphy’s Tap Tap Shamie was sent off the 8/15 favourite for the two-mile novices’ hurdle (12.50pm), but was beaten a length and a half by Samuel Drinkwater’s Not Without Danger at 17/2.
Robert Dunne rode the winner, and Dan Skelton’s Ink Black Heart (5/1) was third.
Corner Forward and Little Patience deliver for backers
Market leaders took over in mid-afternoon. Anthony Honeyball’s Corner Forward justified 5/4 favouritism under Harry Cobden in the two-and-a-half-mile novices’ handicap hurdle (2.27pm).
It was tight at the finish, with Jet Joe (16/1) just half a length back and Nube De Trueno (28/1) third.
Dan Skelton’s Little Patience made it two favourites in a row, winning the bumper (3.02pm) at evens under Harry Skelton.
Olly Murphy’s Esprit Sauvage (13/2) pushed him all the way to the line and was beaten just half a length, with Kappa Des Mottes (9/1) third.
A double for Jonjo and A J O’Neill
Galway Reel was the 10/11 favourite for the handicap chase over two miles and seven furlongs (3.37pm), but finished only fourth.
Instead, the O’Neills’ Impatient took it at 11/2 under Jonjo O’Neill Jr, ahead of Slim Marvel (7/1) and Jack’s Jury (11/2).
The father-and-son team completed their double in the closing 3A’s Leisure Handicap Chase over two miles (4.12pm). Rula Bula, one of two 13/8 joint-favourites, beat the other, Pure Carbon, by just under four lengths.
Imperial Bede (10/1) was a well-beaten third.
How our tips fared
Little Patience was the one winner among the seven selections in our Sunday preview. Tap Tap Shamie and Pure Carbon both finished second, and Galway Reel was fourth.
Corner Forward, Impatient and Rula Bula were all mentioned in the preview without being the headline pick, and all three won.
Ffos Las results, Sunday
12.50pm Not Without Danger (17/2)
1.20pm Genietoile (5/1)
1.52pm River Voyage (15/2)
2.27pm Corner Forward (5/4F)
3.02pm Little Patience (evens F)
3.37pm Impatient (11/2)
4.12pm Rula Bula (13/8JF)
Odds provided by BoyleSports.
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