Tuesday 20 March 2018 17:59, UK
Phil Kirby was delighted to see Allmyown open his account under rules with a dominant display at Wetherby.
The seven-year-old was snapped up for the relatively modest fee of #20,000 after winning an Irish point-to-point last spring.
His five subsequent efforts over hurdles were nothing to write home about, but it is perhaps no surprise given his background that he fared better on his first start over fences, when third at Catterick a little over a month ago.
Allmyown was a 5-2 chance for the Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Chase under Adam Nicol and with 7-4 favourite Bandon Roc well beaten a long way from home, Kirby's charge was not hard pressed to score by 11 lengths from Newberry New.
Kirby said: "He's a big, raw horse who will hopefully make up into a nice staying chaser. He jumped class.
"He is entered at Sedgefield on Friday, but I'll see if there's anything else coming up for him.
"There's no panic to run him again, to be honest. He's a horse who probably wants a bit of time."
Allmyown was the second of two winners on the afternoon for the North Yorkshire-based trainer, with Little Bruce having earlier justified 5-4 favouritism with a 15-length demolition job in the selling hurdle in the hands of 3lb claimer Thomas Dowson.
Kirby added: "He's been running terrible but he put it all together again.
"It's great to have a couple of winners. I think that's nine we've had in the last 16 days. Hopefully they keep coming."
Just two runners contested the Watch Racing UK In Stunning HD Novices' Chase and it was 5-6 favourite Sainte Ladylime who comfortably saw off even-money shot Progress Drive for trainer Kim Bailey and jockey Sean Bowen.
Charlie Deutsch steered the Venetia Williams-trained Eminent Poet (9-2) to victory in the #18,500 racinguk.com Handicap Hurdle, while Good Boy Bobby sent favourite-backers home happy with a decisive success in the bumper.
A dual winner at Chepstow before finishing third behind the classy Acey Milan in a Listed event at Newbury, Nigel Twiston-Davies' five-year-old was a 1-2 shot to claim a third bumper success and did so comfortably under the trainer's son, Sam.
