Ben Case
Tempest River, the star of Ben Case’s Edgcote stables, near Banbury, opened her account over hurdles at Hereford yesterday.
The five-year-old, winner of the Listed John Smith’s Mares’ National Hunt Flat Race at the Aintree Grand National meeting in April, had been beaten on her first two starts over timber.
But dropping back in trip for a mares’ novices’ hurdle over two miles and a furlong, she made it third time lucky.
Sent off the 11-8 favourite, Tempest River was held up by Daryl Jacob before hitting the front at the second-last and striding clear to beat Justazippy by an easy seven lengths.
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