Nicky Henderson and Jamie Snowden were among the Lambourn contingent chasing success at Chepstow’s Welsh Racing Festival last weekend, but it was one of the village’s lesser lights who ended up flying the flag.
The three-day meeting, which signalled the start of the core jumps season, looked as though it would not produce a Lambourn winner until Black Eddy stepped up to deliver an outstanding performance in the concluding bumper on Sunday.
The four-year-old was just a ninth career winner for Toby Bulgin, who resumed training four seasons ago after a brief first spell as a trainer in the late 1980s and has been based in Lambourn since February 2024, training out of New Barn Farm on Wantage Road.
Read the full story
Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.
Subscribe to unlockRacing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racingExpert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul KealyReplays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecoursesForm study tools including the Pro Card and Horse TrackerExtensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales dataSubscribe
Already a subscriber?Log in