AGA Total Control Lady Riders' Championship - updated table, joint leaders but it's wide open!

After an interesting weekend of pointing action we now have joint leaders in the race to win a brand new AGA Total Control cooker. Claire Hart and Angela Rucker lead the way with 20 points apiece after both picked up some additional points in the ladies race at Thorpe Lodge, but the challengers are queuing up behind them.

The last name on the list is interesting - but it does not
apply to Mr Derrick I hasten to add!

The AGA Pointing van was a long way from Thorpe Lodge on Sunday morning as it was up in the Scottish Borders for the Jedforest meeting - which was an early victim of the harsh overnight frost. However, after a phone call from me and an early breakfast the team headed south, 224 miles south to be exact, and they arrived at Thorpe well before the Ladies Open.

The winning connections - is the AGA heading for Claire's kitchen?

There were 12 declared for the Ladies race, and although we were not sponsoring, there were still extra points available for the AGA Total Control Lady Riders' Championship, and it was these extra points that enabled Claire and Angela to jump to the head of the table. The winner Rathcor is normally ridden by Claire's best friend Hannah Lewis, but as Hannah was in action at Higham (where she also piloted a winner), Claire was more than happy to take over.

The girls line up before the race - is there an AGA winner here?

Jane Williams bagged 4 extra points in this race, and up in Yorkshire Jacqueline Coward got off the mark for the season with an easy win on Amicelli at Sheriff Hutton, snaffling 10 points for herself in the process. As you can see it is tight at the top with 10 of the girls into double figures for the season, and we also have another 12 sitting just off the pace but handily poised to shoot into the top 10 with just one win!

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