National Champion Jane Williams moves to the top of the AGA table with a stylish win on Shernally at Woodford

The top of the AGA table had a familiar look to it after the Berkeley meeting at Woodford as National Champion Jane Williams moved into a four point lead with a very stylish win on that tough little mare Shernally. Jane is a great role model, and there may well have been a future National Champion on show earlier in the day as the action kicked off with some exciting pony racing which helped to get us in the mood for the main event - although the start was somewhat chaotic (which was no fault of the young riders).

AGA Rangemaster CEO William McGrath has a pony (pictured above), which is ridden by his 10 year old great nephew Liam Harrison. Young Liam rode a great race to finish second on 'Meg', although the he came crashing down to earth with a bump the following day as he broke his wrist when he fell off his bike, and he is now sidelined for the remainder of the season.

Four good 'uns lined up for our race and after taking a few snaps in the paddock I made my way to the bookies to donate some money to the Mike Smith summer holiday fund (not for the first time this season).

The money was invested on one of the two horses above but I didn't pay Mr Smith another visit so you can guess that it wasn't Shernally.

Jane gave Shernally a clever ride, moving to the front at the fifth and the pair were never headed, drawing clear two out to record a very impressive win.

Dick Baimbridge, Graham & David Fisher, Jane Williams and the AGA man were about to be photographed together again for the second time this month, who would bet against a third before the end of the season?

Dick is a real character and it was great to see him in such good form after the race, and again in the lorry park for the post race celebration. An interesting day was completed by having a quick tour of the lorry park with Beazo, although I'm saving the resulting photos for our end of season compilation.