A HUGE crowd enjoyed a great day out in the spring sunshine when they attended the Easter Bank Monday Holiday point to point run by Taunton Vale at Cothelstone.

A treble for jockey Charlie Marshall, two of which were for trainer Will Biddick, two maiden winners who relished the quicker ground and a canny ride from Lucy Mager in the first to upset the odds-on favourite, were the highlights for spectators who also enjoyed a family dog show.

Local girl Lucy Mager rides Cothelstone particularly well and now has seven riding wins to her name around here. Undaunted by the fact there was an odds-on David Pipe trained favourite in the opening Members race, Lucy dictated matters on Weston Bay and following the departure of Baskerville, never allowed her remaining opponent, Ben Lilly to get a look in.

Charlie Marshall was another to employ front running tactics on his winners, the first of which came on Far Out West in the Conditions race who took advantage of a big 12lb weight advantage to hold off crowd favourite, Ninth Wave.

Charlie and Will teamed up again in the next, the Mixed Open, and it was good to see the likeable Regatta de Blanc return to winning form. Sent off at the remarkably generous odds of 5-4, the mare outjumped her rivals.

Charlie’s last winner came for Harry Ryall whose River Don delivered on the earlier promise he had shown by taking the final Maiden.

The Restricted race didn’t produce the result expected but it still went to a nice horse in Emberscombe - much to the delight of owner Kieran Johns and jockey Aimee Jones.

The earlier shorter Maiden race went to Kow Boy Sivola who defied his small stature to run out an easy 15 length winner under Amber Jackson-Fennell with Freddie Fleetfoot in second and Troubleisontheway a head back in third.