Boanas brings up her half century with 'old favourite' Teescomponents Lad

Thursday: Market Rasen

Teescomponents Lad was Gillian Boanas's first runner as a trainer after taking over the licence at Groundhill Farm, near Redcar, from Keith Reveley in 2017, so it was fitting the yard stalwart landed a 50th winner for her across both codes.

The eight-year-old won for the first time since landing last year's Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle qualifier under Sean Quinlan as he took the same race for the second year in a row, this time ridden by conditional Tom Midgley.

A delighted Boanas said: "He was my first ever runner with the licence, he just got beat in a bumper at Catterick and he's a little bit of an old yard favourite."

Teescomponents Lad was running in the colours of Graeme Renton after nearly being sold over the summer.

"Tees Components bred him and owned him, but we've got a lot of youngsters coming through the ranks and they just wanted to thin them out a little," said Boanas.

"I didn't want him to go. I didn't have the heart in the end and I managed to bang out a deal to buy him."

O'Neill springs back

Jonjo O'Neill Jr was denied a winner on his first ride back from a shoulder injury, chasing home the Kim Bailey-trained The Edgar Wallace and David Bass on the fast-finishing Orrisdale in the 2m5½f novice handicap chase.

However, he didn't go home empty-handed after Springwell Bay bolted up by 14 lengths in the bumper for father Jonjo.

Lavelle double

Emma Lavelle enjoyed a double on the day as point-to-point runner-up Rocky Lake won on his rules debut in the 2m2½f novice hurdle under Tom Bellamy before stable conditional Joe Anderson guided Shiroccan Roll to a first win over fences in the 2m1f handicap chase.

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