The Cheshire Forest meeting took place on a bright spring day, in front of a large crowd on Sunday.  Although only 25 runners went to post, there were some notable performances with Henry Crow stealing the limelight with four winners from as many rides.  Three of them were trained by Tim Garton and owned by his family.  There were also doubles for trainer Heidi Brookshaw, her rider Billy Chatterton and owners Chris and Carly Sage.

The feature race was the £1,000 Ineos Grenadier Mixed Open over the shorter trip of two-and-a-half miles.  Sam Inskip set the pace on In Arrears for the first two miles, but Tommie O'Brien took it up on Hazzaar at the third last and won by an easy seven lengths from Toby Wynne on Staple Head, with In Arrears a further five lengths back in third.

The eight-year-old gelding, owned and trained by Clive Boultbee-Brooks, had lost his love for racing when trained under rules by his neighbour Tom Lacey.  The better ground and shorter trip suited him here and he will be kept to points and hunter chases for the rest of the season.

Henry Crow is currently on the crest of the wave.  Having ridden Wonderoftheworld to win on his only Tranwell ride on Saturday, he made it five out of five for the weekend here.  In the opening Members, he made all on the Tim Garton trained Roevin Star and won by an easy twenty lengths from Hawkestone Spirit. It was the winner's first success since winning at Eyton in 2019. With the connections of the only other entry for the Owner/Trainer race Queen Kalamba having advised they would not be running, Roevin Star was declared for that race and walked over to complete a double.  

The second race was the Restricted where Crow rode the favourite Willewonga.  Billy Chatterton on Salven set a modest pace, so Crow took it up with a circuit to go and eventually won easily from Tommie O'Brien on Grove Cottage.  The winner, owned by Derek Malam and trained by Joe O'Shea, had finished runner-up in three hot races this season, and earned a well-deserved reward here.

The final leg of Crow's four-timer was in the older-horse Maiden on the eight-year-old gelding Poncherello which completed a treble for Tim Garton.  The race had its mishaps where Altumanina unseated at the first and when the runners came into the straight with a circuit to go, the riderless horse was running in the opposite direction.  He then swerved in behind the two leaders Giovanni Medici and Poncherello before the ninth fence and collided with the favourite Presenting Miranda and Mount Ros, who were both knocked over.  Poncherello took it up four out and won by a couple of lengths from No Promises who stayed on well. The eight-year-old was purchased at Doncaster Sales in 2019 for £10,000.

In the Level 2 Conditions Race, Billy Chatterton made most of the running on Duke Arcadio and held off the late challenge of William Maggs on Stop the World to win by half a length.  The thirteen-year-old was having his first success since winning twice at this track three years ago.  The winner is owned by the commentator Chris Sage and his wife Carly and trained by Heidi Brookshaw.

The same connection later saddled the five-year-old Soldiers Hour for a walk-over in the four- and five-year-old Maiden.  Two other horses had declared but were both withdrawn due to the drying ground.