Bravo Riquet keeps David Bridgewater on course for his highest ever total of winners

David Bridgwater was in the news for the right reasons at Plumpton yesterday when Bravo Riquet followed up a recent victory at the course in the TV Focus At timeform.com Handicap Chase.

Martin Pipe’s former stable jockey found himself in hot water with the British Horseracing Authority last week over comments he made about the Ludlow stewards, who dished out a 21-day ban to 16-year-old amateur Jake Launchbury when he nearly took the wrong course on Bally Sands. With Bridgwater keen to put that episode behind him, the Gloucestershire handler is well on the way to recording his highest ever total of winners this season.

Bravo Riquet (10-11 favourite) is now two from two for the yard after he defied a welter burden of 12st 5lb with a one-length defeat of Bobbits Way.