{"id":2496,"date":"2026-04-01T22:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2496"},"modified":"2026-04-01T22:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:25:16","slug":"ascot-action-podium-power","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/news\/ascot-action-podium-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascot Action &amp; Podium Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content-left-right py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container py-md-4\">\r\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-image\">\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2026\/04\/racing2.jpg\" class=\"card-img-mobile\" alt=\"\"\/>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-description-right\">\r\n                    <p>What a fantastic day for our Pony Racing Squad at Ascot Racecourse! A huge well done to all our members \u2014 and to the parents who made the journey down to support \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca5 Teddy stormed to an incredible 1st place on his very first pony racing ride \u2014 not bad at all for someone more used to ponies with much shorter legs!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca5 Flo was beaten by the tiniest of margins into 2nd place \u2014 so close! Keep pushing Flo, that win is just around the corner \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>And to top it off, Flo also took home the Best Turned Out prize for her race \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca5 Chloe had a brilliant day too, securing a 2nd and a 3rd across her two ponies \u2014 both looking incredibly promising for the future \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>A proud day all round \u2014 onwards and upwards!<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to everyone racing on\u00a0Friday \ud83d\udcab<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2502\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2026\/04\/racing7-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2026\/04\/racing7-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/northherefordshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2026\/04\/racing7-700x933.jpg 700w, 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