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Jones wins at Ffos Las after race switched from Wetherby

Ffos Las racecourse, general view from 2020.
Ffos Las racecourse, near Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire, opened in 2009 [Getty Images]

Local jockey Ben Jones rode Ben Pauling-trained Handstands to victory in the Grade 2 Towton Novices' Chase at Ffos Las.

The race - the richest of the season - had been switched from frozen Wetherby to the Carmarthenshire course.

Ffos Las hosted on Saturday after poor weather conditions forced a switch of the eight-race meeting at short notice from Wetherby.

The £40,000 prize pot meant the two-mile race was the most valuable Ffos Las has staged this season after the £50,000 Welsh Champion Hurdle ran back in October.

Racing across the UK has been severely hit by heavy rain, snow and freezing temperatures with a number of cancellations.

The going at Ffos Las in Carmarthenshire was officially described as soft and passed a final course inspection on Saturday morning.