He rode the 11-year-old Intissar -- trained by Ponton's husband Jaume Punti-Dachs -- to victory at Euston Park in Britain last August.

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Ponton, riding the evergreen Nobby, was relegated to fourth place as the Sheikh covered the 160-kilometer course in treacherous and wet conditions at an average speed of 22.82 kph.

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Mike Ponton, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, which represents all the NHS organisations in Wales, said it was up to individual trusts to decide on car parking policy.

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When co-owner Jay Ponton of Norfolk, Va.

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