- Monday, 31 July 2023 15:08
- Written by David Pipe
I have just returned from a great week in Portugal with Leanne and the family and it has nice to see the weather has not cheered up at all back here since I have been away! 127mm of rain fell in July at Pond House which is the second highest amount we have recorded during the month since we started recording it in 2001. Despite being in second, it does fall some way behind July 2009 when we had 202mm. I can’t remember July that year very well but it must have been pretty miserable weather wise!
- Monday, 24 July 2023 11:10
- Written by David Pipe
Stray Bullet: For Sale!
After a very dry June, July has been a very wet month – typical British weather! We have already had over 100mm of rain fall this month with more set to come this week before we move into August. Last year just 24mm fell in the whole of July but we are back to on a par of 2021 when we recorded 109mm in the 31 days of July. Over the weekend a lot of sporting action was disrupted, race meetings were lost and the Aussies retained the Ashes due to the great British weather causing minimal play in the fourth test on Saturday and no play on Sunday which resulted the match ending in a draw. Australia lad the Ashes 2-1 with just one Test to go which means even an England win will now not be enough to win the series. It is such a shame it has been decided in this way, especially as England were in a great position to win the latest match at Old Trafford and it would have set up a spectacular finale for the fifth test. These are the rules however so there is not much we can do about it!
- Monday, 10 July 2023 15:02
- Written by David Pipe
Our Yorkshire Three Peaks Conquerors!
It was great to get another a couple of winners last week from a limited amount of runners, taking our season winners tally to nine. Myristica has been fantastic since joining our yard and has now won three of her four starts over hurdles with the minimum of fuss. She is a gorgeous looking daughter of Harzand and what is best about her is her straight forward and genuine attitude. She travels kindly through her races and jumps really well and responds when her jockey asks. We will see what the handicapper does to her rating tomorrow but she does have an entry on the flat at Salisbury on Saturday although we may wait until Market Rasen the following weekend.
- Monday, 03 July 2023 14:42
- Written by David Pipe
Tamarinbleu
Last week it was mixed fortunes on the runner’s front with not much luck for Pepsiwithacap in her race as she got not further than the third hurdle and was brought down when another horse fell. Thankfully she is none the worse for the incident and she may well head to Worcester next week for her next outing.
- Monday, 26 June 2023 07:45
- Written by David Pipe
Dindin Wins At Worcester!
From just the four runners for the stable last week it was good to keep the winners score board ticking over with Dindin winning at Worcester. Dindin was our seventh winner of the season and it was the ten year olds 13th win of his career. He is as tough and genuine as they come and he has now won over £240,000 in prize money in his career. He has multiple placings to go with his wins and you would like many more like him!
- Monday, 19 June 2023 11:11
- Written by David Pipe
Myristica Wins At Newton Abbot!
We only had a handful of runners during the last week but took our season tally to six winners over jumps with an easy win for Myristica at Newton Abbot. Her task was made somewhat easier by the departure of the third favourite three flights from home but she didn’t come out of second gear all the way round. She had a little look at the padded hurdles early in the race but led the field and jumped well. She has a good engine and an attitude to match and is a thoroughly likeable mare. She has now taken her career record to six wins from 29 career starts, four on the flat and two over hurdles, a healthy 21% strike rate. She has come out of that race well and we have plenty of options going forwards she may well stick to the jumps or we may try her back on the flat as some point as well.
- Monday, 12 June 2023 17:26
- Written by David Pipe
Bashful Boy Wins at Nottingham!
We had just the seven runners last week, but it was nice to have two winners and a few places as well. It was a winner on the both codes for the team with Bashful Boy winning at Nottingham on the flat and Abaya Du Mathan winning at his beloved Ffos Las.
- Monday, 05 June 2023 14:18
- Written by David Pipe
Fergus Gillard - Pastures New
We only had a few runners last week but from that we record three second places courtesy of Only Fools, Kolisi and D’jango. While second places can be a little frustrating, all three horses ran well and are capable of winning races this summer.
- Monday, 29 May 2023 09:40
- Written by David Pipe
It has been a good week for the yard with a few winners which included a double at Ffos Las, a winner at Southwell and a winner on the flat at Salisbury. It was double’s all round last Monday at Ffos Las for myself, jockey Jack Tudor and owners, the Value Racing Club.
- Monday, 22 May 2023 11:17
- Written by David Pipe
Holiday Time
It was quiet for us on the runner’s front last week but the few we did run all ran well. Last Quarter and Call Her Clever both finished fourth at Worcester in their respective races. Last Quarter is a quirky character and jockey Jack Tudor came back and said please can I have another go! The ability is there but it is a challenge to get the best out of him on the racecourse and so it was nice for Jack to come back feeling positive and wanting to try something different on him next time. Call Her Clever made a pleasing career debut to be a close fourth. She was a little green but galloped all the way through the line and we will run her again in another bumper in a few weeks’ time and I am sure she will improve for the experience. Micronormous ran her best race to date over hurdles at Fontwell on Wednesday, finishing a close third. Hopefully this will have given her some confidence to build on for next time.
