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We are now entering the final week of the 2025-26 National Hunt season with the finale once again coming at Sandown on Saturday. Fear not, with a little break in jumps racing after the weekend, we do have Punchestown to look forward to next week! We already know the Champions elect, so no closely fought battles to come this week like last year but there is plenty of racing in the coming days before the curtain comes down. More reflections on the season next week. Read more...
- Thursday, 23 April 2026 06:52
- Written by G Edwards
Today we have two jumps meetings, the second day of Perth's three day meeting and a card at Warwick which hosts a couple of races that were transferred from the Cheltenham April meeting that was lost. The stable does not have any runners today but there are plenty of runners and competitive races at both fixtures. There are two flat cards today, one up at Beverley and the other on the all-weather at Southwell. In Ireland they race on the polytrack at Dundalk and I shall be watching the 7.45pm race with interest. Number one in the race, Mont St Michel is ridden by Jared Huggan claiming ten pounds for trainer Denis Hogan. Jared is having his first ride and I shall be wishing him the best of luck. Jared is the son of our horse dentist, Stuart and has spent a lot of time here at Pond House after originally coming down with his dad when he was doing the horses teeth. He won't mind me saying, school was not really his thing and he got on so well with Jack Pipe he basically lived here through school holidays and more at one stage! Originating from Hawick, where a lot of jockeys seem to come from, he has then been over in Ireland working and he has ridden several winners flapping both in Scotland and in Ireland. He and Jack keep in regular contact and I hope he has a great first ride this evening and we shall all be watching.
