- Wednesday, 07 February 2018 08:23
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The bad news is that following early morning inspections, both jumps cards from Ludlow and Fakenham have been abandoned. The good news is that racing on the all-weather goes ahead with no reported problems from Chelmsford City or Wolverhampton. The even better news is that there is a runner from Pond House on the level at Wolverhampton as Three Star General (pictured above) contests the 1m6f handicap under former champion apprentice Tom Marquand, so there is still a chance that David will have a birthday winner! Three Star General contests the 5.25pm race and he does have bits of form on the flat in Ireland (albeit on the turf) as well as some smart hurdling form that would give him a shout. He is yet to run on the all-weather so that is the imponderable but it is not hard to see him go well at a big price.
- Tuesday, 06 February 2018 08:31
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards scheduled to take place at Market Rasen and Sedgefield. Unfortunately there are inspections at both meetings owing to the drop in overnight temperatures. I can't say I am surprised it dropped to -2ºc down here overnight and that is on the English Riviera! Let's just hope that both meetings get the thumbs up. There are no problems on the all-weather where the action takes place at Southwell.
- Monday, 05 February 2018 08:33
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Southwell and Newcastle (pending an early morning inspection), while there is also an all-weather flat fixture from Wolverhampton. Let's hope that the Newcastle meeting gets the go ahead as Tom Scu makes the long journey north for just one ride - hopefully he will be lucky. The stable had runners at Taunton yesterday and Friday Night Light fared best of those when second in the handicap hurdle - he looks as though he would prefer a return to a stiffer track and should soon regain the winning thread.
- Sunday, 04 February 2018 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon but there are decent cards, while over in Ireland it is the second and final day of the excellent Dublin Festival from Leopardstown with the Irish Gold Cup the feature contest. David has five runners at Taunton this afternoon - they are Skinflint, It's Obvious, Friday Night Light, Mister Drifter and River Dun. There is some good prize money on offer at Taunton today so the racing is competitive but hopefully David will enjoy a winner or two.
- Saturday, 03 February 2018 08:36
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable was among the winners at Chepstow yesterday afternoon when Remastered (pictured above) ran out a ready winner of the concluding bumper. He was well backed and duly obliged with the minimum of fuss from a decent benchmark in Kateson who was not beaten far in a Listed contest last time. Remastered looks to be a nice prospect for the future - he has a bit of size about him and should be winning plenty more races judged on this evidence. Martabot looked as though he was going to go close for much of the way earlier on the card before weakening in the closing stages and clattering through the last - it wouldn't surprise to see him go well over shorter next time.
- Friday, 02 February 2018 08:15
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps card from Catterick and Chepstow as well as flat cards from Lingfield and Wolverhampton. David has two runners at Chepstow today when Martabot takes in the 2m3½f handicap hurdle at 3.20pm. Our seven year old was pulled-up on his first start back from an absence at Wincanton, but he has shown promise in the past, notably when finishing runner-up at Exeter and a reproduction of his best form would give him claims. Meanwhile, Remastered makes his debut for the stable in the bumper at 4.25pm. He had some very nice form in Ireland on testing ground, he receives 7lbs from his main market rival and a big run is expected under Tom Scudamore.
- Thursday, 01 February 2018 08:16
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I'm Always Trying finished runner-up at Leicester yesterday afternoon behind the very useful Springtown Lake. He will certainly face easier opportunities than this in the future, but it was a good piece of placing from David as our five year old picked up almost £2,500 - that is almost as much as winning at some courses! I'm Always Trying still looks very inexperienced and he should continue to improve. He seems likely to want a real test of stamina.
