- Thursday, 18 February 2016 08:43
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was a memorable day for the stable and the Scudamore family at Musselburgh yesterday as Impulsive American bolted up by nine lengths in the maiden hurdle. The winner was the 1,000th success of Tom's career which is a marvellous achievement and he joins his father amongst others in the very exclusive band of people to have achieved this. In doing so they became the first father and son combination to ever achieve the feat. I thought I had just better mention this this morning otherwise Tom's wife Lottie will be on barking in my shell-like! Impulsive American won well and provided the handicapper does not go crazy, he looks as though he will be competitive in handicaps from this sort of mark.
- Wednesday, 17 February 2016 08:11
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Towcester (who have survived an 8am inspection) and Musselburgh as well as all-weather flat cards from Kempton and Lingfield. The stable has runners at both jumps meetings and Tom Scudamore travels up to Scotland for the ride aboard Impulsive American in the 2.15pm race at Musselburgh. Our four year old has been consistent thus far without managing to get his head in front and he ran as well as ever last time out and gets in with only 10-11 due to his four year old's allowance. He certainly has the ability to win a race of this nature and the Racing Post have put him in as the jolly.
- Tuesday, 16 February 2016 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable had another nice winner yesterday as Bella (pictured above) won the mares' novices' hurdle at Plumpton with the minimum of fuss under conditional jockey David Noonan. The biggest surprise was that she drifted to 11/10 having been long odds-on in the morning. It sometimes makes you wonder what is going on...it was better than having money in the bank! It was yet another excellent piece of placement by David who has now won three times with the mare and accumulated over £42,000 in prize money with her this season.
- Monday, 15 February 2016 08:51
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are three meetings taking place with jumps action from Plumpton and Catterick (who survived an 8am inspection) as well as an all-weather flat fixture from Wolverhampton. David has a couple of runners at Catterick as he sends Miss Gotaway and Brook on the long journey north, while Bella runs at Plumpton. Miss Gotaway is the winner of three point-to-points and i thought that she posted an encouraging first run for the stable when third at Taunton on her seasonal reappearance. She can only improve for that and holds sound claims this afternoon. Our other runner at the meeting is Brook who won a hurdle at Newbury last season on heavy ground but has been largely disappointing since. Both are partnered by Tom Scudamore.
- Saturday, 13 February 2016 11:59
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon with a jumps card at Exeter and an all-weather flat fixture from Southwell. Exeter have had plenty of rain (a surprise I know!) over the last few weeks so providing the meeting goes ahead David will have three runners; Dell 'Arca, Shotavodka and Lady Of Longstone. Tom Scudamore takes the mount aboard the first two, while Michael Heard takes 7lbs off of Lady Of Longstone's back. The ground is sure to be extremely testing so there are likely to be some slow motion finishes.
- Saturday, 13 February 2016 08:23
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Navanman completed a quick-fire hat-trick with success at Wetherby yesterday afternoon. It was a good piece of placement by David who sent the seven year old out to win three times in the last week. He was a welcome comeback winner for Michael Heard who was having his first ride since returning from an injury sustained in a fall at Cheltenham in November. Navanman once again jumped and travelled supremely well and beat a fellow hat-trick seeker with the remainder of the field well behind. He will make a nice staying chaser in time. Earlier in the card, Ikrapol hinted at more than a little ability when runner-up in the maiden hurdle behind promising type Cobra de Mai and it shouldn't be too long before he is winning something similar.
- Friday, 12 February 2016 08:08
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Kempton and Wetherby and an all-weather flat fixture from Wolverhampton. David runs Ikrapol, Epic Warrior and Navanman at Wetherby. Ikrapol runs in the maiden hurdle and he has a couple of bits of form on heavy ground in France and hopefully he will go close with a clear round. Epic Warrior always seems to run a solid race and he is partnered by Kieron Edgar who claims a handy 3lbs off his back. Meanwhile Navanman (pictured above) is turned out again under a double penalty in an effort to complete a quick-fire hat-trick. Michael Heard is in the saddle and he takes 7lbs off his back. This is Michael's first ride since returning from injury and he looks to have been given a perfect opportunity to get back in the winners' enclosure. Over at Kempton Standing Ovation is a non-runner.
