- Tuesday, 16 December 2014 08:40
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with a jumps card from Catterick and a couple of all-weather flat fixtures from Kempton and Southwell. Just when I think the prize money cannot get any worse, step forward Southwell to raise (or should that be lower?) the bar - £25,000 for a seven race card is scandalous in my opinion and they are very fortunate to have attracted the fields that they have. I think this record low could stand for a while! Anyway, I digress - the stable has no runners today and our next racecourse representatives are likely to come tomorrow at Ludlow and/or Newbury.
- Monday, 15 December 2014 08:33
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
***UPDATE***
Volt Face - Non-runner 2.55pm Ffos Las
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with two jumps meetings at Ffos Las and Plumpton as well as an all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton. The stable has one runner this afternoon, Volt Face who takes part in the handicap hurdle at Ffos Las. He finished a good third at Towcester last time out on soft ground and would appear to hold solid claims. We drew a blank over the weekend, although Stars Over The Sea, Easter Meteor, Border Breaker and Softsong all picked up prize money.
- Saturday, 13 December 2014 09:34
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have two jumps cards at Carlisle and Southwell and the ground is described as heavy at both tracks. AP rides a couple at Southwell which look quite interesting. David does not have any runner and Tom Scu has a rare day off so he can spend some time with the kids and Lottie! I see a full brother to Frankel is 100/1 to win the 2016 Derby. I think I would want bigger odds than that! I did not realise how many entries the Derby gets, it is 475 this year, I wonder what the entry fee is?
- Saturday, 13 December 2014 08:13
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Kings Palace Winning at Cheltenham
It was great to see Kings Palace put in another fine performance to win at Cheltenham yesterday. I thought he jumped as well as I've ever seen a horse jump a round of fences at the track yesterday, especially for a novice. On eight pounds worse terms with Sausalito Sunrise from their previous meeting I thought he beat him even more comprehensively and I think he is very decent. I see he is now favourite for the RSA chase at the Festival and I think it will take a good one to beat him. Standing Ovation still looked to be going okay when he knuckled and fell at the third last and it was a shame as he had also jumped superbly. I am pleased to report that he and all our runners from yesterday are fine this morning which is most important.
- Friday, 12 December 2014 08:13
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It looks like an exciting day's action with four meetings taking place headlined by the first day of Cheltenham's International meeting and supported by jumps cards from Bangor and Doncaster as well as an all-weather flat card from Wolverhampton. The flat card fails to break the £30,000 barrier with just £29,000 on offer across their seven race card. The stable has three runners at Cheltenham; Kings Palace, Street Entertainer and Standing Ovation. I am particularly looking forward to seeing exciting novice chaser Kings Palace who was the impressive winner of his chase debut at the track last time out when putting in a faultless round of jumping to beat Sausalito Sunrise. He has to improve further to confirm form with that rival on these revised terms but he does look like a top class prospect. I was going to fly up to the track with David today but there has been plenty of overnight wind and rain and I am not the bravest so have decided to give it a miss.
- Thursday, 11 December 2014 08:38
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
***UPDATE***
Bladoun a non-runner, 1.10pm Taunton
There are four meetings this afternoon with three National Hunt fixtures from Taunton, Warwick and Newcastle as well as an all-weather flat card from Kempton. The stable runs Rathealy at Warwick, while at Taunton we are represented by Rathlin Rose, Bladoun and Minister Of Mayhem at Taunton. Bladoun was a ready winner last time out at Leicester on soft ground and is well-treated under his 7lbs penalty - Tom Scudamore rides them all at Taunton with the exception of Minister Of Mayhem who is ridden by conditional of the moment, Michael Heard who claims a useful 7lbs off his back. Meanwhile Conor O'Farrell is aboard Rathealy at Warwick - his form was given a timely boost when the horse who beat him on his debut ran a good race to finish second to Bidourey under a penalty earlier in the week.
- Wednesday, 10 December 2014 08:42
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable had another nice winner at Fontwell yesterday afternoon when Bidourey (pictured above) was a battling winner of the juvenile hurdle under Tom Scudamore. I thought this was a good first effort over timber from our three year old who was extending his unbeaten run to three. He has plenty of size about him and he clearly possesses a very good attitude, so is very much one to be excited about for the future. There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with two jumps fixtures from Leicester and Hexham as well as all-weather cards from Lingfield and Kempton. Well done to the team at Kempton where there is a race worth £37,750 - great prize money for a Wednesday evening!
