- Thursday, 05 November 2015 08:46
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have four meetings with jumps fixtures from Market Rasen, Musselburgh and Towcester supported by an all-weather flat card from Chelmsford City. David has one runner this afternoon, Great Choice who runs in the handicap hurdle at Towcester. He has run eight times without winning although he is extremely consistent and has some very good placed form to his name, including at Cheltenham. Kieron Edgar is on board and takes a handy 3lbs off his back. He certainly deserves to win a race.
- Wednesday, 04 November 2015 08:13
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon there are four meetings taking place with flat cards at Nottingham and Kempton as well as a couple of jumps fixtures from Warwick and Chepstow. David has two runners at Warwick; Drumlee Lad and For 'N' Against, while Ballywilliam, Pilgrims Bay and The Draconian run at Chepstow. For 'N' Against has been very consistent this term and competes here from a mark of 115 which is 5lbs lower than his hurdle rating - his jockey Kieron Edgar takes a handy 3lbs off his back and another big run is anticipated. Over at Chepstow, Ballywilliam (pictured above) was an impressive bumper winner at the Welsh track last term on soft ground. He performed poorly on his seasonal debut at Perth over three miles and takes a big drop in distance today - he is clearly better than that and at odds of around 10/1 looks interesting while Pilgrims Bay has the latent ability to go well in the same race if he chooses to put his best foot forward. The Draconian makes his racecourse debut today and I will be interested to see how he gets on, he will certainly learn plenty for the experience.
- Tuesday, 03 November 2015 08:55
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four fixtures this afternoon with three flat cards from Redcar, Southwell and Wolverhampton and a very good jumps card from Exeter which features their highlight of the season, The Haldon Gold Cup. The big race has just six runners which is a little disappointing considering the prize money on offer but they have won 51 races between them so there is no shortage of quality. It should certainly make for interesting viewing. The stable has no runners this afternoon after Champers On Ice was taken out of the opening novices' hurdle.
- Monday, 02 November 2015 08:46
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action coming from Kempton, Ludlow and Plumpton. Somehow Plumpton manage to get away with just £27,000 in prize money across their six race card...you can draw your own conclusions on that one! If you live up north and like a bit of racing, sadly you are out of luck. The stable has two runners this afternoon at Kempton; Low Key and Houston Dynimo. Low Key has won his last two starts over hurdles at Fontwell and Stratford, while he has also won the Cesarewitch Trial on the level. This looks like a good race for the £12,346 prize money with dual King George Chase winner Silviniaco Conti heading the weights - Low Key is receiving plenty of weight on only 10-4 and he should run a big race under Conor O'Farrell. Our other runner, Houston Dynimo has been running okay during the summer but he would need to improve on recent efforts to figure here.
- Sunday, 01 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon with action over the sticks from Carlisle and Huntingdon. We travel all the way to Carlisle to run Shotavodka in the 2m4f handicap hurdle and he will be partnered by conditional jockey Kieron Edgar who takes 3lbs off his back. Shotavodka (pictured above) is making his seasonal reappearance and he should appreciate this stiff track while the ground should also suit. He would have sound claims on the pick of his form so let's hope for the best.
- Saturday, 31 October 2015 09:09
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is a big day for racing with five meetings taking place with flat action from Newmarket and Wolverhampton as well as three good jumps fixtures from Ascot, Ayr and Wetherby. The stable runs Purple 'N Gold and Unanimité at Ascot as well as Ballynagour and Dynaste at Wetherby. Purple 'N Gold runs in the Listed handicap chase and leading amateur jockey David Noonan is in the saddle and claims a handy 7lbs off his back. He never seemed to be going last time at Cheltenham and is clearly better than that - this is a £60,000 contest however so it is clearly a very tough assignment for him. Daryl Jacob is aboard Unanimité and he has the latent ability to go well in the Listed handicap hurdle.
- Friday, 30 October 2015 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Newmarket and Wolverhampton as well as two National Hunt fixtures from Wetherby and Uttoxeter. David runs Lady Of Longstone (pictured above) at Uttoxeter and our five year old mare is searching for a quick-fire hat-trick following a couple of facile successes at Worcester. She carries a 7lbs penalty this afternoon although if the handicapper could reassess this race she would have to carry another 7lbs. Winning rider Michael Heard is in the saddle once again and takes 7lbs off her back and she looks to have solid prospects once again, although her chances would be further aided if the rain keeps away.
