- Sunday, 04 May 2014 07:46
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is day two of the Newmarket Guineas meeting this afternoon and it is the turn of the ladies with the 1,000 Guineas the highlight. It is a Group One contest with £410,000 in prize money up for grabs - unsurprisingly it has attracted a high class, nineteen runner field. Supporting that, there is also a Group Three race on what looks to be a very good card. Meanwhile, there are also flat meetings from Hamilton and Salisbury. With no jump action on the menu, the stable has a Sunday off.
- Saturday, 03 May 2014 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There is a bumper day of action ahead with six meetings taking place. The highlight of course is day one of the Guineas meeting from Newmarket with the 2,000 Guineas the feature. The ground is said to have come right for ante-post favourite Kingman and he is my idea of the winner, although it does concern me slightly that he has been drifting in the market over the past few days. Some of the Gosden good things have been turned over of late, so it should certainly make for interesting viewing. As well as Newmarket there are meetings from Thirsk, Doncaster and Goodwood on the flat, while there are jumps cards at Hexham and Uttoxeter. The stable runs Too Generous (Mikey Ennis) at Uttoxeter, while we will represented by Un Temps Pour Tout (pictured above) and Tom Scudamore on the final day of the Punchestown Festival.
- Friday, 02 May 2014 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
What a day for young Thomas Viel yesterday at Ffos Las. The French amateur, who has been at Pond House on an internship was having his first ride in the UK and made it a winning debut with success aboard 16/1 chance Vif Argent (pictured above) in the 2m6f handicap hurdle. He was on the same mark here as when winning over the larger obstacles at Wincanton last term and it would be no surprise to see him turned out again sooner rather than later. The horse, an ex-French recruit obviously understood what his jockey was saying to him - well done Thomas! Meanwhile, I thought that Western Diva also performed creditably when finishing fifth over at Punchestown. The two mile trip looked to be on the sharp side (her Market Rasen success coming over 2m4f) although she showed more than enough to suggest that she should be capable of adding to that win.
- Thursday, 01 May 2014 07:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are five meetings on these shores again this afternoon with flat cards from Redcar and Lingfield as well as jumps action from Sedgefield, Towcester and Ffos Las. The stable is represented by Decoy and Vif Argent at Ffos Las - Vif Argent was a winner from this mark over fences and now reverts to hurdling in the hands of French amateur jockey Thomas Viel. Over in Ireland the Punchestown Festival continues and we have another couple of runners at the meeting;Tullyesker Hill (pictured above) and recent Market Rasen winner Western Diva. Western Diva showed improved form to overturn a long odds-on chance that day and could run a decent race under Tom Scudamore.
- Wednesday, 30 April 2014 07:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have five meetings in this country, four on the flat at Ascot, Pontefract, Brighton and Southwell as well as a Hunter Chase card at Cheltenham. There is also the small matter of day two of the Punchestown Festival. The stable has one runner this afternoon; Listed bumper winner Seven Nation Army (pictured above). He is a 20/1 chance according to the bookmakers, so that tells you about the quality of this Grade One field - Nina Carberry is in the saddle and she looks like a good jockey booking. Hopefully he will be able to follow-up the success of The Liquidator in this race twelve months ago.
- Tuesday, 29 April 2014 07:12
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It's a busy day with five flat cards taking place at Nottingham, Yarmouth, Lingfield, Newcastle and Wolverhampton For us jumps fans it is the first day of the Punchestown Festival over in Ireland and we have two runners in The Liquidator (a Grade One bumper winner at the meeting last season) and Ballynagour. Both are relatively big prices, although Ballynagour (pictured above) has run two good races recently - a facile success in the Byrne Group Plate at the Cheltenham Festival followed by a close third when stepped up to Grade One company at Aintree. Although his profile can be rather in and out, his form looks rock solid and he fully deserves to take his chance in this Grade One line-up. Tom Scudamore is aboard both of our runners and both he and David fly out this morning for the Emerald Isle.
- Monday, 28 April 2014 07:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The Liquidator runs at Punchestown
Today there are five flat meetings at Bath, Kempton, Windsor, Southwell and Wolverhampton. If you are a real glutten for punishment then you could go to Kempton and then pop down the road for the evening meeting at Windsor! I have just been looking through all the Punchestown entries for this week. I see that Mr Mullins has two runners in the 5.30pm race tomorrow - the 2 mile champion chase. David runs Ballynagour in this. Our eight year old has run two solid races at Cheltenham and Aintree recently and this looks a very imteresting race with 200,000 Euros up for grabs. If you get into trouble you could do worse than follow the Mullins horses in all the races at Punchestown in the coming days! David also has The Liquidator running in the 4.20pm champion novices hurdle on Tuesday. Again Willie Mullins has the favourite Faugheen who will take all the beating but The Liquidator did win the champion bumper at Punchestown last season so does not mind travelling across the Irish Sea! Tom Scu rides both of these. One thing is for certain there will be a lot of guiness drank this week!
