- Friday, 24 April 2015 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with three jumps cards from Perth, Chepstow and Plumpton as well as flat fixtures from Sandown and Doncaster. The stable doesn't have any runners this afternoon and with just two days of the season remaining Tom Scudamore is sat on 149 winners. I know he would love to ride one more to make it to 150 so he travels to Plumpton this afternoon for three mounts - they look to have small chances with Into The Wind possibly the best of them. I guess it is like being on 99 in cricket, a ton sounds so much better. With only five National Hunt jockeys having ridden 150 winners in a season, he would be joining very exclusive company.
- Thursday, 23 April 2015 07:52
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable enjoyed it's 116th winner of the season last night at Taunton when Classical Art ran out the comfortable winner of the handicap hurdle under conditional jockey Michael Heard. This was Michael's eleventh winner of the season and he has improved in leaps and bounds this season and is excellent value for his 7lbs claim. Meanwhile, over at Ffos Las Pilgrim's Bay finished third in the bumper having looked the likeliest winner two furlongs out. He drifted badly and almost came to a complete stop before running on again - he clearly has plenty of ability although I would imagine that David will be reaching for the headgear sooner rather than later.
- Wednesday, 22 April 2015 07:22
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable enjoyed a winner at Exeter yesterday afternoon when Sir Frank Morgan broke his duck in the novices' hurdle under Tom Scudamore. Although there were only two runners it was an exciting little race with the result only assured halfway up the run-in as he floored the odds-on favourite. With tactical affairs such as this it can be unwise to read too much into the form and hopefully the handicapper will take this into consideration. The ground at Exeter was good/firm and considering it was the third consecutive day of racing in the area, unsurprisingly there were a few non-runners. In fact there were only 28 runners across their entire seven race card and race planning will have to think carefully before putting four local meetings on consecutively in the summer in future.
- Tuesday, 21 April 2015 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with two jumps cards from Exeter and Ludlow as well as flat fixtures from Kempton, Brighton and Wolverhampton. It is the turn of Wolverhampton to be named and shamed (again!) as they get away with putting up just £28,000 for their seven race card - I can't believe the owners keep putting up with it by sending their horses their to compete for peanuts. Having said that, Brighton (£31,000) and Kempton (£32,000) do not fare much better, while the jumps cards have £40,000 and £60,000 on offer - I know there is a horseman's agreement, but even so, the minimum prize money levels across a fixture would appear to need addressing. Anyway, I digress...the stable has three runners at Exeter this afternoon; Skylander, Sir Frank Morgan and George Herbert.
- Monday, 20 April 2015 07:36
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are five meetings taking place with three jumps cards from Kempton, Hexham and Newton Abbot as well as flat cards from Pontefract and Windsor. The stable is represented by Softsong in the three mile handicap chase at Kempton, while All Force Majeure (pictured above) and Multimedia run in the 2m3f maiden hurdle at Newton Abbot. In fairness they all look as though they will need to improve a bit to get involved in the finish. Meanwhile Tom Scu heads all the way to Hexham for a couple of rides and his mount in the bumper looks interesting having running creditably at Down Royal.
- Saturday, 18 April 2015 09:17
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon and jumps fans are in for a treat as they are both over the sticks at Wincanton and Stratford. The stable has runners at both meetings with Good Value and Lady Of Longstone (pictured above) participating at Wincanton and Western Diva representing us at Stratford. Tom Scu goes to Stratford and as well as Western Diva, he has picked up a couple of outside rides. Meanwhile conditional jockey Kieron Edgar rides for the yard at Wincanton. The ground will certainly be a bit quicker than it has been for a little while, so if you are going to have a bet make sure that your selection will handle this faster surface. Over in Ireland there is a good card on the flat from The Curragh and quite a few of the top flat jockeys have made their way across the Irish Sea to participate.
- Saturday, 18 April 2015 07:49
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a bumper day of action to look forward to this afternoon with six meetings taking place. There are four flat cards from Newbury, Thirsk, Nottingham and Wolverhampton as well as jumps meetings from Ayr and Bangor. It is Scottish National day at Ayr and the stable has two runners in the big race at 3.45pm; Broadway Buffalo (pictured above) and Amigo. Also at Ayr we run Border Breaker and Street Entertainer. Ideally Broadway Buffalo could do with softer ground, although he has won on good ground and ran a cracker on a similar surface in the four miler at the Cheltenham Festival. The trouble is that Ayr can dry out very quickly, as it did on this card two years ago. Meanwhile, Amigo finished a good runner-up at Newbury last time and a big run is expected from the pair of them. Can you believe it though? 30 runners and A P is without a ride!
