- Sunday, 09 March 2014 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It really is a case of the calm before the storm with two jumps cards taking place at Warwick and Market Rasen and the yard being represented by just The Wealerdealer at Market Rasen in the conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle. He ran respectably when third at Wincanton last time out and can hopefully build on that in the hands of Matt Griffiths. I bet there will be a few Irish punters at the track ahead of the Cheltenham Festival - they seem to take the entire week off of work to pay homage to Cheltenham. I see the first race is sponsored by Lincs Loos - I hope your bets don't go down the pan! It's probably a little early to be doing those kind of jokes.
- Saturday, 08 March 2014 08:09
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Although there are only three days until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, there is still an abundance of good racing taking place today including the Imperial Cup at Sandown. As well as Sandown there are two other jumps meetings at Chepstow and Ayr and an all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton. The stable is represented by Swing Bowler and Baltimore Rock (pictured above) in the big race and I'm sure David (and a few other trainers) will be eyeing the £100,000 bonus up for grabs for any horse winning this race and then following up at next week's Festival. Martin completed the double with Olympian and Blowing Wind, while David also achieved it in his first season with a licence courtesy of Gaspara.
- Friday, 07 March 2014 08:12
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
In the final build-up to Cheltenham it is good to see that the yard is still among the winners. Red Seventy put up a game performance to win the two mile handicap hurdle under a well judged front-running ride from Tom Scudamore. Considering he only raced at distances of up to a mile on the level, he certainly stays well enough over hurdles and showed a likeable attitude to hold on here despite being taken on for the lead from an early stage. He looks as though he will be better on a sounder surface too, so this was a good effort. Meanwhile despite there being only seven runners, I thought that Our Chief ran okay to finish fourth in the concluding bumper. It looked like a decent contest on paper and he is bound to learn from this racecourse debut and it appears as though a stiffer track will suit.
- Thursday, 06 March 2014 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon, two over the jumps at Wincanton and Carlisle as well as two all-weather flat meetings at Southwell and Kempton. The stable has four runners at Wincanton this afternoon - they are Volt Face, Obistar, Red Seventy and Our Chief. Red Seventy was a decent horse on the flat over distances up to a mile but he seems to get the two miles over hurdles okay and he ran well over this course when runner-up to a decent sort on his penultimate start. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle this afternoon and he looks to have a decent chance - a comment that also applies to well-related newcomer Our Chief who contests the closing bumper. Stable sponsors Bathwick Tyres are supporting the meeting by sponsoring all seven races on their card.
- Wednesday, 05 March 2014 08:26
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Only six more days until the Cheltenham Festival and we have a nice picture of some of our hopefuls to bring you. Above is (front to back) The Liquidator, Knight Of Noir and Legacy Gold as they paraded around the yard on Saturday for The Morning Line. There are three meetings taking place this afternoon - a jumps card at Catterick as well as two all-weather flat meetings at Lingfield and Kempton. I would suspect that plenty of the all-weather nuts will be attending both meetings, although they will probably have to miss the last at Lingfield to do it...what a dilemma! The stable has no runners this afternoon.
- Tuesday, 04 March 2014 07:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings to look forward to this afternoon - two over the sticks at Exeter and Newcastle as well as an all-weather flat card at Southwell. The stable has four runners at our local track, Exeter - they are Massannie, Party Girls, Alderluck and Milor de la Borie. I see that Massannie is forecast to go off at odds-on and with her latest second being franked by subsequent Grade Two winner Toubeera she would be the one to beat. However, she hasn't looked entirely straight forward at the start and I think she would prefer better ground. Having said that, she won a bumper on soft ground at Ffos Las and was runner-up on heavy at Plumpton - why on earth am I even talking about the ground?!
- Monday, 03 March 2014 08:03
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
*Weather Babe - Non Runner 4.05pm Southwell*
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon - a jumps card at Southwell and two all-weather flat meetings at Lingfield and Kempton. We were due to run Weather Babe at Southwell but after 8mm of unforecast rain overnight the ground has now become unsuitably soft for her so she will not be taking her chance. Tom Scudamore is left with one ride at the track for his brother Michael, hopefully it will not be a fruitless journey for him. Our next runners will likely come at Exeter tomorrow where it is Devon National day - Alderluck (pictured above) will probably represent us in that marathon contest.
