- Monday, 25 May 2015 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was another good weekend for the stable with the successes of Lady Of Longstone at Ffos Las on Saturday and Dell' Arca at Uttoxeter yesterday. Lady Of Longstone prevailed in a thrilling finish to the mares' handicap hurdle fighting back to deny Midnight Sequel having been headed a furlong out under a strong ride from Tom Scudamore. On Sunday Dell' Arca won his first chase on his third attempt over the larger obstacles at Uttoxeter. He had previously run well in defeat when 1 1/2 lengths behind subsequent Gold Cup winner Coneygree, so he was fully entitled to win a race of this nature. Still, it was good to see him jump well and I am sure David will place him to win many more over fences - he could be another one to run in France in the coming weeks. The stable clearly continues in good form with decent performances too from the likes of Good Value (second) and Street Entertainer (third) over the weekend.
- Sunday, 24 May 2015 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Kelso, Uttoxeter and Fontwell. The stable has four runners this afternoon - three at Uttoxeter and one at Fontwell. Moncarno runs in the 5.35pm race at Fontwell and our five year old sports a pair of blinkers for the first time - hopefully they will have the desired effect and he can be competitive this afternoon. Meanwhile Dell' Arca (pictured above), Susie Sheep and Good Value are on duty for the stable at Uttoxeter. Dell' Arca reverts to the larger obstacles having finished a creditable third behind Faugheen at Punchestown last time, while his one length second to Coneygree over fences last season looks fair form too! He will be ridden by Tom Scudamore and he has the form to win a race of this nature.
- Saturday, 23 May 2015 07:24
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is another busy day of racing with six meetings taking place. Five of them are on the level at Beverley, Catterick, Goodwood, Haydock and Salisbury, while there is a jumps fixture from Ffos Las. The stable has two runners at the Welsh track this evening with Street Entertainer going in the 7.55pm race and Lady Of Longstone our representative in the 8.30pm. Street Entertainer (pictured above) carries 12-2 in this trappy handicap hurdle, although Michael Heard takes 7lbs off his back with his very useful claim. Our eight year old won really well at Perth last time and this faster ground should suit him well. Lady Of Longstone is partnered by Tom Scudamore and she would have claims in this mares' handicap hurdle if reproducing one of her better efforts.
- Friday, 22 May 2015 07:32
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is a bumper day of action today with six meetings taking place with five flat cards at Goodwood, Haydock, Bath, Pontefract and Musselburgh as well as a jumps fixture from Worcester. David doesn't have any runners on the domestic front, instead he has gone where the money is and he runs Katkeau at Auteuil this afternoon. Of course, he had been an intended runner there on Sunday but due to some ridiculous rule, he was balloted out even though he was topweight. He has stayed over there in company with Susie who looks after him - I wonder what the credit card bill is looking like?! Katkeau will be ridden by birthday boy Tom Scudamore who is 33 today - a birthday winner would be lovely!
- Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable had a fantastic day yesterday at Warwick even though two non-runners meant that only Bella ran from the yard. She put up a career best performance to land the four year old fillies' handicap hurdle and in the process land the handsome £25,024 first prize. I am sure that when they put the race on Warwick officials were hoping for a more competitive race and David suggested that this was the wrong sort of race at the wrong time of the year. Even so, I know he will be thrilled to win it with Bella who was given a great ride by Tom Scudamore - it was an excellent bit of placement by the trainer and in the process it lifted him back to the top of the trainers' table at this early stage of the season.
- Wednesday, 20 May 2015 07:32
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat fixtures from Ayr, Lingfield and Kempton, while there is jumps action from Warwick and Southwell. We have two runners at Warwick - Tom Scudamore is aboard Bella who goes in the valuable four year old fillies' handicap hurdle, while Weather Babe (pictured above) tries to follow-up her recent success in the 3m1f handicap hurdle. Conor O'Farrell takes the ride on Weather Babe while Taj Badalandabad is now a non-runner in the same race.
- Tuesday, 19 May 2015 07:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable had a nice winner yesterday when Vieux Lion Rouge won on his chasing debut at Towcester. He stayed on nicely to win by three lengths and can only improve with this experience under his belt. The runner-up Simply The West looks like an interesting one for next time as he did not have a straight forward passage when his tack became tangled after an early error. He looks like a winner waiting to happen to me.
