- Saturday, 26 October 2013 07:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
*Doctor Harper - non runner Stratford 5.05pm*
It looks like being a bumper day of action this afternoon with three flat cards at Doncaster, Newbury and Wolverhampton as well as good jumps fixtures at Aintree, Chepstow and Stratford. The stable has runners at Chepstow. Broadway Buffalo and Notus de la Tour take in the competitive handicap hurdle at 4.10pm at Chepstow. Broadway Buffalo, who will be partnered by Tom Scudamore, won five times last season including his first three starts over timber and looks a most promising individual, while Notus has been unlucky in his most recent starts although he did have high class form as a novice over fences - Conor O'Farrell will take the ride. Over at Stratford Doctor Harper is now a non-runner in the 5.05pm race.
- Friday, 25 October 2013 07:10
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Well, it's been a wet old start to the day with 20mm of rain falling on the gallops at Pond House during the last 24 hours, although there looks to be a break in the skies now which will come as some relief to those riding out this morning. There are four meetings taking place this afternoon - three on the flat at Newbury, Doncaster and Wolverhampton as well as a good looking jumps card at Fakenhan. I see that Nicky Henderson runs one there that is 9lbs ahead of the handicapper - First In The Queue won a conditional jockeys' race at Cheltenham last week and so escapes a penalty this afternoon. He is due to go up by 9lbs in future handicaps so he looks to have good prospects of following-up this afternoon.
- Thursday, 24 October 2013 07:27
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today there are four meetings taking place, one on the flat at Wolverhampton as well as three jumps cards at Ludlow, Carlisle and Southwell, while there is also a National Hunt fixture in Ireland at Thurles, which unsurprisingly has the most prize money of offer today. We didn't hit the mark with our three runners yesterday at Fontwell with Decoy running a strange race in the handicap hurdle. He looked to be going as well as anything going down the back straight on the final circuit but he stumbled and ran wide on the final turn, losing all chance of winning and in the end finishing sixth. He is certainly better than this performance would suggest, while Party Girls will probably appreciate better ground.
- Wednesday, 23 October 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have four meetings to look forward to, two on the flat at Newmarket and Kempton as well as jumps cards at Fontwell and Worcester. The stable has three runners at Fontwell; Jigsaw Puzzle, Decoy and Party Girls all of whom will be ridden by Tom Scudamore. I thought that Decoy (pictured above) ran a sound race three weeks ago at Sedgefield and this ground should help our seven year old who won on very soft going during his time on the flat in France. Newmarket's card hosts no less than five two year old races and with the ground currently described as soft, I reckon they will find it very hard work!
- Tuesday, 22 October 2013 07:29
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings to look forward to this afternoon - three on the flat at Yarmouth, Lingfield and Kempton as well as a jumps card at Exeter. The ground at the Devon track is officially being described as good/soft, although judging by the amount of rain we have had in Brixham I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was considerably softer. It was a similar story yesterday where the ground at Pontefract finished up being heavy - the 2m2f handicap was 35.08 seconds slower than the standard time for the race...just think how far a horse can run in that sort of time! The stable has no runners this afternoon.
- Monday, 21 October 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
What a great performance from Kings Palace to win the 3m1 1/2f novices' hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday by a very impressive eighteen lengths. Prominent throughout he moved effortlessly into the lead and gradually drew further and further away. The runner-up (although not proven at the trip) was rated 131 and the third won a Welsh National last season, so the form looks distinctly useful. He has only had five starts to date (only three of those over hurdles), so let's hope that he can continue to progress. He is versatile too, possessing the pace for 2m4f while clearly staying further. I thought that Vazaro Delafayette also ran a sound first race under rules when finishing third in the bumper on the same card - this looked like a hot race and he appears to be a winner waiting to happen. Already a winner of a point-to-point, we know he can jump and is another to look forward to for the future.
- Sunday, 20 October 2013 09:26
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Going up the Gallops
Today there are two meetings, a flat card at Bath and a good jumping card at Kempton. I am most looking forward to the 4.25pm race at Kempton where Rock on Ruby takes on The New One. If you are going to Kempton you will hear a noisy Italian if The New One wins, good luck Gino! David does not have any runners today but we have a few entries in the coming days so keep checking back here for all the news.
