- Sunday, 13 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It looks like a quiet day on the racing front with just a couple of meetings taking place today, Goodwood on the flat and Ffos Las over the sticks. The first race at Goodwood this afternoon is for National Hunt jockeys and I am pleased to see that Conor O'Farrell has a ride in the race - it is on one of the outsiders, but it does appear to be a very open contest. The stable has no runners today.
- Saturday, 12 October 2013 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have five meetings to look forward to, three on the level at York, Newmarket and Wolverhampton as well as a couple of jumps cards at Chepstow and Hexham. The stable has a couple of runners at Chesptow, Jigsaw Puzzle (picture above, far side) and Minella Scamp, both of whom make their debut for the yard this afternoon. However, the big meeting of the day is undoubtedly at Newmarket...with over £1million in prize money on offer it is hardly surprising. The feature is the Cesarewitch handicap - a thirty-four runner cavalry charge over 2m2f and is a race that jumps trainers normally have a good go at.
- Friday, 11 October 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable had a nice winner yesterday afternoon at Exeter when Standing Ovation landed the three mile handicap chase in determined fashion in the famous colours of the late David Johnson. He was given a tremendous ride from Conor O'Farrell who never gave up on the six year old, pushing along from an early stage - he threw him at the last fence and hung on up the run-in to score by a neck. There is another local meeting this afternoon at Newton Abbot as well as another jumps card at Carlisle and two meetings on the level at York and Wolverhampton. Newton Abbot have once again done a tremendous job in securing £50,000 in prize money, whereas Wolverhampton offer up £29,000...I will say no more.
- Thursday, 10 October 2013 07:07
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings this afternoon and it is great to have a bit of local jumps action to look forward to at Exeter. The stable has five runners: Bathwick Man, Royal Peak, Standing Ovation, Basil Fawlty and Mr Trilby. Bathwick Man has been in good form of late, finishing in the frame on his last four starts and he should once again go well under Kieron Edgar who takes a handy 7lbs off his back. Meanwhile Standing Ovation (pictured above) is on a recovery mission having fallen at the second fence at Uttoxeter when sent off favourite - he is partnered by Conor O'Farrell.
- Wednesday, 09 October 2013 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today there are four meetings taking place, two on the flat at Nottingham and Kempton as well as jumps cards at Towcester and Ludlow. Surprisingly, it is the National Hunt meeting at Ludlow that has the most prize money on offer today with £60,000 up for grabs, so well done to them. The stable has one runner today, Purple 'N Gold who goes in the 1m3f handicap at Kempton - he has won at the track twice previously and has been running with credit over hurdles as well, winning at Uttoxeter (pictured above). I think he will stay this trip and former champion jockey Ryan Moore is in the saddle again and is an obvious positive.
- Tuesday, 08 October 2013 07:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have four flat meetings to look forward to at Leicester, Catterick, Brighton and Wolverhampton. The seaside track at Brighton are offering just £28,000 in prize money across their eight race card - in some of their races, if you finish fourth you get a whopping £144.30! At some tracks that wouldn't even be enough to cover the cost of the champagne. These tracks that consistently offer poor prize money must be laughing all the way to the bank, especially as they keep getting so many runners.
- Monday, 07 October 2013 07:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable enjoyed a good winner at Huntingdon as My Brother Sylvest landed the 2m1/2f novices' handicap chase by a comfortable twenty lengths. With almost £8,000 in winning prize money it was definitely a worthwhile trip - Scu commented that a few of his competitors had run below par, but I don't think the handicapper is going to take much notice of what he has to say! I'm sure Tom makes a valid point, so let's hope the handicapper tends to agree! This afternoon there are just three flat cards at Pontefract, Windsor and Wolverhampton - the stable has no runners this afternoon.
