- Monday, 09 September 2013 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon - two over the sticks at Perth and Huntingdon and one on the level at Brighton. As I am sure you would have guessed, the best prize money on offer on these shores is at Brighton's flat card, although £26,000 shared between seven races is not exactly anything to get overexcited about, especially when you consider that the Galway card in Ireland offers £126,000 in prize money across their seven race fixture. How much longer can this go on for?
- Sunday, 08 September 2013 08:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The Tracey Shuffle after winning at Ayr
There are just two meetings today, a good flat card at York and a jumps card at Fontwell. David has The Tracey Shuffle running in the 3.45pm handicap hurdle at Fontwell. Tom Scu rides at 11st 11lb and our seven year old was third at Perth last time out so he is certainly well travelled! It looks an open race with over £6000 in prize money on offer. Rain is forecast and this should not inconvenience him so fingers crossed is should run well.
- Saturday, 07 September 2013 07:08
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
On the Way to the Gallops
Today we have six meetings, five on the flat at Haydock, Ascot, Kempton, Thirsk and Wolverhampton plus a jumps card at Stratford. David does not have any runners today but The Tracey Shuffle runs at Fontwell tomorrow. Watch out for the ground at any of the weekend meetings as there is rain about! The going is currently good to soft at Haydock and more rain is forecast. This could change the results after the ground has been much quicker over much of the summer. At Haydock there is a Group 1 contest at 3.50pm and Lethal Force runs. The race looks tricky and I am lookng forward to watching it. Meanwhile the work continues at home and the large majority of our horses are back from their summer breaks and cantering on the gallops. They seem to be well and the count down can begin to the start of the 'proper' jumps racing! Over the coming days we shall be putting on a few photos from the gallops so make sure you look out for your favourites!
- Friday, 06 September 2013 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
As you can see from the picture above, we have had a few misty starts to the day this week. Nevertheless, I managed to get a few pictures of the horses in action and I thought you might be interested to see old favourite Mamlook as he builds up towards a crack at next month's Cesarewitch at Newmarket - a race that he has finished placed in twice previously. He has been absent for a little while, but he is back looking well and it is good to see him on the gallops, pictured here with exciting winning point-to-pointer Vazaro Delafayette.
- Thursday, 05 September 2013 07:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I am pleased to bring you an update from our gallops about last season's novices' chase star Dynaste who I saw in action under Oliver Defew yesterday morning. Sadly it was a little foggy first thing, but as you can see from the above photograph our grey son of Martaline has summered really well and is on good terms with himself. The season ahead will certainly be an exciting one for him and everyone in the yard.
- Wednesday, 04 September 2013 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Not for the first time I was watching Luke Harvey doing a pub crawl yesterday on Attheraces. The former jump jockey turned presenter was at Laytown for the beach meeting in Ireland. While he was there he had a little paddle in the sea, so Harvey successfully managed to upset all of the fish as well as all of the pub regulars! The form stood up fairly well on the sand with four of the six winners being well-backed favourites...I bet the bookmakers wish the tide had never gone out.
- Tuesday, 03 September 2013 07:14
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon there are four meetings, all on the flat at Goodwood, Leicester, Musselburgh and Lingfield as well as a great card on the beach at Laytown in Ireland. It's the 145th year of this unique meeting and I see there is a horse with a topical name running called Surfs Up...perhaps there should be another one called Tides Out?! Just think if you were holidaying in the area you could con the wife and kids into a 'day at the beach'! The ground is officially being described as standard and there is some very good prize money on offer - even the claimer is worth nearly £5,000!
