- Tuesday, 06 August 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Day two of our jumping sabatical and we have four flat meetings to look forward to this afternoon with action from Ffos Las, Catterick, Ripon and Kempton. For a jumping fix it is over to Ireland for their meeting at Roscommon. It's hard to believe it, but A P McCoy is having the day off - just be careful if you are playing golf anywhere in the Lambourn area, he does tend to spray them all over the place! I'm only joking of course, in fact the champ has a very good reason for a day off today following the birth of his son - sincerest congratulations to him and Chanelle.
- Monday, 05 August 2013 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Well, the week long jumps sabatical starts today so if you like your National Hunt racing you might as well take a week's holiday! Nevertheless, the work around the yard continues as normal (as you can see from the above picture on the gallops) so that the horses are ready to go upon resumption. There are four flat meetings to keep us occupied today at Ripon, Wolverhampton, Carlisle and Windsor...the meeting at Carlisle is an all lady jockey's card. Quite a few of the ladies are from the jumping game, including Rachael Green and Lucy Alexander, while top flat jockey's Kirsty Milczarek and Cathy Gannon have a decent book of rides. I would have thought that four of those ladies will have a few winners between them...you heard it here first!
- Sunday, 04 August 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon and if you like your jump racing, you had best get your fix at Market Rasen for after that there is a week without any National Hunt action at all...I don't know what I am going to do! There are two meetings on the level at Chester and Newbury and the prize money at the former is very good. Don't forget if you are planning on having a wager at Chester today in the sprint races, you need the advantage of a low draw due to the tight nature of the course. If you are anywhere near Chester it is well worth a visit and is an excellent track for viewing. I would think that as usual there will be plenty of footballers in the middle of the track at the champagne bar. They can normally be seen there with their orange tans, holding a bottle of the most expensive bubbly they can get their hands on.
- Saturday, 03 August 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There is a busy day of racing ahead with no fewer than seven meetings taking place with six on the flat at Goodwood, Newmarket, Thirsk, Doncaster, Hamilton and Lingfield as well as a jumps card at our local track Newton Abbot. There has been quite a bit of rain overnight in the west country so the ground could certainly have eased a little bit. The stable has three runners - Shoegazer, Qulinton and Ladyvie. Qulinton (above, centre, blue colours) has fallen to a handy hurdles mark of 122 (he has won from 135 over fences) and he ran creditably last time out over course and distance.
- Friday, 02 August 2013 07:33
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was a good day for the yard at Stratford yesterday with Royal Peak providing a timely winner in the 2m6f novices' handicap hurdle. This was the first bit of form that our six year old had shown, and I reckon it was a good bit of placing by David as it was a terrible race. He seemed to win with plenty in hand and there was an inquiry into the improved performance, although that is probably best explained by the poor race, longer trip and faster ground - he was a drifter from 8/1 out to 12/1 so he certainly wasn't backed to break his duck. Our only other runner on the day Darcey Diva fell at the last when beaten.
- Thursday, 01 August 2013 06:57
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Darcey Diva
Today there are five meetings, four on the flat at Goodwood, Nottingham, Epsom, Ffos Las and a jumps card at Stratford. David has two runners at Stratford, Royal Peak and Darcey Diva. Royal Peak is yet to make the frame but Darcey Diva has run okay in a couple of bumpers and just had the one run over hurdles at Southwell last time out. The ground went a bit too soft for her that day and she can only improve for the experience. Tom Scu is on board Royal Peak and Kieron Edgar keeps the ride on Darcey Diva as he had ridden her in all of her starts to date.
- Friday, 26 July 2013 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has one runner at Uttoxeter this afternoon - Laustra Bad runs in the handicap hurdle at 5.15pm. There are only six runners but it is a tight and competitive little handicap - our ten year old is well treated on some of his old form although he does have ten lengths to make up on recent running with Don't Be Late and is only 7lbs better off. Laustra Bad (pictured above) has always been a talented horse if a little difficult to predict, but if he can produce one of his better efforts it would be no surprise to see him go close. There are five other meetings taking place this afternoon, on the flat at Ascot, Thirsk, York, Newmarket and Chepstow.
