Entries & Recent Form
- Friday, 21 October 2011 07:08
- Written by James C Smith
We don't have any runners this afternoon, but I have been busy down on the gallops armed with the camera and I managed to capture a few old favourites as they went through their paces. First up was Swing Bill as he completed a solo gallop, while former Hennessy winner Madison du Berlais worked in company with former Victor Chandler winner Tamarinbleu. It was certainly good to see them all looking so well in the morning sunshine.
- Thursday, 20 October 2011 07:18
- Written by James C Smith
We have a couple of runners at Ludlow this afternoon, Bathwick Scanno (ridden by Frank Hayes) and Rainy Champion (Mikey Ennis) in the juvenile hurdle. It looks like a tight little race with plenty of the runners in with a chance of sorts - hopefully ours will perform creditably and give the lads a nice ride.
I have a couple more pictures from the gallops for you - this time of Shaking Hands and Another Display, as well as old favourite Lough Derg who worked in company with Gentle Ranger.
- Wednesday, 19 October 2011 07:08
- Written by James C Smith
The stable had a good day yesterday afternoon at Exeter with a couple of winners and a second from our three runners. I know that it was only a three runner race and he was aboard the 1/9 favourite, but I still thought that young amateur jockey Tom Bellamy gave Soulard a good front running ride. Take it from me, it is not as easy as it looks to get the fractions right and he didn't panic when one came to him early in the straight - the fact that he was able to pull away again comfortably between the last two showed that he judged it nicely. Tom already looks more stylish than his father (former jockey and clerk of the course at Towcester) Robert Bellamy.
- Tuesday, 18 October 2011 06:50
- Written by James C Smith
The stable has three runners at Exeter this afternoon, Soulard, Shallow Bay and My Brother Sylvest. With the uncharacteristic dry weather that we have been having, the ground is pretty quick and consequently there are no big fields. Even so, we have had a little overnight rain and another shower or two this morning so hopefully that should have just eased the ground a little.
- Monday, 17 October 2011 07:27
- Written by James C Smith
What a great weekend of horse racing action and what another incredible perforamance from Frankel to win the QEII at Ascot. It was some training performance from Henry Cecil to keep this colt producing these sensational performances despite having been on the go since his seasonal debut back in April. A friend of mine went to the meeting and said that he has never heard the crowd so animated (even before the big races). The general consensus among the experts is that Frankel is quite possibly the greatest miler that they have ever seen, personally I always wonder why people want him to try further - the best miler of all time would be good enough for me! He is now finished for the season, but the good news is that he looks likely to be kept in training for next year.
- Saturday, 15 October 2011 07:16
- Written by James C Smith
Qulinton ran a cracker at Cheltenham yesterday to finish second in the Pertemps qualifier to the 13/8 favourite Paint the Clouds. He was giving the in form winner five pounds and he certainly looks capable of winning over hurdles on this evidence. Our other two runners Raslan and Buena Vista were towards the back of the field but I am pleased to report that all of the horses have come out of the race well and are in fine form this morning. In the rest of yesterdays action I thought Sizing Symphony looks a fair novice hudler. He won the first race on the card over 2m5f with a bit in hand and he obviously likes the better ground and although the trainer said he may have one more run before a winter break he could be one to follow when he returns to action in the spring.
- Friday, 14 October 2011 07:10
- Written by James C Smith
Sadly the yard did not manage a winner yesterday afternoon at Wincanton, instead having to settle for three third places. The blinkers did not seem to do much to aid Tigger who has been running consistently without getting his head in front - he looks likely to win a little race although only he will know when. Bathwick Scanno did not jump with his usual fluency, while Rainy Champion ran a nice race under amateur Mikey Ennis and looks more than capable of winning a race of this nature.
We move on to Cheltenham this afternoon where we will have three runners in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Qualifier, Qulinton, Raslan and the amazing Buena Vista who has won the last two finals of this contest at the Festival in March.
