- Wednesday, 08 May 2013 07:06
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Mamlook - Winner of the Chester Cup in 2010
Today there are five meetings, a jumps card at Kelso, plus four flat cards at Chester, Southwell, Newcastle and Kempton. David as one runner in the Chester Cup, Investissement. It is a 2m21/2f trip but with 18 runners there are bound to be traffic problems on this tight left handed track. I would not think there are any other tracks like Chester in the world! Normally you get all of the footballers at this meeting posing, all with their own bottle of champagne! Investissement had some good flat form for John Gosden in 2011 and has a mark of 97 and don't forget he did finish third in the Ebor. He was slightly disappointing in three hurdle races this winter but he will prefer this better ground and with Willie Twiston-Davies in the saddle claiming a handy five pounds off we are hopeful that he will run okay. David did win this race in 2010 with Mamlook and Richard Hughes riding that day. It would be lovely to have a repeat performance this afternoon!
- Tuesday, 07 May 2013 06:56
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Water Garden on the Gallops
Garryleigh and Third of the Third finished second and third in the maiden hurdle at Ffos Las yesterday. Both ran good races and Garryleigh was only beaten half a length under a good ride from Tom Scu. Third of the Third made a pleasing Pond House debut and both horses look capable of winning races in the near future. Today there are five meetings, three on the flat at Yarmouth, Kempton and Catterick and two jumps cards at Exeter and Fakenham. David has two runners in the 7.25pm race at local track Exeter. Water Garden carries top weight but has Mikey Ennis on board claiming a valuable seven pounds. Laustra Bad is ridden by Francis Hayes who also claims seven and both have small chances in a typical open handicap hurdle. It should be a great evening of action so if you can get to Exeter on this lovely sunny day you are sure to have a great evening.
- Monday, 06 May 2013 07:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Beyond on the Gallops
David has four runners at Ffos Las this afternoon. It is a lovely sunny day so it is a great day to go racing if you have the chance to go. Garryleigh, Third of the Third, Beyond and Mr Trilby run at the Welsh track where the ground is described as good. Garryleigh and Third of the Third run in the maiden hurdle. Garryleigh has to bounce back after a slightly below par effort at Chepstow last time but he should prefer the drier ground. Third of the Third is making his Pond House debut in the same race. The six year old was a bumper winner for David Evans and we are hoping for a nice run for the Dai Walters owned gelding who of course owns the racecourse as well!. Beyond returns to hurdles after a couple of good runs on the flat last summer. He is a pretty decent stayer on the flat and while he has not transfered all of theat to the obstacles as yet he will like the ground and should run okay. Mr Trilby is also having his first start for the yard. He is an Irish point to point winner but this looks a fairly competitive little race so it will be interesting to see how he gets on. There are five other meetings on around thr country today on this bank holiday Monday and they are all on the flat at Warwick, Windsor, Kempton, Beverley and Bath.
- Sunday, 05 May 2013 00:44
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Promising Youngster - Red Sherlock
I was looking at the British jumps owners title for the the 2012-13 season. This was won by JP McManus and he won it by over £600,000! He had 95 winners, which was 70 winners more thab Trevor Hemmings. I just wonder what his training bills come to each month! I would not think the prize moeny gets anywhere near the trainnig fees. JP is a fantastic man and puts so much into both racing and charity and our sport coould not do without him son many congratulations to him. Our top owner with 18 winners wa David Johnson. David was champion owner a few years ago and although he does not have quite so many horses as he used to he does have a lovely bunch of youngsters so he has lots to look forward to this winter.
- Saturday, 04 May 2013 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Oddjob winning at Chepstow
David has three runners this afternoon at Uttoxeter. Smooth Classic is looking to build on his promising second last time at Plumpton while Bygones Sovereign has to bounce back from a fall last time out. He was the winner of a competitive event at Exeter the time before so finger crossed the fall will not have affected his confidence too much. He is a good jumper and has been schooling nicely at home again. Oddjob is th final runner of the day. He appreciated the better ground when winning at Chepstow last time so we are hoping he can perform the same again today. Tom Scu is at Uttoxeter to ride all three. There are also five other meetings on today so there is lots of action to watch for everybody! There are four flat meetings at Newmarket, Doncaster, Goodwood and Thirsk and two jumps cards, at Uttoxeter as we have mentioned and also Hexham.
- Friday, 03 May 2013 06:57
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The horses enjoying the sunshine
David has one runner, Diamond's Return on the flat at Chepstow this afternoon. Our nine year old won a few hurdles races last season but his making his debut on the flat. He is the oldest in the maiden race but he should give account of himself with Martin Harley in the saddle. Today there are five meeting, three on the flat at Musselburgh, Chepstow and Lingfield, plus two jumps cards at Fontwell and Bangor. We have had a few days of dry, sunny weather which is lovely but the jumps tracks are now having to water. I would think there will be a lot of non runners due to the ground firming up and I think another reason why jumpng needs a break during the summer! A jumper that should win again is Pyjama Game. The seven year old won by 14 lengths at Sedgefield off a mark of 87at Sedgefield yesterday. He should run again before the handicapper has ihis say as a big rise in the weights is expected. One to watch out for.
- Thursday, 02 May 2013 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Diamonds Return
Today there are five meetings, two over the sticks at Taunton and Sedgefield and flat cards at Redcar, Lingfield and Chepstow. David does not have any runners today but it is great to have some nice sunshine st Pond House. We do have one runner on the flat at Chepstow tomorrow. Diamond's Return runs with Martin Harley on board. He was David's first winner of the 2012/13 jumps season at Exeter (photo above) and ig going to be mixing the flat and jumping this summer. Looking back at yesterday's action, I thought Estimate looked better than a Group 3 performer. She stayed on strongly and won well. She is a big price for the Ascot Gold Cup next month and it maybe worth taking an early price about her. It looks like the 2 1/2 miles trip will be okay and I see no reason that she won't give you a good run for your money. Another from yesterday's action who looks like he could be ahead of the handicapper is the Luca Cumani trained colt, Rockalong. He only won by 1/2 length so the handicapper should not be too hard on the four year old and is one to look out for next time.
