- Wednesday, 13 March 2013 07:56
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Buddy Bolero
David has five runners at Cheltenham today and as you would expect it looks another very competitive card. It is great to hear that there are no problems at the track and despite temperatures of minus 5 degrees over night racing goes ahead as planned. We have a couple of unbeaten runners in the Bumper in Doctor Harper and Vieux Lion Rouge who have won five bumpers between them. Mind you, the 24 runners in the race have won 35 races between them! I met Doctor Harper yesterday, that is the real Dr Harper who he is named after, not the horse! It is difficult to choose between all our runners in the bumper and The Liquidator should go well as well but whatever happens today they are all some very nice horses for the future. Buddy Bolero starts off our runners this afternoon in the first race of the day, the amateur riders 4 mile chase. He is unbeaten over fences but it is a big step in class today so it will be interesting to see how he gets on. Top Irish amateur Jamie Codd rides and remember he won at the Festival a couple of years ago when riding Junior in the Kim Muir. Goulanes runs in the ultra classy RSA chase. He is four from four since joining Pond House and won a good race on his chase debut at Wetherby last time out. This is again tougher but the horse is a real trier and he is sure to be doing all his best work at the end. The Queen Mother Champion chase looks another one for the Henderson team with the 4/1 on chance Sprinter Sacre. He is already a star but he looks sure to confirm that further today.
- Tuesday, 12 March 2013 08:02
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Broadway Buffalo
Cheltenham are having an Inspection at 10.30am, due the the fact some parts of the course are frozen despite being under cover, fingers crossed it is on! Today there are three meetigs on, but only one that counts, Cheltenham! The stable has four runners today, His Excellency, The Package, Poole Master and Swing Bowler. It is very hard to tell you what the buzz is like at the Festival when the tape goes for the first race it is electric. I have been to Wembley Cup finals but nothing compares to Cheltenham. You have the the Guiness tent with Irish Folk bands and you even have Brazilian girl dancers without too many clothes on! I am not sure what they are advertising but whatever it is I would buy it!
- Monday, 11 March 2013 08:06
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The good news is that both National Hunt meetings this afternoon at Taunton and Plumpton go ahead after their precautionary inspections were cancelled. We have had a slight covering of snow down in Brixham which is unusual, especially when you consider that it is the first snow of the winter and there has been snow around the stable. The stable has runners at both meetings with Broadway Buffalo (pictured above) looking to extend his unbeaten record to five at Plumpton, while Qalinas a last time out winner bids to follow-up at Taunton under winning amateur jockey Mr Michael Heard.
- Sunday, 10 March 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is very much the calm before the storm with just two jumps cards taking place today at Warwick and Market Rasen and it must be a very nervous time for the jockeys. The Festival is just a couple of days away now and the last thing they will want to do is pick up an injury. I bet a lot of them (or their agents) look at the form figures and if they see a lot of F's next to the horses name they would have sleepless nights! I think I would be inclined to just give it a miss if I were a jockey...I can't see A P McCoy jocked up at either of today's meetings. Maybe the champ is getting sensible in his old age?!
- Saturday, 09 March 2013 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It looks like being a great day's racing action on the final weekend before the Cheltenham Festival with four meetings - three over the sticks at Ayr, Sandown and Chepstow as well as an all-weather flat meeting at Wolverhampton. At Sandown the centrepiece is the Imperial Cup, a race the stable has won on numerous occasions, including most recently with Gaspara and Ashkazar. Tanerko Emery (pictured above) and Kazlian represent the stable in the big one today and will be ridden by Kieron Edgar and Tom Scudamore respectively, while Edmund Kean takes in the valuable EBF Final earlier in the afternoon.
- Friday, 08 March 2013 08:03
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
*Oddjob, Basil Fawlty N/R at Leicester*
We have three National Hunt meetings to look forward to this afternoon at Ayr, Sandown and Leicester as well as an all-weather flat meeting at Wolverhampton. Unfortunately Oddjob and Basil Fawlty are both non-runners at Leicester this afternoon on account of the deteriorating ground, although we will have a rare runner on the flat at Wolverhampton in the form of Vergrigio (pictured above). I see that all the services are represented at Sandown today for the Grand Military Gold Cup and the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Memorial Hunter Chase. There will be plenty of colour on show and quite a few jockeys that ride longer than John Wayne!
- Thursday, 07 March 2013 08:12
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon, two over the sticks at Wincanton and Carlisle as well as all-weather flat meetings at Southwell and Wolverhampton. The stable has four runners at Wincanton, Royal Peak, Palace Jester, The Pier and Hugo Drax. As per usual the bookies are giving very little away - Royal Peak who was an 80/1 chance the last time he was seen on a racecourse has either been found a very weak race or the bookies are afraid of him on his handicap debut...they certainly won't be running for cover at odds of around 3/1 today! Meanwhile former useful hurdler Palace Jester makes his debut for the yard this afternoon on his first start in almost a year and it will be interesting to see how he gets on. Pictured above are Palace Jester (left) and The Pier (right) on the gallops.
