- Saturday, 07 June 2014 06:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Well, it's Derby Day at Epsom and all eyes will be on the big race at 4.10pm - I wonder who's name will be the next carved in history? The race is worth £1,380,000 to the winner and that is just a drop in the ocean when you consider the stud fees that the winner will be able to command when eventually retired to stud. The winning jockey will pick up a cool £138,000 for his percentage - just about average wage for a Premier League footballer! The stable has a rare runner at the track when Red Seventy runs in the 1m4f handicap at 4.50pm. Our five year old is fit from a productive campaign over hurdles but this looks to be a big ask, even with the jockey claiming weight off his back.
- Friday, 06 June 2014 06:54
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is an exciting day of action this afternoon with five meetings taking place - four on the flat at Epsom, Catterick, Goodwood and Bath as well as a jumps card taking place at Market Rasen. The obvious highlight is the Group 1 Investec Oaks which is being run in memory of Sir Henry Cecil who won the race eight times between the years of 1985 and 2007. My word he had some good horses win the race with the likes of Oh So Sharp and Diminuendo turning the Epsom Classic into processions. The stable has no runners this afternoon, although we will have a rare runner at Epsom tomorrow on Derby day when Red Seventy (pictured above) takes in a 1m4f handicap. David had better dust off his top hat and tails!
- Thursday, 05 June 2014 07:05
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I thought that Mount Haven (pictured above) was a hugely impressive winner of the bumper at Fontwell yesterday afternoon. Despite showing signs of inexperience himself, he made all of the running to score easing down by sixteen lengths. I am not sure it was the strongest of races, but you can only beat what is put in front of you and he would appear to be some sort of good thing to win over hurdles and fences when David decides to send him jumping. David found this one at the Cheltenham Sales and he looks to be yet another promising young recruit to the ranks at Pond House.
- Wednesday, 04 June 2014 06:58
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's a busy old day on the racing front with five meetings taking place this afternoon - four of them are on the level at Nottingham, Southwell, Ripon and Kempton, while there is also a jumps card from Fontwell. The stable has one runner at Fontwell, Mount Haven who makes his debut for the yard in the bumper at 5.40pm. He finished second on yielding ground in an Irish point-to-point on his sole start to date and that looks to be decent form with the winner posting a decent time. He has pleased us at home since his arrival - there is not a lot of form to go on for the rest of his rivals, although Mount Haven looks sure to run a big race under Tom Scu.
- Tuesday, 03 June 2014 07:01
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today there are four meetings taking place, three on the level at Ripon, Brighton and Yarmouth as well as a jumps card at Southwell. It is that time of year again when I get that buzzing bee in my bonnet about prize money and both Brighton and Southwell have managed to get away with seven race cards worth a total of only £29,000 each. As far as I can tell, unless you finish first or second in most of the races you will struggle to cover your expenses and that is not the way to attract owners (or racegoers for that matter) to racing. If I were still owning racehorses, I wouldn't be in any hurry to rush to these tracks.
- Monday, 02 June 2014 06:50
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four flat meetings taking place this afternoon at Leicester, Chepstow, Windsor and Carlisle, while there is a valuable flat meeting taking place this afternoon in Ireland at Naas, so you are out of luck if you are a jumps fan. The meeting at Naas is worth £243,000, not bad at all for a Monday afternoon. Having said that, it doesn't quite compare to the pot landed by Japanese Derby winner One And Only who picked up a cool £1,326,909 at Tokyo yesterday.
The stable had one runner at Stratford on Saturday evening, Purple 'N Gold (pictured above, winning last time out) who finished a close fourth in the competitive handicap hurdle - I think that if he had jumped the last cleanly he would have finished at least second. He looks well up to winning a race from his current mark of 116 and I am sure you will be seeing plenty more of him over the summer months. Unsurprisingly, there are no runners from the stable today.
- Sunday, 01 June 2014 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Horses on the Gallops
There are just two meetings today, a flat card at Nottingham and a jumps card at Fakenham and the stable does not have any runners. tom Scu goes all the way to Fakenham for just one ride. He rides Flash Crash in the first race. I hope Tom has managed to catch a lift with someone, one ride would not pay for the petrol to get there from Devon! If you are in the area and can get to Fakenham today though it is well worth a visit. It is like a track from about 100 years ago and I mean that in the nicest possible way. There is some great prize moeny on offer as well with the lady amateur race even worth £4,000. A pat on the back for Fakenham.
