- 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.
- Wednesday, 06 March 2013 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon at Fontwell and Catterick over the sticks, and Lingfield and Kempton on the all-weather. Weekend Millionair (pictured above) and Hidden Discounts are the two runners from the yard at Fontwell and will Tom Scudamore takes the mount aboard both. Watching the racing from Exeter yesterday I was interested to see the ground was officially good (good/soft in places), but if you looked through the times there didn't appear to be much in the way of good ground. Most races were in the region of 30 seconds outside of the standard time, while the Devon National was over 45 seconds slow!
- Tuesday, 05 March 2013 08:30
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
*Leader Of The Gang - N/R 4.30 Exeter*
Today there are three meetings taking place with two over jumps at Exeter and Newcastle as well as an all-weather flat card at Southwell. The stable has a couple of runners, Henok and Leader Of The Gang (pictured above, left) at Exeter providing the fog lifts - it has been dense around the yard this morning and I am sure you have heard how exposed and open to the elements Exeter is up on Haldon Hill. The ground is certainly drying out very quickly although I know there is some rain due for the end of the week...I just hope that they don't overwater for the Cheltenham Festival which starts in a week's time.
