- Wednesday, 16 January 2013 08:01
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We had another good day yesterday when Shaking Hands, our sole runner at Ffos Las duly obliged in the staying handicap chase. Given a postive ride from Tom Scudamore, 'Shakey' made this a real stamina test and making all, he gradually came clear to win well in the end despite the burden of 11-12...a really good effort. He is a tough and honest stayer who thrives when conditions are demanding and he should continue to flourish when stamina is at a premium.
- Tuesday, 15 January 2013 08:08
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There was nearly a big turn-up at Plumpton yesterday as Too Generous (pictured above) our 1/5 favourite for the mares' race scraped home by a head in a thrillling finish from Grace And Fortune. Indeed, having been headed shortly after the last she battled on very gamely to get back up in the dying strides under Tom Scudamore and bail those who backed her at prohibitive odds out of trouble - I bet there were more than a few anxious punters as the race unfolded! Anyway, she has been characterised by her willing attitude and once again she showed great determination here to extend her record to four wins from five starts.
- Monday, 14 January 2013 08:01
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We have good news from Plumpton as they have cancelled their early morning inspection with temperatures presumably not dropping as low as had been anticipated. The stable has one runner at the meeting, Too Generous (pictured above) in the mares' race and she is forecast to go off at long odds-on having won three of her previous four starts. To be fair she does look to be different class to her rivals on all known form and Tom Scudamore will be on board to do the steering. Wolverhampton have passed an early morning inspection following 1cm of snow overnight, the track was unraceable this morning but has improved sufficiently to race. Lingfield do not anticipate any problems ahead of their all-weather card.
- Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is a blank day for the yard today with no runners from the stable. There are three meetings taking place today with two over the sticks at Kelso and Fakenham as well as an all-weather card at Wolverhampton. David Evans does well at Wolverhampton and I see that he has a horse going called Lager Time - I wonder who that was named after?! I remember getting him a ticket to the Cheltenham Festival about fifteen years ago when a steward in a yellow reflective jacket was being a little over-officious with him. Whenever I see him now, David always talks to me - maybe I shouldn't have helped him afterall?...only joking!
- Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There is some good racing to look forward to this afternoon with three jumps meetings taking place at Warwick, Kempton and Wetherby as well as an all-weather flat card at Lingfield. The stable has runners at Warwick (Starlife, Battle Group, The Package and El Lobo) as well as at Wetherby (Poole Master and Shotavodka). It is good to see Timmy Murphy back from injury and he takes the mount aboard The Package (pictured above) at Warwick. Conor O'Farrell rides the remainder of our runners at the meeting, while stable jockey Tom Scudamore has elected to travel up north again (there's a surprise!) for our Wetherby runners.
- Friday, 11 January 2013 08:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon the stable has one runner at Huntingdon, Grand Exit (pictured above, nearside) who takes part in the mares' novices' hurdle at 2.50pm. Our six year old has had just one run over hurdles and performed well to finish second at Market Rasen in July on soft ground. Again the conditions are going to prove pretty testing but she looks to have a solid chance under stable jockey Tom Scudamore. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see champion jockey A P McCoy have a good day as he has plenty of fancied rides. Meanwhile, the other jumps card takes place up north at Sedgefield and there are two all-weather flat meetings completing the day's action.
- Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
David had a nice winner on the flat at Kempton yesterday afternoon as Purple 'N Gold seemed to win the 1m2f handicap well despite missing the break at the start. Jockey Jim Crowley refused to panic and soon had his mount in midfield, and quickening to the front off the home turn he had enough in hand to hold on for the win on only his second start for the yard. We obtained him from a claimer at this course in November and he is looking like a good value buy already - he could win again on the level before making the switch to timber.
