- Monday, 22 April 2013 07:03
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Big Occasion ran a cracker!
Today we have four flat cards at Pontefract, Kempton, Windsor and Wolverhampton plus one jumps card at Hexham. David has no runners. Big Occasion ran a cracker in the Scottish National on Saturday. He finished second at 12/1 and I thought he handled the quicker ground okay. His Excellency also finished second and picked up more prize money. Tom Scu actually rode the winner of that race for Steve Gollings on Conquisto but it was another fantastic run from our four year old who has not really run a bad race all season. It was not so good for Tom Scu in the next race however when he fell at the second on board Problema Tic in the Scottish National. He was taken to Ayr hospital a bit concussed but thankfully all tests were clear and he is now at home recovering.
- Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are three jumps cards at Wincanton, Stratford and Newcastle and the stable has three runners at Wincanton - Grand Exit, Keep The Cash and Milor de la Borie. Keep The Cash makes his hurdling debut having shown promise in bumpers and today's better ground should also suit him better than the heavy going that he raced on last time at Towcester.
- Saturday, 20 April 2013 07:04
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Amigo (pictured above) made the long trip up to Ayr worthwhile yesterday with success in the three mile handicap hurdle under Tom Scudamore. Our six year old gelding saw the trip out well and while the ground was drying all the time, there was still enough ease in it to suit our ex-French recruit who recorded our 101st victory of the season. I was interested to see that the Racing Post analysts suggested there was a race at Haydock next month which might suit him - perhaps they should be doing the entries?!
- Friday, 19 April 2013 07:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's a busy day with five meetings taking place today - three over the sticks at Ayr, Fontwell and Southwell as well as two flat meetings at Newbury and Bath. It is the first day of the Scottish Grand National meeting at Ayr and the stable has one runner, Amigo (pictured above) participates in the three mile handicap hurdle at 4.25pm He has been running creditably all season and will appreciate the rain softened ground, although he does have to shoulder top weight of 11-12. Stable jockey Tom Scudamore takes the ride.
- Thursday, 18 April 2013 07:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is another afternooon of top class racing with the second day of Cheltenham's April meeting taking place, while on the flat it is day two at flat racing's HQ, Newmarket. There are also flat meetings at Ripon and Wolverhampton. The stable has a couple of runners at Cheltenham, Close House and Ashkazar. The latter has always been a high class individual and while he has been a little disappointing of late, he did pop-up around here in this race 12 months ago (pictured above) and is only 1lb higher today so you can't write him off just yet.
- Wednesday, 17 April 2013 06:59
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today there are four meetings taking place, including a quality jumps card at Cheltenham and three flat meetings at Newmarket, Beverley and Kempton. As you would expect from the home of National Hunt racing, the card at Cheltenham looks to be very competitive. The stable has four runners at the Prestbury track - African Broadway, Poole Master, Qalinas (pictured above) and Goulanes. African Broadway should certainly be better suited to this sounder surface having appeared not to enjoy the heavy ground at Newbury on his latest outing.
- Tuesday, 16 April 2013 07:44
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with two jumps cards at Exeter and Kempton as well as a flat card at Southwell. The stable has just the one runner today, Off The Wall (pictured above, farside) who competes in the novices' hurdle at Exeter at 2.00pm - he will be ridden by Tom Scudamore. The ground at Exeter is officially soft (heavy in places), while Kempton is soft so the recent rain has definitely got into the ground and could find out all the top of the ground runners.
