- Friday, 12 October 2012 06:55
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon, with three on the flat at York, Bath and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps card at Carlisle. The stable goes all the way up to Carlisle with just one runner, Big Occasion who makes his chasing debut in quite a warm looking novices' chase under Tom Scudamore. Big Occasion's long suit is stamina and he certainly won't mind the soft ground - Carlisle is a stiff track at the best of times so in testing conditions you are going to need to stay very well. We also have a runner on the level at Bath this afternoon as Vergririo competes in the one mile handicap at 12.30pm - Simon Pearce takes the ride.
- Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has three runners at Exeter this afternoon. Businessmoney Judi runs in the handicap hurdle at 4.20pm and will be partnered by stable jockey Tom Scudamore. We also have two runners in the following race, the conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle - Ladyvie (pictured above) will be ridden by Sam Welton and Clever Dick who is partnered by Francis Hayes. It will be interesting to see how young Sam gets on - he has ridden one winner over hurdles and has his first ride for the yard this afternoon.
- Wednesday, 10 October 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has two runners this afternoon at Towcester - My Brother Sylvest and King's Exit. Amazingly Towcester seem to have avoided most of the rain that has beset the rest of the country and they are currently giving their official going as good/firm. That should suit My Brother Sylvest whose four successes have all come on top of the ground. He makes his chasing debut this afternoon in the beginners' chase and will be partnered by Tom Scudamore. Our other runner is former point-to-pointer King's Exit who makes his debut for the stable in the bumper - this stiff track should suit him. There are three other meetings on today, two on the flat at Nottingham and Kempton as well as another jumps card at Ludlow.
- Tuesday, 09 October 2012 07:07
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today there are four flat cards at Leicester, Brighton, Catterick and Wolverhampton. It looks as if those meetings taking part on the turf are going to have to contend with plenty of cut in the ground. Brighton hosts a seven race card and four of them are worth only £1617.25 to the winner. When you take all the travelling and other expenses into account you probably will not have an awful lot left...if you finish second you will probably be out of pocket! Owners and trainers need to stand firm and not compete for these sort of pots - so long as the courses can continue to get away with it, they will.
- Monday, 08 October 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was a successful trip upto Kelso yesterday as War Singer began to fulfill some of the promise he has shown by winning the opening handicap hurdle under Tom Scudamore. Tom sensibly sat off a brisk early pace and picked his rivals off one at a time without ever really having to get too serious with him. He looked to win with a fair bit in hand and created a favourable impression here. Midnight Tuesday ran creditably in third in the intermedisate hurdle, conceding weight to the first two home while our consistent seven year old Bathwick Man again ran well at Huntingdon when fourth (beaten less than two lengths) in the handicap hurdle.
- Sunday, 07 October 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It looks like being a busy day for the yard with four runners spread across three different meetings, including War Singer and Midnight Tuesday who travel all the way up to Kelso and will be ridden by Tom Scudamore. Bathwick Man, who has been in such good form this season is topweight for a very competitive handicap hurdle at Huntingdon , while Molly Oscar will be partnered by young conditional jockey Kieron Edgar at Uttoxeter. Let's keep our fingers crossed for a winner or two from them!
- Saturday, 06 October 2012 07:17
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is the start of an exciting weekend of racing and there are five meetings to look forward to this afternoon - four on the flat at Ascot, Newmarket, Redcar and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps card at Fontwell. There is some excellent prize money up for grabs at Newmarket today (over £900,000!) and the main contributor is the Tattersalls Sales' race where the winner picks up £277,521. Even the tenth horse home collects £5,000! - it certainly makes you look twice at the Tattersalls catalogue when you are looking to buy a two year old.
