- Thursday, 27 September 2012 06:55
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
- Wednesday, 26 September 2012 06:51
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon - two on the flat at Goodwood and Kempton as well as a jumps card in Scotland at Perth. With all of the rain that has affected the north of the country, it is incredible that Perth has managed to avoid most of the rain and the official going is currently given as good/firm. Our stable jockey Tom Scudamore is riding at Perth this afternoon and has three rides for Lucinda Russell - his best chance would appear to be Kai Broon in the two mile handicap chase...I would imagine that he will need a winner just to pay the expenses of going up there.
- Tuesday, 25 September 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Weather permitting there should be three meetings taking place this afternoon, with two on the flat at Folkestone and Beverley and a jumps card at Newton Abbot. Folkestone are planning an inspection at 10am as there are heavy showers forecast and the prospects of racing going ahead are no better than 50/50 at present, so make sure you check that it goes ahead before you leave if you are planning a trip to the races this aftenoon. The ground at Newton Abbot has come up very testing and as such we will not be having any runners this afternoon. The good news is that Newton Abbot have once again put up some decent prize money - they are offering the same amount of money as Beverley and £8,000 more than Folkestone...four of the races at Folkestone are worth only £1704.25 to the winner which I think is an absolute disgrace. The trouble is, so long as the owners and trainers keep running for peanuts, the courses will continue to offer poor prize money.
- Monday, 24 September 2012 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was good to be back with some jump racing yesterday. Our one runner at Uttoxeter yesterday afternoon, Shallow Bay finished 5th over 2 1/2 miles - he wasn't beaten all that far and looked to me like he didn't quite get home. He has already shown enough to suggest that he can win a race of this nature so perhaps a drop back in trip could be the answer? There are three meetings on this afternoon on the flat at Kempton, Leicester and Hamilton - there has been plenty of rain about, so keep an eye on the official going description if you are looking to have a bet.
- Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings on this afternoon - a flat card in Scotland at Hamilton and two jumps meetings at Plumpton and Uttoxeter. Yes, I did say jumps meetings and it is certainly nice to have the National Hunt action back on again following another enforced ten day sabbatical. The stable has one runner, Shallow Bay (Tom Scudamore) in the maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter and he already has plenty of form in the book to suggest that he should go close in such a race. Champion jockey A P McCoy has no fewer than eight mounts at the track and I cannot believe that he will be leaving there without a winner or two. Remember though, if you are having a bet at Hamilton today - the ground is heavy.
- Saturday, 22 September 2012 06:56
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Many happy returns to young conditional jockey Tom Bellamy (pictured above) who celebrates his 18th birthday today. I am told that means that there are going to be a whole load of things that Bells Junior is now legally able to do...like he hasn't been doing any of them already! I understand that a few of the staff are congregating in Exeter this evening to help him celebrate, so be advised to steer well clear of the city centre tonight!
- Friday, 21 September 2012 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon at Newbury, Brighton, Lingfield, Wolverhampton and Ayr. It is yet another victory(!) for the race planners this afternoon as they have scheduled meetings at Lingfield and Brighton - both tracks are in Sussex and are not far apart. Surely they will have considered whether the same racegoers would have attended both meetings had they been on different days? I would have thought that the attendance at both meetings will be lower or am I missing something?!
