- Monday, 25 November 2013 16:51
- Written by David Pipe
Well, as weekends go I have to admit that we have had worse! Gevrey Chambertin (pictured above) secured our third success in four years in the valuable Fixed Brush handicap hurdle at Haydock, while Dynaste posted a personal best with his cracking run in the Betfair Chase. Doctor Harper and Sir Frank recorded a double for the yard at Exeter on Sunday ensuring that the good form of the stable continued.
- Monday, 18 November 2013 16:59
- Written by David Pipe
Excuse me paraphrasing an old Dinah Washington classic song, but rarely has a truer word been spoken than ‘What a diff'rence a day made, twenty-four little hours’. Following a couple of what can only be described as disappointing days at Cheltenham’s Open Meeting, you can imagine the sense of relief when Home Run landed the first race of the final day, so to actually finish up as top trainer at the meeting with four winners almost beggars belief!
- Monday, 11 November 2013 16:50
- Written by David Pipe
What an amazing few weeks it promises to be for racing - not only has there been the small matter of Tony McCoy riding his 4,000th winner, the standard of racing is getting better with each passing week and this weekend it steps up another notch with Cheltenham’s Open Fixture. The stable has a rich history of success at this meeting throughout the years and I was fortunate enough to supplement my father’s eight wins by landing the Paddy Power Gold Cup with Great Endeavour in 2011. We have a strong team assembled to try to continue that tradition this year.
- Monday, 04 November 2013 17:09
- Written by David Pipe
- Monday, 28 October 2013 17:23
- Written by David Pipe
Despite the heavy downpours, we were able to finish the week on a high with a couple of nice winners in the staying handicap chases on Sunday at Wincanton. Standing Ovation continued his recent run of good form by taking the Desert Orchid Handicap Chase over the marathon trip of 3m3½f, while Franklin Roosevelt returned from his summer break to record a personal best in landing the 3m1½f handicap chase later on the same card.
- Monday, 21 October 2013 15:52
- Written by David Pipe
With the jumps season beginning to get serious I am pleased to report that the horses are in good form - a sentiment that is backed up by a couple of nice winners during the course of the week. Indeed, Standing Ovation followed-up his Exeter success with a ready victory at Wincanton’s first meeting of the season under another well-judged ride from Conor O’Farrell.
- Monday, 14 October 2013 12:56
- Written by David Pipe
- Monday, 07 October 2013 16:12
- Written by David Pipe
Although we had no runners until the end of the week, it has nonetheless been a productive few days for the yard with the successes of Kings Palace at Fontwell on Friday and My Brother Sylvest at Huntingdon on Sunday taking our seasonal tally to twenty winners.
- Monday, 30 September 2013 15:40
- Written by David Pipe
With a quiet week on the runners front I took the opportunity to spend a couple of days up in Scotland with owners Sean and Josie Tracey. We had an enjoyable time racing at Perth – I can’t remember the last time I was able to go along to a race meeting without having to rush around, saddle our runners, liaise with owners, discuss tactics with the jockeys and the like…it was certainly a nice change, but not something I would be looking to do on a regular basis! Whilst we were there the rain even relented long enough to get in a few holes of golf at the famous Gleneagles golf club.
- Monday, 23 September 2013 15:30
- Written by David Pipe
After another week with (next to) no jump racing, it was certainly good to be back with runners at a couple of meetings yesterday (Sunday). Although we didn’t hit the mark there were a couple of decent performances nonetheless from the likes of Purple ‘N Gold and Bathwick Man. Purple ‘N Gold has been in good form on the level - he appeared to be an unlucky loser at Sandown and it looked as though he may prevail yesterday on his handicap debut over hurdles at Plumpton.
