Neon Moon Winner at Ludlow

Last week our runners started with Ya Know Yaseff finishing second at Plumpton and it was good that after freshening her up she bounced right back to form.  She rather got pounced on by the eventual winner approaching the second last but kept on well for pressure and can win again off her current mark.

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       Ben Lilly Winner at Wincanton

It was a quiet start on the runner’s front last week but our first runner of the week, Ben Lilly was a winner at Wincanton!  Ben Lilly has returned from a holiday in great form and this was his second win from four starts back and he has been third on both other occasions.  He travelled strongly throughout the three mile trip with Gearoid Harney and went to the front with a good leap at the second last hurdle.  He is quite a character and probably doesn’t want to hit the front too soon ideally as he has a tendency to not do much in front but although he idled a little after the last, he did respond when the other horse came to challenge him to stuck his head out and win.  It was another great afternoon out the members of the David Pipe Racing Club and the handicapper can’t put him up too much for this victory and he should continue to give a good account going forwards.

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Myristica - Four Time Winner this Summer

Myrisica got last week off to a great start by winning for the fourth time over hurdles this summer at Stratford.  It was a great weight carrying performance giving the runner up nearly two stone. She stayed the extra two furlongs well under a well timed challenge from Jack Tudor. She has been a star for the yard, shows a great attitude and loves her racing. My wife Leanne is her regular work rider and so it was a special victory.  She prefers quicker surface and so we will monitor the weather going forwards and she may run again before having a winter holiday. 

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         Wordsworth - Winner at Bangor

The horses are in great form and we have had a winner under both codes since last writing.  Wordsworth was the impressive winner of a novices hurdle on stable debut at Bangor last Wednesday and Oceanline bounced back to form and won impressively on the flat at Ascot on Friday.  We have also had three seconds and a third from just ten runners and so it has not been a bad week!

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                      Charity Walk

It was quiet on the runner’s front for Pond House last week with just three runners in total.  Both Myristica and Nibras Gold finished second in their respective races at Warwick.  Myristica returned from a little break with a pleasing effort but was ultimately no match for the winner.  She has come out of that race well and there is a race for her coming up at Ludlow shortly.  We tried Nibras Gold up in trip for the first time and I think he saw it out well enough.  There is an ideal race for him at Exeter on their first meeting back next week over slightly shorter and that is his next target.  Lady Reset was our other runner last week and she ran okay at Lingfield without ever looking dangerous.  She dwelt a bit in the stalls which always put her on the back foot and good never get involved at the business end.

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      Ben Lilly - Winner at Newton Abbot

The highlight on the racecourse last week was the victory of Ben Lilly in the colours of the David Pipe Racing Club at Newton Abbot on Friday.  It is fair to say this gelding had been somewhat frustrating to date, having promised a lot but failing to deliver over hurdles…until now!  He has won seven races on the level and has an engine but it is fair to say that despite being consistently placed since arriving at Pond House he was probably keeping a little bit for himself in his races.  It was eleventh time lucky however for our six year old and everything fell right for him to get his head in front and give Gearoid Harney his second winner since turning conditional. 

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  Ya Know Yaseff Winner at Newton Abbot

The last week has absolutely flown by! All three runners last Monday ran well and it was great to get a second win from Ya Know Yaseff at Newton Abbot.  She followed up her win at Worcester over fences with a battling performance under our conditional Gearoid Harney.  This was Gearoid’s first win as a conditional jockey and his first since returning from injury so it was a special day for him.  Ya Know Yaseff didn’t take up her engagement at Uttoxeter just two days later but is declared to run back at that track on Wednesday this week.  Fingers crossed she has a great chance of making it a trio of wins.

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