- Monday, 14 August 2023 15:01
- Written by David Pipe
Bashful Boy - Winner of Last Four Races
It has been another quiet week outwardly as jumps racing continues its mini-break but things are fairly busy back at the yard and the majority of horses are now cantering away after their summer holidays. It is sometimes a little difficult try to find things to write about every week so I thought I would start a little series briefly talking about the team of horses we have for the season ahead. I will do it in alphabetical order, a few each week.
- Monday, 07 August 2023 15:44
- Written by David Pipe
This time last week I had just returned from holiday but it has been very busy since I got back and it already feels like a lifetime ago! There is a lot going on back at the yard with various little projects going on and everywhere is starting to take shape in preparation for our Owners Day, Racing Club morning and National Racehorse week visitors next month.
- Monday, 31 July 2023 15:08
- Written by David Pipe
I have just returned from a great week in Portugal with Leanne and the family and it has nice to see the weather has not cheered up at all back here since I have been away! 127mm of rain fell in July at Pond House which is the second highest amount we have recorded during the month since we started recording it in 2001. Despite being in second, it does fall some way behind July 2009 when we had 202mm. I can’t remember July that year very well but it must have been pretty miserable weather wise!
- Monday, 24 July 2023 11:10
- Written by David Pipe
Stray Bullet: For Sale!
After a very dry June, July has been a very wet month – typical British weather! We have already had over 100mm of rain fall this month with more set to come this week before we move into August. Last year just 24mm fell in the whole of July but we are back to on a par of 2021 when we recorded 109mm in the 31 days of July. Over the weekend a lot of sporting action was disrupted, race meetings were lost and the Aussies retained the Ashes due to the great British weather causing minimal play in the fourth test on Saturday and no play on Sunday which resulted the match ending in a draw. Australia lad the Ashes 2-1 with just one Test to go which means even an England win will now not be enough to win the series. It is such a shame it has been decided in this way, especially as England were in a great position to win the latest match at Old Trafford and it would have set up a spectacular finale for the fifth test. These are the rules however so there is not much we can do about it!
- Monday, 10 July 2023 15:02
- Written by David Pipe
Our Yorkshire Three Peaks Conquerors!
It was great to get another a couple of winners last week from a limited amount of runners, taking our season winners tally to nine. Myristica has been fantastic since joining our yard and has now won three of her four starts over hurdles with the minimum of fuss. She is a gorgeous looking daughter of Harzand and what is best about her is her straight forward and genuine attitude. She travels kindly through her races and jumps really well and responds when her jockey asks. We will see what the handicapper does to her rating tomorrow but she does have an entry on the flat at Salisbury on Saturday although we may wait until Market Rasen the following weekend.
- Monday, 03 July 2023 14:42
- Written by David Pipe
Tamarinbleu
Last week it was mixed fortunes on the runner’s front with not much luck for Pepsiwithacap in her race as she got not further than the third hurdle and was brought down when another horse fell. Thankfully she is none the worse for the incident and she may well head to Worcester next week for her next outing.
- Monday, 26 June 2023 07:45
- Written by David Pipe
Dindin Wins At Worcester!
From just the four runners for the stable last week it was good to keep the winners score board ticking over with Dindin winning at Worcester. Dindin was our seventh winner of the season and it was the ten year olds 13th win of his career. He is as tough and genuine as they come and he has now won over £240,000 in prize money in his career. He has multiple placings to go with his wins and you would like many more like him!
