- Friday, 13 February 2026 08:06
- Written by G Edwards
It is Friday 13th today, just in case anyone needed reminding! There are three jumps meetings today at Chepstow, Fakenham and Kelso but the stable does not have any runners. There is one all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton and in Ireland they race on the all-weather at Dundalk. Rian Corcoran has travelled up to Kelso today for two rides for Rebecca Menzies so fingers crossed the long journey will be worthwhile for him. Yesterday, Way of Stars ran a good race to be second, just getting nabbed on the line. He settled much better in his first time hood, jumped very well and looked like he had done enough to win a prolonged duel with one rival to just get caught close home. Jack Tudor thought we didn't stop and our four year old galloped all the way to the line and it was a nice performance. He has a good attitude and will be winning plenty of races in the future, over hurdles and on the flat.
- Thursday, 12 February 2026 07:55
- Written by G Edwards
Way of Stars runs at Taunton Today
There are two jumps meetings today at Taunton and Leicester and the good news is that both meetings go ahead despite overnight rain. We had another 9mm of rain overnight but Taunton only had 3mm so no problems there but both of today's jumps cards race on heavy ground. We have three runners at Taunton, Way of Stars, Follow the Plan and Shot Boii. Way of Stars and Follow the Plan both run in the opening race of the day at Taunton, a two mile novices hurdle. Jack Tudor is on board Way of Stars while Rian Corcoran is on Follow the Plan. Way of Stars has just had the one start over hurdles when finishing third at Exeter on the day perhaps racing should not have gone ahead and indeed it was abandoned mid-way through the card.
- Wednesday, 11 February 2026 08:14
- Written by G Edwards
Cynthia Makes her Stable Debut Today
It is more flat action for the team today as Cynthia makes her stable debut on the all-weather at Kempton with Jack Dace on board. Our four year old runs in the opening contest on the card at 4.28pm, a two mile handicap for apprentice jockeys and they have her as the 2/1 favourite. She has just had the seven career starts and while yet to win, she has finished second twice, including on her latest start at Nottingham over 1m6f back in the autumn. We purchased her at the Horses in Training sales at Newmarket after that and she has been pleasing us at home. She has taken a little while to get the hang of jumping and while that is nearly there we thought this looked a good opportunity to get her out in the colours of the David Pipe Racing Club. She has run twice on the all-weather before, including at Kempton but she is trying the two mile trip for the first time. I don't see this being a problem and I would like to think she has a very good chance.
- Tuesday, 10 February 2026 08:12
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There was due to be jumps racing at Ffos Las today but that was abandoned on Sunday due to waterlogging so we are just left with jumps racing up at Ayr today and it is probably worth following Sean Bowen for some winners. He teams up with Gordon Elliott for a few races and looks to have good chances of adding to his season winners this afternoon. There are two all-weather cards at Lingfield and Newcastle and we have Ocean Heights in action at the first named. He runs in the 4.18pm handicap over 1m4f and Jack Dace rides. It is fair to say he has not been running as well as we hoped in recent starts but he is now handicapped to go well and this looks a good opportunity for him to show a bit more today. He will appreciate going back up to 1m4f and we have put the cheek pieces and tongue strap back on. He is about 11/1 in the betting and I will be disappointed if he doesn't go close or win today as I am not sure where we go from here if he doesn't! He has been a great servant to us for many years and did win two races on the flat last summer but maybe he is not enjoying it as much as he did. He shows his sparkle at home and hopefully we will see a bit more on the track today. There is one jumps meeting in Ireland today at Limerick.
- Monday, 09 February 2026 08:02
- Written by G Edwards
Phantomofthepoints Warwick Winner
We had a lovely couple of winners on Saturday and it was a big day for the team. Kingston Queen was back to her best in winning the Grade 2 Jane Seymour novices hurdle at Warwick under a great ride from Conor O'Farrell. They sat in second throughout the race and travelled and jumped very well but they did not go that fast. He pushed her on into the lead rounding the home turn and while she was idling a little and lugging a bit right towards the paddock she galloped on well to the line. She looked like she was beaten just after the last hurdle as her challengers came to her but she loves a battle and pulled out a bit more close home. She is a lovely mare and I am not even sure she knows how good she is but she has a big heart and showed it here. This was a valuable prize in its own right but there is so much to look forward to for the rest of the season on the back of this. She seems to have come out of the race fine which is the main thing and while I'm sure she will be getting an entry in the mares novices hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival there are plenty of other nice options as well.
- Sunday, 08 February 2026 08:53
- Written by G Edwards
I hope by the time you are reading this it was a great Saturday on the racing front for Pond House at Newbury and Warwick yesterday! In case you think it is a bit strange not mentioning it, I pre-write Sunday's story on a Saturday just to give myself one day off! It is a quieter day on the racing front today with both intended jumps meetings at Exeter and Newcastle having been abandoned. Exeter was called off before the declaration stage on Friday morning while Newcastle failed its 9am Saturday check. We were due to be running Eton Mes up at Newcastle but at least they kept everyone informed and called it off in good time. It is not a huge surprised that some of the meetings are struggling, we recorded our wettest January (month ever in fact) and then we have had over 60mm of rain already this week! We are coping relatively well here at the yard but you can see why some places our not!
- Saturday, 07 February 2026 07:51
- Written by G Edwards
No Walkover runs at Newbury
It is a big day for the yard today with four important runners spread across two meetings. Warwick has passed it's morning inspection so we have two jumps meetings to look forward to today, there and at Newbury. There are two all-weather flat meetings at Lingfield and Southwell and in Ireland they have a jumps card at Naas. We have Kingston Queen and Phantomofthepoints running at Warwick and Itseemslikeit and No Walkover at Newbury.
