- Wednesday, 08 October 2025 07:11
- Written by G Edwards
There are two jumps meetings today at Ludlow and Sedgefield but the stable does not have any runners. The going descriptions are described as good to firm at Ludlow and good at the latter and is why there are not a huge amount of runners at Ludlow. They get underway at 2.05pm with what supposed to be a two runner novices hurdle but with the Paul Nicholls trained runner now a non runner it is a walkover! They do have a minimum of five runners in all the other races so a least there should be some good races to watch. Sedgefield has slightly more runners with their minimum field size being just four horses. There appears to be no rain in the immediate forecast so this could be a similar story for jumps racing in the next couple of weeks. There are two flat meetings today at Nottingham and Kempton while in Ireland they have a flat card at Navan.
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025 07:09
- Written by G Edwards
Jilly Cooper with Comply or Die & MCP
There is one jumps meeting today at Huntingdon and three flat cards at Leicester, Brighton and Southwell. The stable does not have any runners. In Ireland they have a jumps meeting at Galway. Sadly, the meeting at Exeter on Thursday, their first of the season has already been abandoned as the going is too firm.
- Monday, 06 October 2025 06:53
- Written by G Edwards
The weekend has gone by in a flash and what a great day of action from Paris yesterday, if you managed to catch any of the racing. Australian horse, Asfoora proved her class in winning the Prix de 'Abbaye under Oisin Murphy, becoming the first Australian horse ever to win in France. Her team had their own dramas before the race and came within minutes of not being allowed to run because they had not brought her passport to the racecourse. Trainer, Henry Dwyer had bought a horse at the sales the previous evening and the passports got mixed up. The Australian team have been based in Chantilly with trainer Amy Murphy in preparation to the race and a telephone call back to the yard saw the passport being given to an Uber driver who was tasked to getting it to the racecourse in time! Thankfully it all worked out for the team and the mare was a fairly easy winner of the sprint and this was her second Group 1 of the European summer.
- Sunday, 05 October 2025 06:42
- Written by G Edwards
There are two jumps meetings today at Uttoxeter and Kelso. The stable does not have any runners but our conditional, Rian Corcoran is once again putting in the miles as he travels to Kelso for one ride. He rides in the concluding race on the card, the conditional jockeys handicap hurdle for trainer Lisa Harrison on board the horse Dalileo, so best of luck to him. Looking at the other jockey's riding in the race, there are some who are also based 'down South' so I am sure there will be a few of them sharing a lift. It will be another late night for them all, riding in the 4.53pm race and then the long journey home. Jack Tudor is action at Uttoxeter.
- Saturday, 04 October 2025 07:11
- Written by G Edwards
There may be no jumps racing today and no stable runners but there is some great flat race action to look forward to in a number of different countries. There are four flat meetings in Britain at Newmarket, Ascot, Redcar and Newcastle. In Ireland they have a meeting under each code with the flat action coming from the Curragh and jumping at Gowran Park. There is Group race action at Newmarket with the Sun Chariot Stakes at 2.40pm. This is over One mile for fillies and mares and there are joint favourites at the head of the betting, with the Charlie Appleby trained Cinderella's Dream and the Wathnan Racing trained Fallen Angel both at 9/4. I am a fan of the latter but it looks a good race and more than just a two horse race.
- Friday, 03 October 2025 07:18
- Written by G Edwards
I am not sure where this week has gone but we are back to Friday already! There are two jumps meetings today at Fontwell and Hexham but the stable does not have any runners. There are two flat fixtures at Ascot and Southwell and in Ireland there is a jumps card at Gowran Park and the flat action comes from Dundalk this evening.
- Thursday, 02 October 2025 07:01
- Written by G Edwards
Rian Riding at Southwell Today
The jump race action comes from Southwell this afternoon and while the stable does not have any runners, our conditional Rian Corcoran rides in the final race on the card, the conditional jockeys handicap hurdle. He rides Zoffalee for trainer Mike Sowersby, he is the outsider of the field but it will be great to get another ride under his belt. It will be a long and busy day for him as he was in early riding out, will probably ride four lots before he leaves to go racing and it will be a late night home as Southwell takes about four hours travelling from our yard. This is what jockey's have to do daily though and it is good he is sharing a lift with another young jockey riding in the race.
