- Saturday, 15 November 2025 17:10
- Written by G Edwards
Jurancon runs at Cheltenham Today
It was going to a big day for the team today as we had two fancied runners at Cheltenham but while the good news is that is passed its morning inspection and racing goes ahead, Parchment will not be running. At Pond House yesterday and at Cheltenham, there was a deluge of rain which left officials with no choice but to call a precautionary check this morning. The ground at Cheltenham is now officially described as heavy, soft in places and David has decided we will wait for another day with Parchment. While it says the ground was very soft when he won in France, having spoken with jockey James Reveley who rode him that day, he said it was not that soft at all. He shows plenty of speed at home and while he might well be fine on the ground, for his first run we do not need to test that.
- Friday, 14 November 2025 08:20
- Written by G Edwards
Walkadina runs at Cheltenham Today
The good news is that Cheltenham only had 7mm of rain overnight, there are no problems and we have a good afternoon of racing to look forward to. We have one runner on the opening day of the November meeting, Walkadina who runs in the opening race of the day at 1.10pm, the conditional jockeys handicap hurdle over 2m5f and Rian Corcoran rides. This is her seasonal reappearance and this time last season she put in a breath-taking performance to win on her come back run to win at Uttoxeter. This race is much tougher than that but she steps up in trip for the first time which should suit and Rian claims a very valuable ten pounds in this race which will be a huge help. She is about 11/2 third best in the betting and while it is very competitive 19 runner handicap I would hope she will be there come the finish. Rian had his first professional win the other day which will have boosted his confidence, if it needed boosting and I hope we are cheering them up the hill at approx 1.15pm!
- Thursday, 13 November 2025 08:02
- Written by G Edwards
There are two jumps meetings today at Market Rasen and Sedgefield and in Ireland they have a jumps card at Punchestown, as long as it passes a morning inspection. The stable does not have any runners today. It was due to be the first fixture of the season at Taunton today but that was abandoned early in the week with the ground being described as too firm and unraceable. We did have some entries there but those horses will wait for another day and fingers crossed the rain continues to fall so that Taunton's next fixture in two weeks time can take place.
- Wednesday, 12 November 2025 07:02
- Written by G Edwards
Harry Junior Winner at Lingfield
It was great to get another winner on the board yesterday with a first career victory for five-year-old Harry Junior. He has been a long-term work in progress, which makes his first hurdle success even more rewarding. Bought as an unraced store horse, he has been very green and babyish but he is finally coming of age and that is showing on the racecourse. He ran well over 2m4f on his handicap debut at Worcester and progressed again on his first try over three miles at Lingfield yesterday. He led nearly the whole way with his ears pricked and jumped well. Despite being challenged approaching the last flight of hurdles he flew the hurdle which basically won him the race. He galloped on strongly to the line and it was a good staying performance. He is still learning and he will be even better over a fence in the future but I am sure he will continue to build on this performance in the short term.
- Tuesday, 11 November 2025 07:38
- Written by G Edwards
There are three jumps meetings today at Hereford, Huntingdon and Lingfield and we have three runners at the latter. There is no flat racing and in Ireland there is a jumps card at Fairyhouse. Purple Owl, Harry Junior and Gold in the Rivers are our trio of runners and all are ridden by Jack Tudor.
- Monday, 10 November 2025 08:07
- Written by G Edwards
Jaipaletemps & Rian Corcoran Winners Ffos Las
It was a very wet and soggy day for everyone at Ffos las yesterday but the team left the course with happy smiles following a win for Jaipaletemps and a first professional win for young conditional jockey Rian Corcoran. It was special for me as it was our own family horse who mum claimed from France and I look after here at the yard every day. It was our six year old's first win in Britain, his fourth in his career and he was given a great ride by Rian. He had been running okay without winning earlier in the summer but we gave him a little break and this was the first time he encountered the soft ground which he performed best on in France.
- Sunday, 09 November 2025 06:31
- Written by G Edwards
Today we head to Ffos Las (me included!) with three runners, Pachacuti, Allstitchedup and Jaipaletemps. Ffos Las is likely to have the softest ground anywhere around at present, with more rain forecast on Sunday morning before racing it could well be heavy by racing and all of our horses will not mind that. Pachacuti runs in the three mile handicap chase at 1.10pm and Jack Tudor rides. We are looking for an improvement for him after a disappointing reappearance at Newton Abbot last time. In his defence, he probably found the trip sharp enough on ground not soft enough but equally we expected better. He has run well at this track before and off his current handicap rating I will be disappointed if he does not win or go close to winning this afternoon, this is not the first time I have said this about him though but I have a feeling it will be true one day soon...
