Entries & Recent Form
- Wednesday, 01 March 2023 07:57
- Written by G Edwards
Koi Dodville Wins At Leicester!
It was fantastic to get another winner for the David Pipe Racing Club at Leicester yesterday thanks to Koi Dodville winning the novices handicap chase under Gearoid Harney. It was our five year olds first win over fences and it was a memorable first victory for Pond House and for amateur jockey Gearoid Harney. Koi Dodville was a three time hurdle winner and has been very consistent over fences without winning and it was deserved victory. He is not the biggest but he jumps well and Gearoid gave him a lovely patient ride. There may have only been three runners but it was a competitive little race and we were the outsider of the field, I just wish I had backed him, it was the old adage of the outsider of three winning! It was particularly nice for Gearoid who only joined the team last month, as this was his first winner from only his second ride for us. It was his fifth winner of the season in all and I think he is leading the amateur jockeys table for winners this season so far.
- Tuesday, 28 February 2023 08:03
- Written by G Edwards
Today we just have the one runner, Koi Dodville at Leicester ridden by amateur Gearoid Harney. He runs in the 3.00pm novices handicap chase over 2m4f and he is about 6/1 third best in the betting. He ran well at the course last time over slightly further to be second and re-opposes the rival that won the race that day, Flann. We have a six pound turnaround in the weights this afternoon for a 4.5 length beating. Hopefully that should bring us closer together today and the drop in trip won’t inconvenience our five year old. The favourite for the race is the Chris Gordon trained Highway One O Three who is running with a seven pound penalty after winning at Market Rasen this week. There are only four runners in the race, in fact there is small fields throughout the Leicester card due to the quick ground. Koi Dodville doesn’t mind this ground and if he puts in a similar display to last time then he should be right in the mix. This cannot always be guaranteed so it will be a watching brief for me but he is a horse with real character and hopefully he can run well.
- Monday, 27 February 2023 08:01
- Written by G Edwards
Thanksforthehelp Wins for the First Time in his Career!
There was a fantastic Saturday double for the team with Thanksforthehelp and Bashful Boy wining their respective races impressively. Thanksforthehelp was winning for the first time in his career under Kevin Brogan and he couldn’t have done it any easier. He had always shown us a lot at home but it hadn’t quite come together on the racecourse until now. After a disappointing seasonal reappearance at Wetherby over Christmas he subsequently underwent wind surgery and this is has obviously had an emphatic result. It was also his first try at three miles which he seemed to relish. He travelled comfortably in midfield for most of the race before Kevin brought him through to track the leader from three out. He was cantering and could be called the winner some way from home barring accidents and it was an eye catching performance. The handicapper is likely to have his say and I could see him being put up perhaps 14lbs for this win. This was a qualifier for the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham next month and he would need a rise in the weights to stand any chance of getting in. We will see what the handicapper does tomorrow but fingers crossed there is more to come and he may head to Prestbury Park in a couple of weeks time.
- Saturday, 25 February 2023 07:57
- Written by G Edwards
Gwencily Berbas Wins at Exeter
Gwencily Berbas rolled back the years yesterday afternoon and put up a lovely staying performance to win the Devon National at Exeter under Philip Armson. He had been struggling a little for form this season but the handicapper had reduced his mark accordingly and he had shown a liking for Exeter as he was a previous course and distance winner at the track last season. He is a lovely old boy who is as enthusiastic as a three year old at home and he really wants to please you with everything he does. Reverting to hold up tactics yesterday he travelled and jumped really well throughout and Philip crept into it nicely turning for home and he stayed on strongly from three out to score nicely. It was good prize money on offer and it warms the heart to see these old staying chasers enjoying their racing and winning races.
- Friday, 24 February 2023 07:47
- Written by G Edwards
Pachacuti runs at Warwick today!
Today we have four runners across two meetings with two at our local track Exeter and the other two are a little further afield at Warwick. Pachacuti and Panic Attack are our representatives at Warwick and the former goes in the EBF novices hurdle at 2.30pm with Jack Tudor in the saddle. He has run well on his last two starts, having finished second at Hereford and then going on to win impressively at Fakenham. Coincidently he will go down in the record books as being Tom Scu’s last winner! That was a handicap and at the weights he does have a fair bit to find with a few in today’s race but the first four qualify for the final at Sandown next month and hopefully we can do this. I do think there is plenty more to come from our six year old so it will be interesting to see how he gets on.
- Thursday, 23 February 2023 07:48
- Written by Georgina S R Potter
There are two jumps meetings today at Sedgefield and Huntingdon but the stable does not have any runners. There are two all-weather meetings at Southwell and Newcastle and they race in Ireland over jumps at Thurles. Yesterday, Paricolor was a little disappointing at Doncaster with no obvious reason but he has returned home okay which is the main thing and we can go again.
- Wednesday, 22 February 2023 07:49
- Written by G Edwards
Paricolor Runs at Doncaster Today!
Today we just have the one runner at Doncaster, Paricolor. He runs in the 2.25pm handicap hurdle over three miles with Philip Armson on board. He is a horse I have a soft spot for as he is a lovely boy at home and he has been a model of consistency since arriving from France as a three year old. Still only seven, he has won nine of his 27 starts over hurdles, a pretty impressive strike rate and I would love him to make it win number ten this afternoon. He ran a cracker at Cheltenham on his penultimate start and ran okay in a much hotter company at Warwick last time. He returns to calmer waters this afternoon on ground he likes and he has run well at the course before. He is about 4/1 third in the betting and hopefully he has a good chance.
