- Saturday, 13 May 2017 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a bumper day of action ahead with no less than seven meetings taking place today. We have flat action from Ascot, Lingfield, Nottingham and Thirsk, while there is jumping from Haydock, Hexham and Warwick. David saddles Purple 'N Gold in the 5.55pm race at Haydock, a 2m3f handicap chase and a race that he won last year, in the process becoming David's 1,00th winner as a trainer (pictured above). David Noonan is in the saddle this afternoon and despite the burden of 11-13, I can see him going well - he will certainly appreciate the ground. Meanwhile, Midnight Magic represents the Pond House team at Warwick in the 5.30pm race - he makes his hurdling debut in the maiden having contested a couple of bumpers and is partnered by conditional jockey Michael Heard.
- Friday, 12 May 2017 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Watering the Gallops
Today we have six meetings, flat cards at Chester, Lingfield, Ascot, Ripon and Nottingham plus a jumps card at Market Rasen. David has one runner, Tobacco Road in the last race at Chester, 5.05pm. This is a 1m4f apprentice handicap and he had a run back on the flat last time at Leicester and he was only beaten just over 10 lengths. Hopefully he will be a little sharper for that run and he has a good jockey on board in the shape of Alistair Rawlinson, he is 20/1 in the Post and he could surprise a few people. Tom Scu and David Noonan both have rides at Market Rasen.
- Thursday, 11 May 2017 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have four meetings, flat cards at Chester and Catterick plus jumps cards at Worcester and Carlisle. Tom Scu and David Noonan have rides at Worcester but David does not have any runners today. I see that Ryan Moore has regained his spot as the Worlds top jockey. He didn't have any winners at Chester yesterday but he had such a good Guineas weekend that he jumped above Hugh Bowman in the TRC global rankings. Ryan has three rides at Chester today and two of them are favourites, Deauville and Venice Beach. Both of these are for Aidan O'Brien and they look to have good chances.
- Wednesday, 10 May 2017 07:26
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Chester, Bath and Chelmsford as well as jumps fixtures from Kelso and Newton Abbot. David has three runners at Newton Abbot this afternoon; Prospera Pascha, La Vaticane and Gabrial The Great. Prospera Pascha contests the 2m5f mares' novices' hurdle - she has shown promise in bumpers and has schooled well at home. Hopefully the longer trip and hurdles will help to bring about some improvement. La Vaticane runs in the 3m2f handicap chase having run with credit in the Grand National last time. She will find this a lot easier although she does have to concede weight all round. Gabrial The Great runs in the 2m5f handicap chase and this looks to be a good race for the £13,000 prize money. Our charge ran well behind Fox Appeal last time out on this track and should be sharper for that.
- Tuesday, 09 May 2017 07:17
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon and we are spoiled by there being three jumps cards from Fakenham, Exeter and Ffos Las, meanwhile there are a couple of flat fixtures from Ayr and Leicester. David runs Mister Drifter in the 2.15pm race at Ffos Las and Purple 'N Gold and Gone Too Far in the 7.15pm from Exeter.
- Monday, 08 May 2017 07:29
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have five fixtures taking place with flat cards from Ayr, Southwell, Chelmsford and Windsor as well as a jumps card from Stratford. David has one runner this afternoon as Citrus makes his chasing debut in the 2m6 1/2f novices' handicap chase at 3.50pm. He was a winner on good ground over hurdles and has schooled well at home. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him run well at a big price.
- Sunday, 07 May 2017 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is a quiet day with just two meetings taking place and flat action from Newmarket and Hamilton. The card at Newmarket is a high quality affair and it features the first fillies' Classic - the 1,000 Guineas. Meanwhile, there is also a Listed contest and a Group 2 in support. It could be another good day for the Aiden O'Brien team - he saddles favourite Rhododendron as well as Hydrangea and ante-post gamble Winter...there could be more flowers for the Ballydoyle stable.
