- Tuesday, 11 July 2017 07:17
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are four meetings taking place with flat cards from Pontefract, Wolverhampton and Brighton while there is a jumps fixture from Uttoxeter. David has one runner today as Lady Of Longstone contests the 2m4f mares' handicap hurdle. She is set to carry 11-12 less regular rider Michael Heard's 5lbs claim. She is attractively weighted on the best of her form but she has been disappointing of late. The Post make her a 10/1 chance and if all eight runners stand their ground she could have each-way claims.
- Monday, 10 July 2017 07:13
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Ayr, Ripon and Windsor as well as a jumps card from Worcester. David has two runners at Worcester; Three Star General and Chic Theatre. Three Star General (pictured above) contests the 3.35pm race, a 2m4f brush hurdle qualifier. He won on this track on good ground last time out by 4 1/2 lengths and the runner-up has franked the form by winning subsequently and he looks to have a good chance of following-up. Chic Theatre goes in the 2m handicap hurdle at 4.40pm. He is not badly handicapped on the best of his form although he can be a bit in and out. Tom Scudamore is aboard both of our runners today.
- Sunday, 09 July 2017 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are two meetings taking place this afternoon with a flat card from Ayr and a jumps fixture from Market Rasen. David has two runners this afternoon as Kalifourchon contests the conditional jockey's handicap hurdle at 1.50pm at Market Rasen. He makes his first appearance for 242 days but has gone well fresh in the past and he will be partnered by David Noonan. It is a tight little handicap but we are not without a chance. Meanwhile, good French juvenile hurdler Magie du Ma makes her debut over fences in the 2m3f novices' chase at 3.30pm. Our four year old filly gets an age and sex allowance and with a clear round of jumping she would have a good chance under Tom Scudamore.
- Saturday, 08 July 2017 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are six meetings taking place this afternoon with all of the action coming on the flat from Sandown, Haydock, Leicester, Beverley, Carlisle and Nottingham. I know we are into the core flat season now, but it still beggars belief as far as I am concerned that there is not a jumps meeting taking place on a Saturday. Anyway, there is some great racing to look forward to nevertheless with the big race of the day being the Group 1 Coral Eclipse Stakes from Sandown over 1m2f. Aidan O'Brien only has a couple of runners which is a bit of a surprise, even so one of them is Cliffs Of Moher who was a narrow runner-up in the Epsom Derby and this looks to be his trip.
- Friday, 07 July 2017 07:26
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are six meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Sandown, Doncaster, Chelmsford City, Haydock and Beverley as well as a jumps meeting from Newton Abbot. David does not have any runners today but Pond House jockeys Tom Scudamore and David Noonan have both picked up outside rides at Newton Abbot, indeed Tom has picked up four mounts and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he were among the winners today.
- Thursday, 06 July 2017 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Haydock, Yarmouth, Newbury and Epsom as well as a jumps fixture from Perth. David does not have any runners today. Meanwhile, Celestial Path finished third in what looked like a decent novices' hurdle for this time of year at Worcester yesterday and he certainly looks to have races in him over hurdles based on this evidence. Owner Professor Caroline Tisdall was interviewed before the race by Attheraces presenter Luke Harvey and I thought she handled him well when he asked about all her horses. Caroline complimented Luke on his contribution to ITV's Royal Ascot coverage - it was a good move as he clearly doesn't get too many people being nice to him...it caught him off guard and he lost his thread for a moment or two!
- Wednesday, 05 July 2017 07:06
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Thirsk, Kempton and Bath as well as two jumps cards from Worcester and Perth. David runs Celestial Path in the 4.20pm race from Worcester, a two mile novices' hurdle. Celestial Path was a good horse on the level with a flat rating of 104 although he is yet to replicate that over timber. He has shown some fair form with placed efforts at Warwick and Taunton and this faster ground should suit him well. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle and he should go well.
