- Wednesday, 14 December 2016 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
We have four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Musselburgh and Newbury while there are also a couple of all-weather flat cards from Lingfield and Kempton. David has two runners at Newbury today with Vincent's Forever contesting the juvenile hurdle of two miles at 12.20pm and Ballywilliam in the novices' limited handicap chase at 1.30pm. Vincent's Forever was a decent performer on the flat for John Gosden and is clearly better than when disappointing on his first start over timber at Market Rasen - the hood is back on and a better effort is anticipated. Meanwhile, useful hurdler Ballywilliam (pictured above) makes his chase debut and the more rain, the better his chance - the trip will suit and he has place prospects at odds of around 10/1.
- Tuesday, 13 December 2016 08:40
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
We have three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Wincanton and Catterick while there is an all-weather flat card from Southwell. David has four runners this afternoon at Wincanton; Citrus and Carqalin in the novices' handicap hurdle at 12.40pm, while Gary Charm and Cafe de Paris contest the staying handicap chase at 1.40pm. Citrus was a winner at Plumpton last month and competes from a mark of 110 today and while he is favourite according to the Post, he would need to improve again. Meanwhile Carqalin shaped with a little more promise last time at Chepstow, is down a bit in the weights and has Michael Heard taking a further 5lbs off his back.
- Monday, 12 December 2016 08:18
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Plumpton and Ffos Las while there is an all-weather flat fixture from Wolverhampton. The stable runs Work (pictured above) in the 12.45pm race at Ffos Las, a juvenile maiden hurdle. Our three year old filly won her last two starts at Chelmsford City on the level before David bought her from the sales. She looks to be on an upward curve and has schooled nicely at home. Tom Scudamore takes the ride and she looks to have decent prospects on her first outing over timber.
- Sunday, 11 December 2016 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are two meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Carlisle and Southwell. Tom Scudamore travels all the way to Carlisle to ride Gevrey Chambertin and Miss Tynte for David. Gevrey Chambertin (pictured above) goes in the 3m1f handicap hurdle at 2.10pm and has to shoulder 11-11 - Carlisle is a very stiff track so this will take some getting. Fortunately Gevrey is a strong stayer as well as a course winner - he is going nicely at home although he is not always the easiest horse to predict. Miss Tynte contests the mares' bumper at 3.15pm - she finished runner-up on her sole start to date in Ireland and makes her debut for the stable this afternoon.
- Saturday, 10 December 2016 08:06
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are five meetings taking place with jumps action from Cheltenham, Doncaster and Lingfield while there are a couple of all-weather flat fixtures from Newcastle and Wolverhampton. David has a couple of runners at Lingfield today; Alternatif and Bella and Tom Scudamore will ride the pair. Alternatif (pictured above) contests the 2m7 1/2f handicap chase and he is the favourite according to the Post, although at 5/1 the field, it is clearly an open affair. He has dropped to a reasonable mark and on the pick of his form he would have a decent chance. Bella ran a cracker when just touched off at Towcester last time but is 4lbs higher this afternoon for getting beaten. She is a 5/1 shot and should run her usual honest race. Conditional jockeys David Noonan and Michael Heard have also picked up some outside rides at the meeting.
- Friday, 09 December 2016 08:31
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
*** Tobacco Road Non-Runner
3.00pm Bangor***
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with three jumps cards from Cheltenham, Doncaster and Bangor while there is an all-weather flat fixture from Newcastle. It looks as though Tom Scudamore is going to have a busy day - he rides in the first at Bangor before flying to Cheltenham to ride. Tom rides Starchitect (pictured above) for David at Bangor on his first start over fences - he was a 150 rated hurdler and was one of the best handicappers around last season. He was the best of these over timber, has schooled well at home and is expected to go very well.
- Thursday, 08 December 2016 08:35
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is good to see David banging in the winners and he was on the mark with an across the card double at Hexham and Leicester yesterday. Great Tempo proved one of the easiest winners of the season thus far when winning the juvenile maiden hurdle at Hexham - mind you, he was a 1/25 chance! He was backed from 1/14 - who bets on horses at those sort of prices? My mate in the bookies told me that it was better than the interest rates from the bank and I suppose he has a point. Great Tempo already has a handicap mark of 128 based on his decent French form and he can clearly go on to much better things. I had to laugh when I read Tom's post race comments, "We fancied him!"...I think it was tongue in cheek.
