- Friday, 20 November 2015 08:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Ascot and Haydock as well as a cheap all-weather flat card from Wolverhampton where they are offering a miserly £39,000 in prize money across their eight race card. Our jockeys continued in good form yesterday with Tom Scudamore riding a winner at Market Rasen and David Noonan riding a winner at Wincanton. It was more of a steering job for David as his task aboard the Anthony Honeyball trained Creswell Breeze was made considerably easier by Noel Fehily unseating from the odds-on favourite. David has now ridden 20 winners (18 of them this season) and his claim will drop to 5lbs after the weekend.
- Thursday, 19 November 2015 08:36
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Market Rasen and Wincanton, while there are all-weather flat fixtures from Lingfield and Chelmsford City. Although the stable has no runners this afternoon, it looks as though our jockeys are going to be kept busy nonetheless with David Noonan and Conor O'Farrell heading to Wincanton for some outside rides, while Tom Scudamore makes the journey to Market Rasen for a couple of mounts.
- Wednesday, 18 November 2015 08:35
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Whoever said that a winner makes no difference? What a load of rubbish! Katkeau was a ready winner of the beginners' chase at Fakenham yesterday - he jumped really well on his chase debut and battled on tenaciously to beat 1/3 favourite Southfield Vic. The whole stable was lifted and even Rex (Carol's dog) looked like he was smiling (or at least showing his teeth!). Don't forget that the favourite was rated 11lbs higher than Katkeau over hurdles so this has to be considered a promising start to his new career - he seemed to love the soft ground and should be winning more races over fences judging by this. It was also Tom Scu's first winner since returning from injury so it was a good day all round.
- Tuesday, 17 November 2015 08:08
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon there are three meetings taking place with jumps action from Southwell and Fakenham and an all-weather flat fixture from Lingfield. The stable has one runner at Fakenham as Katkeau (pictured above) begins his chasing career appropriately in the beginners' chase. Paul Nicholls is represented by Southfield Vic who was officially 11lbs his superior over hurdles so he is obviously the one we have to beat - it is certainly quite a hot race for a Fakenham meeting on a Tuesday even if there are only four runners. The stable's amateur jockey David Noonan rode another double at Plumpton yesterday which took him onto seventeen winners for the season - he is certainly a young jockey in form.
- Monday, 16 November 2015 09:03
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps meetings from Leicester and Plumpton supported by an all-weather flat fixture from Wolverhampton. It is hard to believe that the ground on the chase course at Leicester is officially good/firm (good in places) - you wouldn't get a description like that down in these parts given the amount of rain we have had. The stable has one runner today as Bladoun (pictured above) runs in the 2.15pm race at Leicester - it is a competitive handicap hurdle with 13 runners. Bladoun had some fair placed form last season and he looks to have fair claims under Tom Scudamore.
- Sunday, 15 November 2015 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are just two jumps cards today with action coming from Cheltenham and Fontwell and there is some great racing in store. David has runners at both tracks - Bidourey, Willem, Brook and Skylander at Cheltenham and Impulsive American and Big Occasion at Fontwell. Bidourey (pictured above) takes in the Greatwood Hurdle at 2.40pm (a race we have won in the past with Dell' Arca) - it is a 20 runner handicap hurdle and if you can find the winner of that, then you ought to be buying a lottery ticket as well! This race looks impossible and as far as I am concerned I would advise a watching brief.
- Saturday, 14 November 2015 08:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Kings Palace - runs in the Paddy Power
We have five meetings today, jumps cards at Cheltenham, Uttoxeter and Wetherby plus flat cards at Lingfield and Wolverhampton. David has plenty running at Cheltenham, 8 runners in fact! The card looks more like the Festival its that good! In the first race, the 12.40pm we run another French recruit called Fingertips. He won first time out in France and then finished second and he goes well at home. Although only five runners it is a quality field. In the 1.15pm novice chase, Un temps Pour Tout makes his chasing debut. He has schooled well at home and this is his first outing since winning the French Champion hurdle at Auteuil in the summer. We are hoping for a big run.
