- Friday, 25 November 2016 08:26
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Doncaster and Newbury as well as a couple of all-weather flat fixtures from Newcastle and Wolverhampton. It is the first day of the Hennessy meeting at Newbury and there is some good prize money up for grabs with the least valuable race worth £10,000. Although the stable has no runners today, Tom Scudamore has picked up a nice outside ride at Newbury so let's see if the 'one ride' theory pays dividends today!
- Thursday, 24 November 2016 08:20
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from our local track at Taunton and Towcester, while there is an all-weather flat fixture from Chelmsford City. David runs Impulsive American in the 1.45pm race at Taunton, a 2m7f novices' chase in which he carries 10-12. The big question as far as I can see is whether he will stay the trip - the Post make him a 12/1 chance but he should certainly find things a bit easier than at Cheltenham last time out. Stable jockey Tom Scudamore takes the ride. Meanwhile Conor O'Farrell and David Noonan have also picked up some outside rides.
- Wednesday, 23 November 2016 08:34
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was a good day for the stable yesterday as Daklondike proved a nice winner of the novices' hurdle at Lingfield. He was our only runner of the day and clearly enjoyed the heavy ground. The former Irish point-to-point winner saw the trip out well as you would expect and he can win again over timber before going chasing and will prove even better over further. He is a half-brother to David's Paddy Power Gold Cup and Cheltenham Festival winner Great Endeavour and it would be fantastic if he shared his esteemed relations ability. He provided stable jockey Tom Scudamore with his 50th winner of the season - Tom went on to complete a double aboard his brother's Grace Tara who looked to be another one to enjoy the underfoot conditions.
- Tuesday, 22 November 2016 08:20
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are two meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Lingfield and Sedgefield while the all-weather flat fixture from Southwell has been lost to the elements...how ironic is that? I guess they should rename it 'most weather racing'. David has one runner this afternoon as he saddles Daklondike in the novices' hurdle at Lingfield at 1.30pm. Our former Irish point-to-point winner will stay the trip well and the trainer seems to have found a race in which he has solid claims. He is a chaser in the making but has already done more than enough to suggest he will be winning over hurdles at some point. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle.
- Monday, 21 November 2016 08:30
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
We have three meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Kempton and Ludlow as well as an all-weather flat card from Chelmsford City. David has one runner today as Iniciar contests the two mile conditional jockeys handicap hurdle at Kempton at 3.40pm. He has top weight to carry of 11-12 owing to his easy win at Worcester last time although conditional jockey David Noonan takes a handy 3lbs off his back. He will need to improve to land this from a 12lbs higher mark but he has a progressive profile so that is not out of the question. Meanwhile stable jockey Tom Scudamore has picked up three outside rides at Ludlow and he looks to have some reasonable chances.
- Saturday, 19 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have just two cards to look forward to but at least they are over the sticks with the action coming from Exeter and Huntingdon. David has a couple of entries at Exeter with Abracadabra Sivola (pictured above) contesting the three mile chase at 1.20pm and Nice Thoughts in the conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle at 4.00pm. Abracadabra was successful on his debut for the stable last season and has to defy top weight on his reappearance, Tom Scudamore is in the saddle. David Noonan takes the ride aboard Nice Thoughts and he has some decent placed form to his name, although he was a little disappointing last time out.
- Saturday, 19 November 2016 08:12
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps cards from Ascot, Haydock and Huntingdon as well as an all-weather flat card from Lingfield. Tom Scudamore heads over to Ascot where he has picked up a few spare rides, while our other jockeys Conor O'Farrell and David Noonan head over to Huntingdon. There is an excellent card at Haydock featuring the Betfair Chase and Fixed Brush Hurdle with Coneygree and Cue Card facing off in the former. Cue Card should hold a fitness advantage having had an outing three weeks ago - I was watching the racing from Haydock yesterday and they were kicking up plenty of water so the ground is going to be very testing this afternoon.
