- Thursday, 10 November 2016 08:31
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Poisoned Berry put up a good performance to win her first race over hurdles yesterday at Exeter under David Noonan. Our four year old won the novices' hurdle by an impressive eleven lengths and it looked as though the rain softened ground may have helped her. She only carried 10-4...let's hope the handicapper remembers that! Although she is not the biggest, she is certainly tough and has a good attitude and may be even better going the other way around. I bet part-owner Keith Webb was hosting a party at his put in Exmouth last night - he loves his racing and certainly knows how to celebrate!
- Wednesday, 09 November 2016 08:34
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Bangor, Exeter and Ayr as well as an all-weather flat fixture from Kempton. Tom Scu faces a long journey as he travels all the way up to Scotland to take the ride aboard Red Square Revival at Ayr in the 2m4f maiden hurdle at 1.10pm. Our five year old already has a win under his belt courtesy of his sole previous start in a Worcester bumper and this looks like a good opportunity to supplement that success. Meanwhile, David has three runners more locally as Kalifourchon, Gary Charm and Poisoned Berry all compete at Exeter.
- Tuesday, 08 November 2016 08:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is not surprising that David has kept plenty of his powder dry over the past few weeks. October has often been dry in the past, but the month just gone was the driest since we have been recording rainfall (which goes back 15 years). It has led to unseasonably fast ground and Taunton went as far as abandoning this Thursday's meeting last week as the ground was firm (hard in places). Kempton Clerk of the course Barney Clifford corroborates this saying they have "put on 460mm of water since August 27th, that is a phenomenal amount". I have never known it so dry where I live and the golf course where I play is also very hard, mind you it does mean my short drives go a lot further so it is not all bad!
- Monday, 07 November 2016 08:38
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I thought that Tom Scu gave Un Temps Pour Tout a good, positive front-running ride at Aintree on Saturday to land the BTRC Hurdle. Our seven year old ideally wants further than this 2m4f trip so he set a good gallop and this should put him spot-on for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury in three weeks time. With £18,000 in prize money it was certainly a well worthwhile exercise. Meanwhile Herbert Park was narrowly beaten at Ffos Las yesterday when trying to concede over a stone to the winner so he should be up to winning again before too long.
- Sunday, 06 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon with action coming from Ffos Las and Sandown. David has two runners at the Welsh track, with Herbert Park in the 2m7f handicap hurdle at 3.05pm and Rathealy in the 2m4f hurdle at 4.15pm. Herbert Park (pictured above) made a pleasing reappearance when winning at Worcester last time on good ground with the first two well clear of the third. He has to give weight away to all of his rivals but he still looks to hold sound claims. There is a field of 14 for Rathealy's race so it is a tricky contest - he has dropped to an appealing mark but will need to improve on most recent efforts - Michael Heard takes a handy 5lbs off his back.
- Saturday, 05 November 2016 08:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a big day of racing ahead with five meetings taking place. The jumps action comes from Aintree, Kelso and Wincanton while there are flat fixtures from Doncaster and Chelmsford, while don't forget this evening there is the second day of the Breeders Cup meeting from Santa Anita. The good news is that Channel 4 are covering racing from Aintree and Wincanton. David saddles three runners at Aintree; Ennistown, Unanimité and Un Temps Pour Tout.
- Friday, 04 November 2016 08:07
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with jumps action from Warwick, Hexham and Fontwell, while there is also an all-weather flat card from Newcastle. David has one runner today as Nice Thoughts goes in the two mile handicap hurdle at Warwick at 2.35pm. Nice Thoughts did finish a good second at Ffos Las last season, form which would give him a good chance here although his most recent efforts have been a little disappointing. A repeat of his earlier form would make him worth a little each way interest at likely odds of around 10/1. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle. Meanwhile, the prevailing fast ground at Fontwell means that they only have 33 runners across their six race card - we need some rain and a lot of it.
