- Friday, 25 September 2015 07:30
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have four meetings taking place with action on the flat from Newmarket, Haydock and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps card from Worcester. The stable has two runners at Worcester; Purple 'N Gold and Still Together. Purple 'N Gold won over fences on his chasing debut before finishing a creditable third on his handicap debut over the larger obstacles. This looks to be another competitive event but he can normally be relied upon to run his race and he has each way claims once again. Still Together (pictured above) won an Irish point-to-point on heavy ground and he makes his rules debut for the stable in the bumper. Ground conditions will be much quicker today and Brian Toomey is in the saddle and takes 3lbs off his back.
- Thursday, 24 September 2015 07:27
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable was back among the winners at Perth yesterday as Street Entertainer ran out the comfortable winner of the claiming hurdle under Tom Scudamore. It was probably a decent performance giving plenty of weight away to all of his rivals. He was subsequently claimed for £12,000 - it is a shame but that is the chance you take with these kind of races. He has been a good horse for the yard, winning on ten occasions. On his debut over timber Impulsive American finished fourth in what was probably a fair juvenile hurdle and he will improve for brushing up his jumping which is certain to come with experience. I thought that Border Breaker ran his race in the feature handicap chase over 3 miles, he probably bumped into a couple of improvers, while Epic Warrior is certainly better than he showed yesterday.
- Wednesday, 23 September 2015 07:17
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Goodwood, Redcar and Kempton as well as a jumps fixture from Perth. The stable has four runners at Perth today and another on the card tomorrow - they all travelled up yesterday and should be nicely rested ahead of their engagements today. According to the Racing Post all four of them (Street Entertainer, Impulsive American, Border Breaker and Epic Warrior) are forecast favourites - Street Entertainer drops in class and has the best recent form of these, while Impulsive American was a winner on the level at Chepstow last time and has schooled well ahead of his hurdling debut in the juvenile. Border Breaker (pictured above) was the winner of the feature chase at the last meeting here and is now 4lbs higher and he should not be inconvenienced by this longer trip. Epic Warrior was also an impressive last time out winner at Southwell - Tom Scudamore is aboard all of our runners. This could be a good day for the stable, let's hope so!
- Tuesday, 22 September 2015 07:52
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three flat meetings taking place at Beverley, Lingfield and Kempton today, while to add a little balance there is a National Hunt card from Warwick. It is a quiet day for the yard with no runners, although the lorry does leave today for Perth with the runners that you will be seeing up at the Scottish track over the next couple of days. I see that following his impressive victory in the Cesarewitch Trial at Newmarket on Saturday, Low Key is now favourite in some books for the big race there on 10th October - he is as short as 9/1, although if you hurry up and shop around you may still be able to get a little bit of 12's.
- Monday, 21 September 2015 07:55
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There was another excellent result for the stable when Low Key bolted up in the Cesarewitch Trial under apprentice Tom Marquand at Newmarket on Saturday, picking up £31,000 for his efforts. He gets a penalty for the big race itself next month and that increases his chances of getting into the line-up. I see the bookmakers have reacted by shortening him from 33/1 from 14/1...I wonder if Godolphin will be on the phone to buy him?! Meanwhile, Barneby was sixth at Uttoxeter in the novices' handicap hurdle and I thought it was a reasonable enough run - he had his fair share of weight and he travelled well for a long way before fading in the straight...he can only improve for the experience.
- Sunday, 20 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with a flat card from Hamilton and two National Hunt fixtures from Plumpton and Uttoxeter. There was no action over the sticks yesterday, yet two of the three fixtures today are over the jumps - something is wrong with race planning. There is a think tank being set up to look into the matter and I would love to have my say if you are listening BHA!!!
- Saturday, 19 September 2015 07:56
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable continued in good form yesterday afternoon with a welcome with a welcome success from Skylander in the 2m5 1/2f handicap hurdle. It was a good finish with our six year old gelding prevailing by a short head under Kieron Edgar. He has been running well this term without getting his head in front and this was a much deserved success. With only a narrow margin the difference between victory and defeat, let's hope that the handicapper isn't too harsh. Perspicace finished fifth in the same race and looks as though he could do with a little help from the assessor, while Prince Of Poets was fourth in the seller - he is looking difficult to win with although I am sure David will find another good opportunity for him.
