- Thursday, 23 June 2016 07:29
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon but you are out of luck if you are a fan of the jumps. The action is all on the level and comes from Newcastle, Newmarket, Nottingham, Hamilton and Newbury. Our runners drew a blank yesterday although our two bumper horses; Knight Crusader and Stay Out Of Court both performed with promise when finishing third at Worcester - they will both come on a bundle for the experience and looks as though they want further already. On the level, Dell' Arca could finish only sixth in the handicap at Salisbury with Ryan Moore at him from a little way out.
- Wednesday, 22 June 2016 07:29
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Carlisle, Salisbury, Kempton and Bath while there is also a jumps fixture from Worcester. There is some great prize money on offer at Carlisle with over £130,000 in prize money up for grabs. David runs classy hurdler/chaser Dell' Arca (pictured above) on the level at Salisbury at 4.20pm. It is his first run on the level since joining the stable and it is a 1m6f handicap with Ryan Moore doing the steering - I needn't really say any more. The Post have us as the 6/4 jolly...that is the horse, not Ryan! Meanwhile, the stable has four runners at Worcester with Knight Crusader, Stay Out Of Court, Low Key and Thunder Pass. Both Stay Out Of Court and Knight Crusader are having their first starts for the stable and look to have been found decent opportunities. Tom Scudamore is aboard all of them and it could be a good day for the stable.
- Tuesday, 21 June 2016 07:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Beverley, Brighton and Leicester (who are inspecting this morning), while there is a jumps fixture from Newton Abbot. David runs Willem (pictured above) at Newton Abbot in the 6.30pm race - it is a 2m5f handicap chase and our ex-French gelding carries joint top-weight of 11-12. He ran well on his chasing debut at Fakenham when a narrow runner-up before disappointing last time at Huntingdon. He has a decent chance if putting his best foot forward although he is not easy to win with. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle.
- Monday, 20 June 2016 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Did you know that it is the longest day today? Unfortunately it is a miserable start to the day and the sixteen or so hours of daylight we are supposed to have is looking a little optimistic! There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with three flat cards from Chepstow, Windsor and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps fixture from Southwell. Stable jockey Tom Scudamore and conditional jockey David Noonan both travel to Southwell for rides, the best of which looks to be Benenden in the 4.45pm for Tom's brother Michael. David does not have any runners today.
- Sunday, 19 June 2016 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Pontefract and a couple of jumps fixtures from Hexham and Worcester. There are two National Hunt meetings today, yet none yesterday on racing's busiest day of the week...go figure! Tom Scudamore has a low mileage car for sale. He is off to Hexham today for the mount aboard Cork Citizen in the 3 mile handicap chase at 3.30pm. He won a fortnight ago and this stiff track will suit him - there is good prize money on offer too, with over £6,000 up for grabs. He should go well once again. David also runs Twentytwo's Taken (pictured above) at Worcester in the 2m4f handicap hurdle. David Noonan is in the saddle as he was when she was successful last time at Exeter and his claim reduces her weight to 10-8. This is a more competitive contest as you would expect for the £12,000 prize money although another good run is expected. I was only joking about Tom Scu's car by the way!
- Saturday, 18 June 2016 07:35
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
For 'N' Against managed to get his head in front yesterday afternoon at Market Rasen and in the process land his first success over fences. He was 3lbs 'well-in' from his run at Fontwell so he really needed to win this otherwise it was going to get more difficult still to win a race. Making all and jumping well in the main under a positive ride from Tom Scudamore he found enough when challenged in the straight. This was still only his fifth outing over fences and hopefully he can go on from this and Mr Nasty (the handicapper!) won't be too unkind to him.
- Friday, 17 June 2016 07:30
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have six meetings to look forward to with action on the flat from Redcar, Ayr, Newmarket, Goodwood and of course the fourth day of the Royal meeting from Ascot, while there is also action over the sticks from Market Rasen. David runs For 'N' Against (pictured above) at Market Rasen in the 4.35pm race and he looks to have a sound chance under stable jockey Tom Scudamore. He was second at Fontwell last time out and runs from the same mark of 112 which is 3lbs less than he will carry in future handicaps. A big run is expected otherwise he is going to struggle from his revised mark.
