- 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.
- Thursday, 03 November 2016 08:12
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have four meetings taking place with jumps cards from Newbury, Musselburgh and Market Rasen while there is an all-weather flat fixture from Chelmsford City. David has a couple of runners at Market Rasen; La Vaticane and Mr Burgees. La Vaticane (pictured above) contests the three mile Listed mares' chase at 2.45pm and the Post make her a 3/1 chance - she possesses some decent form and looks sure to put up a bold bid. Meanwhile, Mr Burgees has to shoulder a penalty and top weight in the 2m7 1/2f handicap chase - he was a ready winner at Uttoxeter last week and is 3lbs 'well-in' this afternoon. Although this is a longer trip, a similar effort should see him go close once again under Tom Scudamore.
- Wednesday, 02 November 2016 08:14
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Nottingham and Kempton as well as a couple of jumps fixtures from Chepstow and Musselburgh. The stable does not have any runners today although stable jockey Tom Scudamore goes to the Welsh track where he has picked up a couple of decent outside rides. Citrus fared the best of our runners at Exeter yesterday when finishing fourth in the novices' hurdle - he wasn't beaten all that far and can win a little race somewhere. Poisoned Berry finished sixth in the same race and a similar comment applies to her - a terrible mistake at the second certainly didn't help her chances yesterday.
