- Thursday, 26 May 2016 07:31
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable was among the winners last night when Dusk Till Dawn was the ready winner of the 3m2f chase. I thought that a pair of blinkers and the better ground helped to bring about some improvement and he was quite impressive in the end, jumping well on the whole. With 13 lengths between the second and third it would be no surprise if David were to run him again quite quickly. Meanwhile, Conor O'Farrell and David Noonan were also among the winners at the meeting, with Conor in particular doing well to score after his mount, Floresco went violently left at the second last causing him to lose an iron and nearly unseating him.
- Wednesday, 25 May 2016 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Lingfield, Hamilton and Kempton as well a couple of jumps fixtures from Market Rasen and Newton Abbot. David runs Dusk Till Dawn, Mango Cap and The Two Amigos at Newton Abbot. Dusk Till Dawn was the winner of an Irish point-to-point in 2015 and has shown some fair placed form since switching to rules - he unseated Tom Scudamore last time so a clear round is top priority and with one of those he should go close. Mango Cap hasn't reproduced his French form as yet and would need to improve on what he has shown on these shores to figure in a tight little race. The Two Amigos (pictured above) makes his debut for the stable having won an Irish point-to-point on good ground - he goes nicely at home and even over this shorter trip, a big run is expected although I know the Henderson team fancy Armaans Wish who won on his debut.
- Tuesday, 24 May 2016 07:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Wolverhampton and Wetherby and jumping from Hexham and Southwell. David has no runners today so stable jockey Tom Scudamore heads to Southwell for four rides and they are all for different trainers. It would be hard to pick out a good thing among them as the shortest price among them is Eye Of The Tiger and the Post make him a 10/1 chance. Meanwhile David Noonan travels all the way up to Hexham for just one ride - I hope it is worth it or it will be a long journey back.
- Monday, 23 May 2016 07:13
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon but I'm afraid you are out of luck if you are a fan of the jumps as there are just four flat fixtures from Ayr, Leicester, Windsor and Carlisle. Unsurprisingly, David does not have any runners today. I thought that David was going to be among the winners yesterday when Willem came to the last in front in the novices' handicap chase at Fakenham only to get caught close home. He was conceding 15lbs to the winner Salto Chisco and I thought that if he jumped the last cleanly he would have won. He is proving difficult to win with, although there is no doubting that there is plenty of ability there and this was another sound effort.
- Saturday, 21 May 2016 06:56
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Ballynagour Winner at Auteuil Last Year
There are six meetings today, flat cards at Haydock, Goodwood, York, Newmarket and Chepstow plus a jumps card at Stratford. David does not not have any runners in this country but we do have two in France! David runs two at Auteuil in the French Champion hurdle trial at 4.55pm (French time, 3.55pm English time). There are 13 runners in the valuable contest and eight of them are from England and Ireland! Ballynagour won this race last year and is the mount of Tom Scu while James Revely rides Gevrey Chambertin. I think the reason there so many English runners might be to do with the fact that David enjoyed a successful raid to France last summer and it has encouraged others to try their luck with such good prize money on offer. Ballynagour is 12/1 in the betting and I think the race is tougher than it was 12 months ago. Gevrey Chambertin is 33/1 but he will love the very soft ground. Lets just hope they both run well as there is good prize money down to sixth place. I don't think I would like to be flying over to France today as the weather doesn't look too good. Good luck David with the horses as well!
- Friday, 20 May 2016 07:46
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I see that David was a busy chap yesterday afternoon. Not only did Perspicace (pictured above) win at Worcester yesterday afternoon, he was also the successful bidder for the winner of the claimer, while he was also adding to the string with a further purchase from the Doncaster Sales. Perspicace certainly put up a good performance and could be called the winner from some way out despite the burden of 11-12 in the 2m4f handicap hurdle. He was running from a mark 5lbs lower than in future handicaps, although Mr Nasty is likely to put him by more than just that now! Meanwhile, David bought Castlemorris King for £10,000 after he was the impressive winner of the claiming hurdle and it looks as though the quicker ground helped bring this 122 rated performer back to form. He is obviously fit and ready to go and he is also a novice chaser to boot so I am sure David will be finding a suitable opportunity for him soon - if you would be interested in being his new owner, please get in touch with our office.
- Thursday, 19 May 2016 07:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
***Moon Racer, Ramses de Teillee
non-runners at Worcester today***
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Goodwood, Lingfield, Sandown and Ripon, while there is a jumps fixture from Worcester. David has plenty of runners at Worcester; Brook, Ramses de Teillee, Moon Racer and Perspicace. Let's start with Moon Racer (pictured above), the 2015 Champion Bumper winner who is due to make his hurdling debut this afternoon. I am really looking forward to seeing him over timber having won three of his four starts in National Hunt flat races. He put up a decent performance in the Punchestown Champion Bumper last time, just failing to get up after a long absence - he could well be top class over hurdles. Brook finished runner-up last time out and should be thereabouts once again, Ramses de Teillee won an Irish point-to-point in good style and should go well on his debut for the stable in the bumper, while Perspicace finished a good second at Towcester last time and is due to go up by 5lbs in future handicaps so he also looks to have a good chance.
