- Wednesday, 08 July 2015 07:41
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today is the first of four days without any jump racing so consequently we have five flat cards to keep us entertained this afternoon. The action comes from Catterick, Wolverhampton, Lingfield, Kempton and Bath. There are seven race cards from Bath and Lingfield that offer just £29,000 in prize money across their entire fixtures - I wonder which operator owns those tracks?!
- Tuesday, 07 July 2015 07:25
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable was among the winners on the flat last night at Windsor as Beijing Star won the claimer in the hands of Mikey Ennis who is looking like very good value for his 5lbs claim. Our three year old travelled well for much of the race and stayed on well to win by 1/2 length. After the race he was claimed for £10,000 but that is the chance that you takes when you run your horses in this grade. Over at Worcester Dusk Till Dawn still showed signs of inexperience as he finished second in the bumper - he is a lovely big horse who is already a winner in Irish point-to-points and he already looks a chaser in the making. The experience should do him the world of good and I am sure he will be winning before long judged on this evidence.
- Monday, 06 July 2015 07:45
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with action on the flat coming from Ayr, Ripon and Windsor and a jumps card from Worcester. The stable runs former Irish point-to-point winner Dusk Till Dawn (pictured above) in the bumper at 3.20pm at Worcester. Our six year old won easily at the beginning of the year on soft ground, scoring by sixteen lengths and he has pleased the boss at home so we are hopeful of a good run from him. It will be great to see the colours of Michael Poland being carried by a runner from the yard - he famously owned the sire of Dusk Till Dawn, 1994 Derby runner-up King's Theatre during his two year old career. Our other runner comes at Windsor this evening when Beijing Star runs in the 6.55pm race - he will be partnered by former Midlands National winning jockey Mikey Ennis. Four miles at Uttoxeter to 1m2f at Windsor, Mikey is nothing if not versatile!
- Saturday, 04 July 2015 11:44
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon - a flat card from Ayr and a jumps fixture from Market Rasen. The stable has no runners this afternoon and it looks like being a quiet day for the jockeys associated with the yard. There looks to be some good quality action over in Ireland at Limerick with the least valuable race on the card (a bumper) worth £10,000. It seems that the prize money in Ireland and France is much better than on these shores and makes me wonder why the likes of Gordon Elliott plots so many raids here. The winner of the lady's race at Market Rasen today picks up little over £2,000 - after the expenses incurred in getting the horse there, there will be little left over to celebrate!
- Saturday, 04 July 2015 07:45
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Unfortunately if you are a fan of the jumping game you are out of luck again as there are six meetings taking place this afternoon and they are all on the flat! The action comes from Sandown, Haydock, Leicester, Beverley, Carlisle and Nottingham - don't panic though, jumping returns tomorrow with a card from Market Rasen. The big race of the day is undoubtedly the Coral Eclipse at Sandown which is worth £255,195 and features the reappearance of impressive Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn - there are only five runners and he will take the world of beating. Tullius is the outsider of the field at 100/1 and while still a good racehorse in his own right, he should be outclassed on all known form - even so he is guaranteed £12,105 even if he finishes last - not a bad couple of minutes work I am sure you will agree!
- Friday, 03 July 2015 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Sandown, Doncaster, Beverley and Haydock supported by a jumps fixture at Newton Abbot. The stable has no runners this afternoon and Tom Scudamore has picked up just the one ride in the 3.45pm aboard My Legal Lady, let's hope that he can make it count. Meanwhile super agent Dave Roberts has been working overtime on Richard Johnson's behalf as he has six rides. I hope a few of you followed me in and backed Broughtons Bandit and Russian Regent yesterday - they won at odds of 7/2 and evens on a memorable day for Gordon Elliott who trained seven winners in total over here and back home in Ireland.
- Thursday, 02 July 2015 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I thought that Lady Of Longstone ran another good race at Worcester yesterday finishing second, well clear of the remainder. She looked to have bumped into one in winner Tobefair who had already gone up a stone for an impressive success last time. The winner looks set for another big rise in the weights and looks the type to follow-up in the coming weeks. Judged on this effort, there are further races in Lady Of Longstone provided the handicapper doesn't crucify her. Meanwhile both Flabello and Race To Glory looked like they did not see out the extra distance in the boys' race and it would be of no surprise to see them compete over a shorter distance next time.
