Entries & Recent Form
- Monday, 01 May 2023 07:02
- Written by G Edwards
Mr Tambourine Man runs at Kempton Today!
Today marks the start of the 2023-34 National Hunt Season!! There are two jumps meetings this afternoon at Kempton and Warwick and we have three runners at Kempton. Duc De Beauchene, Mr Tambourine Man and Shot Boii are our trio of runners and it would be great if we could start the new season with a bang!
- Saturday, 29 April 2023 06:57
- Written by G Edwards
Thanksforthehelp Our 74th Winner!
We have reached the final day of the 2022/23 National Hunt season and all eyes will be on Sandown this afternoon. We have two runners at the Esher track in the Bet365 chase, D’jango and Red Happy line up in the 18 runner strong field. Both run from out of the weights and are big prices but both horses have had great seasons winning multiple times and doing us all proud. Sean Houlihan rides D’jango and David Noonan is on board Red Happy. Thankfully the ground is better on the jumps course than the flat course as Sandown were forced to abandoned their flat fixture yesterday because of false ground but there are no problems ahead of today. Scottish National heroes Jack Tudor and Kitty’s Light are in action once again and head the betting for this afternoons feature. Providing this race does not come too soon after Ayr last week I think they will again take all the beating. We know he loves the track and he won’t mind the ground and he stays all day.
- Friday, 28 April 2023 06:58
- Written by G Edwards
Thanksforthehelp Runs at Southwell Today!
Today, on the penultimate day of the 2022/23 National Hunt season we have just the one runner at Southwell, Thanksforthehelp. He runs in the 6.50pm novices hurdle over 2m4f and Jack Tudor rides. Our six year old was the impressive winner at Chepstow on his penultimate start and was one of the favourites for the Pertemps final at the Festival last month. He didn’t get a lot of luck in running that day, shaping better than the bear result suggests. He finished twelfth but was only beaten eight lengths so it was not a bad run at all. He is very lightly raced and I think there is more to come, especially when he goes over fences next season. There are only six runners in this novice hurdle which looks fairly competitive on paper but we are the highest rated and best in at the weights so I would like to think he has a great chance.
- Thursday, 27 April 2023 07:03
- Written by G Edwards
Bashful Boy Runs at Warwick Today!
Today we have three runners across two meetings at Warwick and Taunton, Bashful Boy, Kingofthewest and Dindin. Bashful Boy heads to Warwick to run in the 3.15pm handicap hurdle over 2m3f and Philip Armson rides. He was running a big race in a very competitive contest at Haydock last time when uncharacteristically coming down at the second last hurdle. I don’t think he would have been far away that day in a higher grade race and this represents a drop in class this afternoon. It was quite a heavy fall for both he and Jack Tudor but thankfully both came home unscathed and he has had some physio and is in good form at home since. Before his run at Haydock he had run two good races on the all-weather, winning and then finishing runner up behind the subsequent all-weather finals day winner Carzola. At the time we were disappointed to be second but it turns out that was a very good run! We have been waiting for the better ground over hurdles and I think he will enjoy the track, trip and ground today. Philip has got on well with him in the past and I don’t think he will be far away in this at about 8/1 fourth best in the betting.
- Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:55
- Written by G Edwards
Bumpy Johnson Wins at Ffos Las!
Bumpy Johnson and Abaya Du Mathan were our 72nd and 73rd winners of the season at Ffos Las yesterday. Bumpy Johnson certainly seems to love his trips to Wales as this was his second win at the track this season. I thought he jumped particularly well yesterday and a good jump at the last secured the victory as he closest rival didn’t get such a good leap. He is a horse we have always liked a lot at home but wasn’t always delivering on the racecourse. A wind operation earlier this season certainly seem to have been the making of him and his form figures since read 1421. He was given a lovely simple ride by Jack Tudor and he galloped on well to the line to score fairly cosily. I am not sure of immediate plans for him now, whether he will be kept on the go or whether he will go on holiday but he is certainly a horse gaining in confidence and going in the right direction and will be seen to even better effect over fences next autumn.
- Tuesday, 25 April 2023 07:08
- Written by G Edwards
Talap Wins at Windsor!
I take pride in every winner we have a Pond House knowing that I played some tiny part in the background. Every winner is special in its own way, but yesterday Talap winning at Windsor was just a little bit extra special.
- Monday, 24 April 2023 06:55
- Written by G Edwards
American Sniper runs at Kempton Today
Today we have two runners, one on the flat and one over hurdles. Talap runs at Windsor on the level over 1m2f with Tom Queally on board at 4.55pm. This handicap divided and we look to have a good chance at about four best in the betting in the field of nine. We were unlucky in running at Lingfield last week and Cieren Fallon thought he would have won had he not got badly hampered inside the final furlong. He wouldn’t have been far away but for that trouble and a repeat of that performance would see him go close as this represents a slight drop in class. My only hope is they do not get too much rain but fingers crossed he will handle it okay.
