- Saturday, 29 August 2015 07:36
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are a further six meetings taking place this afternoon with five flat fixtures from Goodwood, Newmarket, Beverley, Windsor and Redcar as well as a National Hunt card from Cartmel. So that is twelve meetings over the last couple of days and only one of them over the sticks...I don't think I need to elaborate! Redcar get the wooden spoon today with just £30,000 on offer which I think is extremely poor for a Saturday fixture. I still firmly believe that owners and trainers should boycott these tracks where prize money is so poor - as long as the horses keep getting entered, the tracks will continue to take the mickey. Tom Scudamore makes the long journey to Cartmel for a couple of rides for James Moffatt, the best of which looks to be Fantasy King, let's hope he can ride a winner otherwise it is going to be a long drive home for him!
- Friday, 28 August 2015 07:45
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable enjoyed a nice winner yesterday at Stratford as Low Key (pictured above) won the maiden hurdle by a facile nineteen lengths. He didn't jump as well as he can do and was slow at a few of his hurdles so there is room for further improvement from him, especially when his jumping sharpens up. Our other jumpers also performed creditably with Spending Time a close third on the same card - he looks a nice chasing type to me, while Vayland was second, beaten only a length under Daryl Jacob at Sedgefield and he looks like a winner waiting to happen.
- Thursday, 27 August 2015 07:32
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place today with three jumps cards from Stratford, Southwell and Sedgefield as well as flat fixtures from Musselburgh and Wolverhampton. Considering there was no National Hunt action on Monday or Wednesday you would have to say that is a lousy piece of race planning for all those jockeys. David runs Spending Time and Low Key at Stratford and Vayland at Sedgefield. Low Key has run well in better races than this on his last couple of starts and would not need to improve an awful lot to hold major claims under Tom Scudamore. Spending Time was a long way behind Sutton Storm last time out but I think he will be a lot closer this time, while Vayland (pictured above) is the highest rated in the Sedgefield novices' hurdle and he will be partnered by Daryl Jacob.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2015 08:04
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon, all of them on the flat from Catterick, Musselburgh, Lingfield, Kempton and Bath. Once again Bath are bringing up the rear in terms of prize money with just £30,000 spread across their seven race card. David had one runner on the level last night as Honeymoon Cocktail ran in the one mile handicap at Newbury under Mikey Ennis. He ran okay to finish fifth under top-weight looking as though he would appreciate a little bit further and I am sure that it won't be long before David has his competing over hurdles. The ground at Newbury last night was heavy and with a further 20mm of rain at Pond House overnight, it's not exactly the going you would associate with this time of year! The stable has no runners today.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2015 07:48
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Chepstow, Brighton and Newbury as well as a National Hunt fixture from Fontwell. The stable has one runner this evening as Honeymoon Cocktail makes his debut for the stable on the flat at Newbury. He contests the one mile handicap at 6.40pm and on the pick of his French form he wouldn't be without a chance under Mikey Ennis. Our flat runners were a touch disappointing yesterday with Impulsive American proving too keen and not appearing to get home at Carlisle on his first start in this country and his first since being gelded. I would be surprised if he were not a lot better next time. Meanwhile over at Leicester, Race To Glory looks as though he is need of some help from the handicapper.
- Monday, 24 August 2015 07:41
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was another good weekend for the stable with a couple of winners including the feature chase at Newton Abbot on Saturday with Standing Ovation. Having won a novices' hurdle last time out, it was good to see him get his head back in front over fences for the first time since landing the Badger Ale Chase at Wincanton in 2013. He has been performing creditably in plenty of the top handicaps chases so it was a very well deserved success. Meanwhile on Sunday Purple 'N Gold made a winning chasing debut at Worcester under Tom Scudamore. He jumped well in the main and battled on well to beat the favourite Broughton in the driving rain. He has traditionally wanted faster ground than this so it was a very good performance and he looks as though he could make up into an even better chaser than hurdler. A winner now on the flat, over hurdles and over fences, he has proven to be an excellent claim off of the all-weather.
- Saturday, 22 August 2015 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a busy day ahead with seven meetings taking place, including five flat cards from York, Sandown, Chester, Chelmsford City and Bath as well as National Hunt action from Newton Abbot and Perth. It is Newton Abbot's big fixture of the season today with a very valuable handicap chase and handicap hurdle backed up by a very competitive card. The stable has three runners at the meeting; Standing Ovation, Prince Of Poets and Kie. Standing Ovation (pictured above) competes in the Mildmay Chase having bolted up in a novices's hurdle at Market Rasen last week and he is just out of the weights - with his confidence back he could have each way prospects at odds of around 10/1. Meanwhile Kie runs in the handicap hurdle and will be fit from a recent run on the flat and Prince Of Poets takes his chance in the novices' handicap hurdle with first time headgear.
