- Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:14
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat fixtures from Leicester, Redcar, Lingfield and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps card from Towcester. David runs Dusk Till Dawn (pictured above) at Towcester in the three mile handicap chase at 3.40pm. He carries a 7lbs penalty for his success at Newton Abbot last week and he is due to go up by 8lbs in future handicaps so he is 1lb 'well-in'. He jumped slightly to his right at Newton so this right-handed track should suit. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle once again and another big run is expected. Meanwhile Tom has picked up a nice outside ride aboard Lakeshore Lady in the 2.40pm and conditional jockey David Noonan has also picked up a spare in the lucky last.
- Monday, 30 May 2016 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was a good weekend for the stable with a nice winner on the flat at Salisbury on Saturday night and another over the sticks at Uttoxeter yesterday. Starchitect was our flat winner and he won the 1m6f handicap with something in hand and it would be easy to see him winning again and it will be interesting to see if he makes the cut for the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot next month. Meanwhile, Perspicace followed-up his recent victory with a good performance at Uttoxeter under the welter burden of 12-1. He went up 8lbs for his last win, I hope he doesn't go up by another 8lbs!
- Sunday, 29 May 2016 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is a good day for fans of the jumps. There are three National Hunt fixtures from Fontwell, Kelso and Uttoxeter and David runs Kie in the 2m4f handicap chase and Perspicace in the two mile handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter. Kie has run a couple of sound races this season to finish fourth on both occasions - he should go well again in the hands of Tom Scudamore. Meanwhile Perspicace carries top weight in the 4.50pm race following his success at Worcester - this will be harder with 12-1 on his back, but it is by no means impossible that he could follow-up. David Noonan and Conor O'Farrell both head to Fontwell where they have picked up some nice outside rides.
- Saturday, 28 May 2016 07:09
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a busy day ahead with no fewer than seven meetings taking place this afternoon. Five of those are on the level and come from Haydock, Chester, Beverley, Catterick and Salisbury while there are jumps fixtures from Cartmel and Ffos Las. David has two runners at Ffos Las; Nice Thoughts in the 7.05pm race and The Draconian at 9.05pm. Nice Thoughts had some fair form on the flat with a rating of 79 and this better ground ought to help him, while The Draconian ran a lot better when third in a bumper last time at Exeter and he looks to have place claims. Stable jockey Tom Scudamore is aboard the pair, although our best chance of a winner appears to come on the flat in the shape of classy hurdler Starchitect (pictured above). He goes in the 7.20pm race at Salisbury and he is napped by the Post. He should handle this quicker ground and is ridden by George Baker and he looks to hold sound claims.
- Friday, 27 May 2016 07:50
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are six meetings taking place this afternoon with flat action from Haydock, Bath, Brighton, Musselburgh and Pontefract, while there is also a jumps fixture from Worcester. The yard has three runners this evening at Worcester; Purple 'N Gold, Skylander and Westbrooke Warrior. Purple 'N Gold goes in the 6.50pm race, a 2m4f handicap chase - what a fantastic claim he has been, winning on the flat, over hurdles and over fences...and he was David's 1,000th winner to boot. Not bad for £8,000! He was a gutsy winner last time out at Haydock but is 5lbs higher tonight and this is a tricky little race - even so, he should go well once again under Tom Scudamore. Skylander goes in the same race and needs to bounce back from a below-par effort at Aintree last time under Michael Heard, while Westbrooke Warrior contests the novices' hurdle at 7.50pm. He is open to plenty of improvement but needs to learn to settle better.
- 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.
