- Monday, 17 November 2014 08:38
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
First of all it is great to be back and apologies that we have been unable to update the website over the weekend due to technical difficulties - sorry for any inconvenience and I hope you haven't missed us too much! There is quite a bit to catch up on as Cheltenham's Paddy Power meeting took place over the weekend and it is a meeting that David always likes to try to do well at given the rich history of the stable at the fixture down the years. It was a great meeting for the stable with three winners, including a double on Saturday. Kings Palace jumped like an old handicapper in making a successful chasing debut - watching it you would never have believed it was his first start over the larger obstacles and he looks top class.
- Friday, 14 November 2014 08:44
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was a good day for the stable yesterday with two winners from our three runners. Stars Over The Sea (pictured above) was most impressive in landing a facile success over hurdles at Ludlow under Tom Scudamore. This former classy flat recruit jumped better than on his hurdling debut and is clearly learning - I am sure he will continue to improve in that department with experience and he looks like a horse of considerable potential. Dalgig was also quite impressive in victory on the level at Kempton last evening under Mikey Ennis - I wonder if a career hurdling might beckon anytime soon? Meanwhile Navanman was fourth at Taunton and looks as though he could do with more of a test of stamina.
- Thursday, 13 November 2014 08:32
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today we have four meetings to look forward to with jumping action from Taunton and Ludlow and all-weather flat cards from Southwell and Kempton. The stable has runners at each of the two jumps meetings, not to mention a rare runner on the level tonight at Kempton. Navanman posted a creditable first start for the stable when finishing runner-up in a bumper at Worcester behind El Namoose - the winner has won twice subsequently and he looks a nice mount for Conor O'Farrell this afternoon. Tom Scudamore travels to Ludlow for the ride on facile Kempton scorer Stars Over The Sea (pictured above), while Mikey Ennis is aboard Dalgig at Kempton.
- Wednesday, 12 November 2014 08:29
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon we have four meetings taking place, three over the sticks at Bangor, Exeter and Ayr as well as a flat card on the all-weather from Kempton. The stable has four runners at our local track; Too Generous, Virtuel d'Oudon (pictured above), Serienschock and Lady Of Longstone. There has been lots more overnight rain and the ground at Exeter is already being described as heavy with some standing water - that makes it sound as though it is almost unraceable, although incredibly as I write this, there is no inspection of the track planned. Too Generous and Serienschock should certainly handle the prevailing conditions - Too Generous is twice a winner on heavy ground, while Serienschock won four times in gruelling conditions in France. Tom Scudamore is aboard all four of our runners today.
- Tuesday, 11 November 2014 08:34
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon, all over the jumps at Huntingdon, Sedgefield, and Lingfield. The stable has one runner at Huntingdon; Softsong who makes his debut for the Pond House team this afternoon. Our six year old was pulled up on his final two starts of last season, although he had previously won a maiden hurdle at Doncaster in good style. Tom Scudamore is on board this afternoon and we will know more about him this afternoon. The jumps card at Lingfield is set to be held on heavy ground and there are only a number of small fields, indeed there are a total of 41 runners spread across their seven race card. I would imagine the testing going will find a few of these out and there will be a fair number failing to finish.
- Monday, 10 November 2014 08:15
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable enjoyed another nice winner yesterday when Bidourey was a ready winner of the bumper at Ffos Las under Tom Scudamore. I thought it was a very good performance under a penalty on very soft ground. It is always difficult to quantify the form of these races as there is often very little to go on, although conceding a stone to the Irish trained runner-up was probably no mean feat and he looks like yet another smart prospect for the team at Pond House. As you would expect given the testing nature of the ground, the times across the whole fixture were on the slow side.
- Sunday, 09 November 2014 00:59
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Tom Scu keeps riding the winners
Today we have just two jumps cards at Market Rasen and Ffos Las. David has one runner, Bidourey in the 1m6f concluding bumper for three year olds at Ffos Las. He has has just won run, winning in France and this is his Pond House debut. He looks the best on form and won't mind the ground. Tom Scu rides and he is looking to continue his good run of form. Scu has two rides at the Welsh track in the last two races on the card.
