- Tuesday, 19 January 2016 08:35
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon there are two meetings taking place with jump racing from Ayr and an all-weather flat card from Southwell. Sadly Exeter abandoned their meeting yesterday - hardly surprising when you consider how cold and wet it has been down this way lately. I had a quick look through the Ayr card and cannot see many southern based trainers making the long journey north today.
- Monday, 18 January 2016 08:15
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is a quiet start to the week with a jumps card from Plumpton supported by an all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton. Plumpton have to pass an early morning inspection although they are very hopeful of action going ahead. If I were a cynic I might almost suggest that they would hold three races before abandoning the remainder of the meeting! Perhaps I am being a bit mean to the officials at Plumpton - I am sure they will do their utmost to make sure the entire meeting takes place. I don't know what the weather is like Plumpton way, but it hasn't stopped raining all night around Brixham.
- Sunday, 17 January 2016 08:49
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
With the abandonment of Kelso we are left with just one all-weather flat meeting at Kempton today but there is a good jumps card at Leopardstown. There is good prize money on offer in Ireland with 2 races worth over £100,000 but I cannot see many English raiders. Ladbrokes Mike Dillon was in Barbados to celebrate his 64th birthday but unfortunately British Airways lost his luggage. I wonder what odds he would have got on that! Mind you, it is so hot at this time of year he would not need many clothes! I hear that owner William Frewen has been spotted at the cricket in South Africa, he certainly has some good action to watch. It's a tough life but I am only jealous I am not there!
- Saturday, 16 January 2016 08:05
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Frosty Morning
It is a nice but chilly morning at Pond House today. Temperatures dipped to just below freezing with a slight frost but we have blue sky and it looks like it will be a nice day. Today we have four meetings, jumps cards at Wetherby and Warwick where the good news is that racing goes ahead. There are also flat cards at Lingfield and Chelmsford. It is a quiet Saturday for our yard including our jockey's. My theory about jockey's going for one ride worked out yesterday. Tom Scu won on his only ride at Huntingdon for Colin Tizzard, Buckhorn Timothy won at 5/2. Willie Mullins has runners at Warwick today including Open Eagle in the 3.00pm race and he is a 5/1 chance according to the Racing Post. He also has Black Hercules in the 1.50pm which is a 10/11 chance. Surely one of these Irish raiders will win?!
- Friday, 15 January 2016 08:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Despite Sedgefield falling to the weather, today we have three meetings taking place with a jumps card from Huntingdon supported by two all-weather flat fixtures from Lingfield and Wolverhampton. Although the stable doesn't have any runners, both Tom Scudamore and Conor O'Farrell head east to Huntingdon for just one ride each although I don't think I will be trying out the 'one ride at the meeting' theory today.
- Thursday, 14 January 2016 08:35
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
As if all the rain wasn't enough to dampen the spirits, it isn't half getting cold as well! Looking at the forecast it is only going to get chillier too - I would imagine that some of the tracks are starting to panic ahead of their next fixtures. Today we have three meetings taking place, a jumps card from Catterick as well as two all weather flat fixtures from Southwell and Chelmsford City. The stable has no runners this afternoon although stable jockey Tom Scudamore makes the long journey north for a couple of rides at Catterick, the best of which would appear to be Nail 'm in the 2.50pm race. Of our runners yesterday I thought that Miss Gotaway ran a promising first race under rules to finish third and there definitely looks to be a similar contest in her, perhaps on slightly better ground while Top Wood finished fourth and looks as though he could do with dropping in the weights a bit.
- Wednesday, 13 January 2016 08:29
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today there are three meetings taking place with a jumps card from our local track at Taunton as well as a couple of all-weather flat fixtures from Chelmsford City and Kempton. David has four runners at Taunton; Miss Gotaway, Junior Package, Top Wood and My Brother Sylvest. Miss Gotaway makes her debut for the stable this afternoon having done very well in point-to-points, winning three times last season. She will need to jump better than when disappointing in a Cheltenham Hunters Chase but is working well at home. Junior Package is going to need to improve significantly to figure, while Top Wood would have sound claims if repeating his good Chepstow second last time out. My Brother Sylvest (pictured above) hasn't won since 2013 and could probably do with quicker ground and some respite from the handicapper.
