- Friday, 25 July 2014 06:40
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I was extremely impressed to see that trainer and owner Karen McLintock and Carolyn Todd should choose to give Tom Scudamore (pictured above) the leg-up aboard Run Forest Run at Uttoxeter this afternoon. This is the horse aboard which Tom Scudamore earned his twelve day holiday earlier in the week when taking the wrong course at Cartmel. It would have been easy for connections to put another jockey up, so I hope their faith and kindness will be repaid at 3.30pm this afternoon. I am sure that some of the jockeys will be giving Scu some stick and I can just imagine one or two of them saying, "Tom you had better follow us!"
- Thursday, 24 July 2014 06:42
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is a busy afternoon with five meetings taking place although you are out of luck if you like a spot of jump racing - you will have to travel to Ireland for the fixture at Limerick if you want to get your National Hunt fix. At the risk of sounding repetitive the prize money on offer at the jumps fixture is more than three of our flat cards this afternoon, while Leopardstown has more prize money on offer than anybody with £145,000 up for grabs so once more the Irish are leading the way.
- Wednesday, 23 July 2014 06:48
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable had just one runner last night; Massannie who was making her chasing debut at Bangor. Unfortunately she proved very disappointing, finishing last of three in the 2m 4 1/2f novices' chase - her hurdling form gave her a favourite's chance if translating that ability to fences, but having travelled very keenly through the early stages she stopped very quickly and is clearly better than the bare form suggests. There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with four on the level from Catterick, Lingfield, Sandown and Leicester as well as a jumps card from Worcester. Much as you would expect, there is a meeting at Naas in Ireland offering £125,000 in prize money - that's four times as much as Worcester or Lingfield!
- Tuesday, 22 July 2014 06:41
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon with two on the flat at Musselburgh and Carlisle as well as two over the sticks at Southwell and Bangor. The stable has one runner; Massanie (pictured above) who makes her chasing debut at Bangor this evening and Tom Scudamore takes the ride, so long as he can find the track! Massannie has schooled well at home and is clearly a very talented mare - she only has 10-5 to carry today and if she puts her best foot forward, a big run would be expected.
- Monday, 21 July 2014 06:47
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It looks like an interesting day's action from the four meetings taking place this afternoon. There are three fixtures on the level at Ayr, Windsor and Beverley as well as a jumps card from Cartmel. The stable has no runners today, although I thought that Street Entertainer ran creditably to finish third under top-weight in a compeititive handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot yesterday. I still think that he can win from his current mark and the faster the ground for him, the better. The spoils undoubtedly went to Hadden Frost who rode a treble on the card - it must have been a belated birthday present from the day before!
- Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is quite busy for a Sunday with three meetings taking place and unusually for the summer, the jump fixtures outnumber the flat with two National Hunt cards from Newton Abbot and Stratford and a flat meeting from Redcar. We have one runner at Newton Abbot today as Street Entertainer (pictured above) bids to follow-up his Fontwell success in the 2m3f handicap hurdle which takes place at 3.20pm. With £12,300 in prize money it is a competitive looking race and it certainly won't be an easy task to defy top weight, although there is no reason why he should not run well again.
- Saturday, 19 July 2014 06:57
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It's a bumper day of action this afternoon with seven fixtures taking place on these shores this afternoon; five of them are on the level at Newbury, Newmarket, Ripon, Haydock and Lingfield, while there are also a couple of quality jumps cards from Market Rasen and Cartmel. Of course, the meeting at the Curragh over in Ireland has the most prize money on offer with £617,000 up for grabs, although that is hardly surprising on this occasion as the feature race is the Group One Irish Oaks. It is Summer Plate day at Market Rasen and there is some cracking good jump racing to look forward to with two Listed races and a valuable hurdle on the card. The stable has five runners at the meeting; Intermath, Serienschock, Hawkhill, Guess Again and Leader Of The Gang. Serienschock (pictured above) and Hawkhill are both exciting new recruits to the stable and on old form they look feasibly treated, although it is very competitive racing.
