- Tuesday, 24 September 2013 07:35
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three flat meetings taking place this afternoon at Beverley, Carlisle and Lingfield as well as a jumps fixture from our local track Newton Abbot. There is good prize money of £43,000 up for grabs at the Devon track (more than Carlisle or Lingfield) and the team should once again be commended on a job well done. The stable has two runners at Newton Abbot in the 5.20pm race - Prime Location and The Tracey Shuffle. Prime Location will be partnered by conditional jockey Anthony Fox who claims 10lbs off his back - Anthony works in the yard and this will be valuable experience for him.
- Monday, 23 September 2013 08:17
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Today it is all about flat racing again with meetings taking place at Hamilton, Leicester and Kempton. The stable hit the bar a few times yesterday with Purple 'N Gold finishing third at Plumpton and Bathwick Man filling the same position at Uttoxeter. If Purple 'N Gold had jumped either of the last two flights fluently, I think he might of won...I guess that is why they say jumping is the name of the game. Bathwick Man (pictured above) stuck on well to finish close up in third in the handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter - he has been running creditably of late and looks to be on a reasonable enough mark to suggest that he can continue to be competitive. Standing Ovation fell at the second fence...we could just do with a bit of luck on our side.
- Sunday, 22 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It's great to be back with some jumping action today and we should now go through almost uninterrupted until the end of the season. There are three meetings this afternoon - one on the flat at Hamilton as well as two National Hunt fixtures at Plumpton and Uttoxeter. The stable has no less than five runners - four at Uttoxeter (Royal Peak, Bathwick Man, Sir Frank and Standing Ovation) and one at Plumpton (Purple 'N Gold). Purple 'N Gold continues to run well and prove himself a shrewd claim - he was an unlucky loser on the level at Sandown last time and looks to have leading claims reverting to hurdles under Tom Scudamore. Royal Peak (pictured above) seems to have improved with the step-up in trip, while Bathwick Man has gone close the last twice and is another with sound prospects.
- Saturday, 21 September 2013 07:12
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It's a busy day on the level with five flat cards to look forward to from Ayr, Newmarket, Newbury, Catterick and Wolverhampton. There is great prize money up for grabs at Ayr for their Gold Cup meeting. Indeed, there is over £400,000 up for grabs. The big race itself has attracted no fewer than 27 runners and the bookies make it 11/1 the field - that gives you some idea of how competitive the race is. I have a feeling that the ground is going to catch a lot of these runners out. The Silver Cup (for those that didn't make the cut for the feature race) has also attracted 27 runners - for those people having a punt, you might be better off saving your money and having a go at tonight's National Lottery instead!
- Friday, 20 September 2013 07:05
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon there are four flat cards to look forward to at Ayr, Newbury, Newcastle and Wolverhampton. The question that comes to mind is how on earth have Newcastle managed to get away with staging an eight race card for only £29,000 in prize money? Moreover, why are owners supporting the meeting? They have fields of sixteen and seventeen runners even though the most valuable race of the day is worth less than £3,000 to the winner. As far as I can tell, if the tracks think they can get away with putting on poor prize money, they will.
- Thursday, 19 September 2013 07:09
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon there are four flat meetings at Ayr, Yarmouth, Pontefract and Kempton while over in Ireland there is another mixed card from Listowel. There was a bit of a shock result in yesterday's feature Kerry National as White Star Line bolted up at odds of 16/1...he should have been that price just to get a run considering he was the third reserve for the race in the morning - it must have been a 'titanic' result for the bookies! I see that A P McCoy has just one ride at Listowel this afternoon - let's see if the theory about jockeys with one ride at a meeting works! A P is going to another country for his one ride so it should be a certainty?!
- Wednesday, 18 September 2013 07:15
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is an all flat racing day in England with meetings at Yarmouth, Sandown, Beverley and Kempton so if you like your jumping you are out of luck...unless of course you can get coverage from the meeting at Listowel in Ireland this afternoon which hosts the Kerry National. As always it has attracted a competitive field which isn't surprising considering the good prize money on offer. J P McManus has a strong hand with no fewer than six of the eighteen runners, while Conor O'Farrell travels over for the ride aboard Romanesco for Gordon Elliott.
