- Saturday, 04 July 2015 11:44
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are just two meetings taking place this afternoon - a flat card from Ayr and a jumps fixture from Market Rasen. The stable has no runners this afternoon and it looks like being a quiet day for the jockeys associated with the yard. There looks to be some good quality action over in Ireland at Limerick with the least valuable race on the card (a bumper) worth £10,000. It seems that the prize money in Ireland and France is much better than on these shores and makes me wonder why the likes of Gordon Elliott plots so many raids here. The winner of the lady's race at Market Rasen today picks up little over £2,000 - after the expenses incurred in getting the horse there, there will be little left over to celebrate!
- Saturday, 04 July 2015 07:45
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Unfortunately if you are a fan of the jumping game you are out of luck again as there are six meetings taking place this afternoon and they are all on the flat! The action comes from Sandown, Haydock, Leicester, Beverley, Carlisle and Nottingham - don't panic though, jumping returns tomorrow with a card from Market Rasen. The big race of the day is undoubtedly the Coral Eclipse at Sandown which is worth £255,195 and features the reappearance of impressive Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn - there are only five runners and he will take the world of beating. Tullius is the outsider of the field at 100/1 and while still a good racehorse in his own right, he should be outclassed on all known form - even so he is guaranteed £12,105 even if he finishes last - not a bad couple of minutes work I am sure you will agree!
- Friday, 03 July 2015 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Sandown, Doncaster, Beverley and Haydock supported by a jumps fixture at Newton Abbot. The stable has no runners this afternoon and Tom Scudamore has picked up just the one ride in the 3.45pm aboard My Legal Lady, let's hope that he can make it count. Meanwhile super agent Dave Roberts has been working overtime on Richard Johnson's behalf as he has six rides. I hope a few of you followed me in and backed Broughtons Bandit and Russian Regent yesterday - they won at odds of 7/2 and evens on a memorable day for Gordon Elliott who trained seven winners in total over here and back home in Ireland.
- Thursday, 02 July 2015 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I thought that Lady Of Longstone ran another good race at Worcester yesterday finishing second, well clear of the remainder. She looked to have bumped into one in winner Tobefair who had already gone up a stone for an impressive success last time. The winner looks set for another big rise in the weights and looks the type to follow-up in the coming weeks. Judged on this effort, there are further races in Lady Of Longstone provided the handicapper doesn't crucify her. Meanwhile both Flabello and Race To Glory looked like they did not see out the extra distance in the boys' race and it would be of no surprise to see them compete over a shorter distance next time.
- Wednesday, 01 July 2015 07:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat fixtures from Thirsk, Bath and Kempton as well as jumps cards from Perth and Worcester. The stable runs Lady Of Longstone, Flabello and Race To Glory at Worcester. To my mind Race To Glory appears to hold claims in the 5.50pm race - he has bottom weight in this conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle and with Kieron Edgar taking 3lbs off his back he carries only 10-9. Lady Of Longstone (pictured above) was disappointing last time out but had previously run two solid races - she will need to resume her improvement from a mark of 100. Even so, she is still relatively unexposed so a good run is not out of the question.
- Tuesday, 30 June 2015 07:37
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I see that David announced yesterday that 2015 Cheltenham Festival winner The Package (pictured above) has been retired at the age of twelve following his run in the Summer Cup at Uttoxeter on Sunday. David has had him for his entire training career and I bet he would like a few more like him - he won five times and was placed in many top handicap chases, picking up £180,000 in prize money. What a star he has been and he provided one of the most poignant moments of the Festival this year when bringing the colours of the late and very much missed David Johnson into the winners' enclosure after his Kim Muir success - DJ would have loved it! Anyway, I'm sure you will all join me in wishing me a long and very happy retirement.
- Monday, 29 June 2015 08:07
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's another day without jump racing and they seem to be becoming more and more regular over the past few weeks. Today's action comes from Pontefract, Wolverhampton, Musselburgh and Windsor.
