- Saturday, 27 June 2015 07:31
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is another blank day on the jumping front although there are six flat meetings to get your teeth into, not least at Newcastle where the feature is the Northumberland Plate - a twenty runner handicap over two miles. With the bookies going 8/1 the field, it is fiercely competitive as you would expect. The remainder of the action comes from Newmarket, Windsor, Chester, Doncaster and Lingfield. Meanwhile over in Ireland the big race of the day is the Irish Derby from the Curragh that takes place at 6.30pm. British raider Jack Hobbs is the short-priced favourite for the John Gosden team and on all-known form he should win by an innings! Can you believe it though...no jump racing on a Saturday? I know that it is the flat season but not to have any National Hunt racing on a Saturday is almost criminal - what are race planning thinking of?
- Friday, 26 June 2015 07:20
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There is a busy day ahead with six meetings taking place this afternoon. Five of them are on the level with fixtrures at Doncaster, Wolverhampton, Newcastle, Newmarket and Chester, while there is jumping action from Cartmel. The stable had one runner over in France yesterday with Katkeau finishing fifth in the Listed 2m3 1/2f Prix Dawn Run Hurdle. He ran okay but a mistake at the last didn't really help his cause and he weakened from that point - there will be other days for him.
- Thursday, 25 June 2015 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I'm afraid you are out of luck if you are a follower of the jumps as there are only five flat fixtures taking place this afternoon on these shores. The action comes from Hamilton, Newbury, Newmarket, Newcastle and Nottingham. There is however the little matter of a meeting from Auteuil where the stable is represented in the Prix Dawn Run (a Listed 2m3 1/2f hurdle) by Katkeau (pictured above), who ran a storming race to finish a close third at the track last time. He travelled across on Monday evening and took the journey well and has settled in fine. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle and we are hopeful of another big run from him - the race is on at 2.05pm British time if you can find anywhere to watch it.
- Wednesday, 24 June 2015 07:38
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon with flat cards from Carlisle, Salisbury, Kempton and Bath as well as a jumps fixture from Worcester. The stable runs Street Entertainer, Brenda de Ronceray and Street Entertainer at Worcester this afternoon. Street Entertainer, who has already twice been a winner over timber this season is odds-on favourite for the three runner novices' chase as he makes his debut over the larger obstacles. He was a fluent jumper over hurdles, so let's hope that he can translate that to fences. Brenda de Ronceray sees the racecourse for the first time today in what looks to be a competitive bumper and I am sure she will learn plenty from the experience. Our final runner, Weather Babe carries top weight of 11-12 in the 2m7f handicap hurdle and our home-bred mare has been running well this term - she drops back in trip but has already proven her effectiveness and should go well once again. Tom Scudamore is aboard all three of our runners.
- Tuesday, 23 June 2015 07:42
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
This afternoon we have four meetings to look forward to with flat action from Brighton, Leicester and Beverley, while over the sticks Newton Abbot hold an evening meeting. The stable has three runners at Newton Abbot and my local track would be one of my favourites too - on a lovely sunny evening I can think of few places I would rather be. Purple 'N Gold and Willem compete in the handicap hurdle at 7.30pm, while Good Value contests the lady's race at 8.35pm. Purple 'N Gold (pictured above) seldom runs a bad race and should be thereabouts once again, while Willem has been essentially disappointing since arriving from France although he has shown glimpses of decent form. Good Value has finished runner-up on a couple of occasions this term and Alex Dunn will be hoping he can go one better in the concluding race.
- Monday, 22 June 2015 07:29
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable was among the winners at the weekend as Kalifourchon won his first race over timber when bolting up in the novices' handicap hurdle at Market Rasen by nine lengths from a mark of 97. Our four year old showed promise in bumpers and certainly settled a lot better yesterday. I wonder if David will turn him out again under a penalty? If so, he looks the type who could follow up. Border Breaker finished third on his first start over the larger obstacles, only tiring late on - he was twice a winner over shorter over hurdles and there are plenty of races in him over fences judged on this effort.
- Sunday, 21 June 2015 08:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Border Breaker - Chasing Debut Today
Today there are three meetings, two jumps cards at Hexham and Worcester and a flat card at Pontefract. David has four runners at Worcester, Vieux Lion Rouge does not run after winning at Market Rasen on Friday. Border Breaker is having his first run over fences although he is a winning Irish pointer. Tom Scu rides and after a good second over hurdles last time out hopefully he should run well again. Flabello is ridden by David Noonan taking off a handy seven pounds. He is coming back from a break and does have to improve on recent efforts where a similar remark also applies to Kalifourchon who is partnered by Tom Scu. Vayland completes the Pond House line up in the final valuable handicap hurdle of the day. He was running a super race when falling at Newbury on his yard debut and things haven't quite gone to plan since. He has had a little break now and carries a lightweight of 10st 3lb so he could run okay.
