- Monday, 21 July 2014 06:47
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
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 Morgan
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 Morgan
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.
- Friday, 18 July 2014 06:46
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's a blank day on the jumping front, but there are six meetings taking place on the level with fixtures from Newbury, Nottingham, Haydock, Hamilton, Newmarket and Pontefract. Much as you would expect, the best prize money on offer today is over in Ireland at their Kilbeggan card where they have £105,000 up for grabs. I know it is very much out of season now, but you would think that race planning would ensure that at least one of those meetings today is a National Hunt fixture...what on earth are they thinking about?
- Thursday, 17 July 2014 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There was a nice winner for the yard last night in the concluding race at Worcester as Weather Babe ensured that A P McCoy did not move in front of Martin in the career winners race. Weather Babe won nicely by seven lengths for stable sponsors Wayne & Sarah Clifford and it wouldn't be the greatest of surprises to see her follow-up under a penalty. She was 6lbs 'well-in' last night so was entitled to win - hopefully the handicapper will not crucify her for this effort. Meanwhile, over on the flat Purple 'N Gold was a bit disappointing in the one mile hanidcap at Sandown last night - perhaps the trip was a little on the sharp side for him?
- Wednesday, 16 July 2014 06:39
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon; three on the flat at Catterick, Lingfield and Sandown as well as a couple of jumps cards from Worcester and Uttoxeter. The stable has a runner under both codes today - Purple 'N Gold on the level at Sandown and Weather Babe over hurdles in the 9.00pm at Worcester. Weather Babe (pictured above) ran a cracker to finish second at Market Rasen recently and runs from the same mark of 125 which is 6lbs ahead of her official handicap mark - she looks to be the one to beat under Tom Scudamore. Meanwhile, Purple 'N Gold would have a chance of sorts in the 7.40pm at Sandown - he rarely runs a bad race but this is a trappy little race. He will enjoy the ground and has the assistance of Ryan Moore in the saddle.
- Tuesday, 15 July 2014 07:09
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It was a good day for the yard yesterday afternoon as Franklin Roosevelt struck in the staying handicap hurdle under a positive front-running ride from Tom Scudamore, who in turn went on to complete a treble on the day. David did well to find a good opportunity for Franklin Roosevelt here as he was running from a hurdle mark of 109 which was the same as his last winning mark over the larger obstacles. Faced with a similar opportunity it would not be difficult to see him follow-up. Of our other runners, it may well be that the ground was on the fast side for Vif Argent's liking, while Bathwick Man was a little disappointing on his seasonal reappearance. It wasn't such a good day for champion jockey A P McCoy who is still one short of Martin's total of 4191 - Martin must have put the voodoo on him yesterday when he went to the races to see him!
