- Saturday, 14 June 2014 06:38
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I'm afraid that if you like your National Hunt action and you live anywhere other than the north of England you are out of luck today. There are no fewer than eight meetings taking place this afternoon but only one of those is over the sticks at Hexham. The flat cards come from York, Musselburgh, Sandown, Chester, Bath, Leicester and Lingfield. I see the winner of the seller at York yesterday was bought back in by trainer Kevin Ryan for £11,000, while the runner-up was claimed for £12,000. The good news is that the course made a few quid - they should have more sellers like these with a worthwhile prize up for grabs.
- Friday, 13 June 2014 06:55
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable had just two runners at Uttoxeter yesterday evening and while Star Of Salford proved disappointing in the bumper, I thought that Intermath ran a promising race in the juvenile hurdle. He travelled very well during the race and looked the likeliest winner two from home before seemingly not staying the trip - he ran almost exclusively upto a mile on the flat so he had stamina to prove and I think he was just found wanting. Granted an easier track it would not be difficult to see him winning a little race.
- Thursday, 12 June 2014 07:18
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have five meetings, four on the flat at Newbury, Nottingham, Yarmouth and Haydock and a jumps card at Uttoxeter. David has two runners at Uttoxeter this evening, Intermath and Star of Salford. Intermath won as a two year old and is having his first try over hurdles in only the second Juvenile hurdle race of the season. His best form seems to be about over a mile on the flat, so does have to prove that he can stay but there is some hope from his pedigree. He has not been in the yard long but has done lots of schooling and seems to have taken to the job very well. He is 4/1 second favourite in the Post and looks to have a chance in what does not look the strongest race on paper. The general jumping of the babies can tend to be a bit indifferent in these races so it should be a good watch! Star of Salford runs in the concluding Bumper. She does have to improve on her last two runs but she did improve on her debut effort at the track last time so a similar level of improvement could see her involved in the finish this evening.
- Tuesday, 10 June 2014 06:51
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon, two on the flat at Salisbury and Lingfield as well as jumps fitures from Worcester and Fontwell. The stable has two runners at Worcester this evening, newcomer Lady Of Longstone and Massannie in the 2m7f handicap hurdle - Tom Scudamore is aboard them both. There are plenty of horses making their debuts in the bumper so there is little form to go on and you just don't know what you might come up against. Both of our runners are fairly big prices, but Massannie (pictured above) has shown she possesses plenty of ability (as well as a few quirks!) and could go well if putting her best foot forward.
- Monday, 09 June 2014 06:40
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Let's start by talking about the big race over the weekend...no not the Derby, the Perth Gold Cup! David won it for the second successive year yesterday, this time with the lightly raced chaser Guess Again (pictured above). It was a long way to go with just one runner but with over £16,000 in prize money to the winner, it proved to be well worthwhile on this occasion. According to the Racing Post not only was he ridden by Tom Scudamore but he was trained by him as well - he's a talented lad our Tom! I seem to remember David giving this one a positive mention in his weekly blog after winning at Wincanton last time, so it seems like he has been proven right. Just for a change it was a good day for A P McCoy at the meeting too, riding two winners and two seconds for Irish trainer Gordon Elliott.
- Sunday, 08 June 2014 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
After a couple of fantastic days action from Epsom, there are just two meetings taking place this afternoon. Having said that, there is no shortage of quality with a good card from Goodwood on the level as well as jumping action from Perth. Tom Scudamore makes the long journey up to Perth to ride Guess Again (pictured above) for the stable in the Perth Gold Cup - it is a race we won last year with Problema Tic, so let's hope that we can repeat the feat with this one. There are eleven runners lined up for the £25,000 prize money on offer and Irish trainer Gordon Elliott comes across with two runners for the race. He saddles Raajh (the mount of A P McCoy) and Oldem Cowboy (Davy Condon), so it looks like our ex-amateur pilot means business!
- Saturday, 07 June 2014 06:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Well, it's Derby Day at Epsom and all eyes will be on the big race at 4.10pm - I wonder who's name will be the next carved in history? The race is worth £1,380,000 to the winner and that is just a drop in the ocean when you consider the stud fees that the winner will be able to command when eventually retired to stud. The winning jockey will pick up a cool £138,000 for his percentage - just about average wage for a Premier League footballer! The stable has a rare runner at the track when Red Seventy runs in the 1m4f handicap at 4.50pm. Our five year old is fit from a productive campaign over hurdles but this looks to be a big ask, even with the jockey claiming weight off his back.
