- Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It is a blank day for the yard today with no runners from the stable. There are three meetings taking place today with two over the sticks at Kelso and Fakenham as well as an all-weather card at Wolverhampton. David Evans does well at Wolverhampton and I see that he has a horse going called Lager Time - I wonder who that was named after?! I remember getting him a ticket to the Cheltenham Festival about fifteen years ago when a steward in a yellow reflective jacket was being a little over-officious with him. Whenever I see him now, David always talks to me - maybe I shouldn't have helped him afterall?...only joking!
- Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:21
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There is some good racing to look forward to this afternoon with three jumps meetings taking place at Warwick, Kempton and Wetherby as well as an all-weather flat card at Lingfield. The stable has runners at Warwick (Starlife, Battle Group, The Package and El Lobo) as well as at Wetherby (Poole Master and Shotavodka). It is good to see Timmy Murphy back from injury and he takes the mount aboard The Package (pictured above) at Warwick. Conor O'Farrell rides the remainder of our runners at the meeting, while stable jockey Tom Scudamore has elected to travel up north again (there's a surprise!) for our Wetherby runners.
- Friday, 11 January 2013 08:24
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
This afternoon the stable has one runner at Huntingdon, Grand Exit (pictured above, nearside) who takes part in the mares' novices' hurdle at 2.50pm. Our six year old has had just one run over hurdles and performed well to finish second at Market Rasen in July on soft ground. Again the conditions are going to prove pretty testing but she looks to have a solid chance under stable jockey Tom Scudamore. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see champion jockey A P McCoy have a good day as he has plenty of fancied rides. Meanwhile, the other jumps card takes place up north at Sedgefield and there are two all-weather flat meetings completing the day's action.
- Thursday, 10 January 2013 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
David had a nice winner on the flat at Kempton yesterday afternoon as Purple 'N Gold seemed to win the 1m2f handicap well despite missing the break at the start. Jockey Jim Crowley refused to panic and soon had his mount in midfield, and quickening to the front off the home turn he had enough in hand to hold on for the win on only his second start for the yard. We obtained him from a claimer at this course in November and he is looking like a good value buy already - he could win again on the level before making the switch to timber.
- Wednesday, 09 January 2013 08:44
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon at Ludlow and Doncaster over the sticks as well as two fixtures on the all-weather at Kempton and Lingfield. The stable has runners at three of those meetings - The Pier (pictured above, ridden by Michael Heard) at Ludlow, Storm Lantern (Sam Waley-Cohen) at Doncaster and Purple 'N Gold (Jim Crowley) on the level at Kempton. Storm Lantern has his second start this afternoon - he finished fourth on heavy ground at Exeter on his racecourse debut and can only improve for the experience. Off The Wall, an intended runner at Ludlow, does not go.
- Tuesday, 08 January 2013 08:25
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are three meetings taking place this afternoon with two over the sticks at Chepstow and Leicester as well as an all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton. The stable has a runner at both Chepstow (Laflammedeglorie, pictured above) and Leicester (Henok) - Tom Scudamore travels across the Severn Bridge to Chepstow, while Conor O'Farrell partners our Leicester runner.
- Monday, 07 January 2013 08:18
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was another good weekend for the yard with the horses continuing to run well. I was particularly impressed with Gevrey Chambertin who made mincemeat of his opponents on his handicap debut at Wincanton on Saturday winning by a very comfortable looking seven lengths. Bookmakers reacted by shortening him for several Cheltenham contests - I am sure that his full brother (Grands Crus) would be very proud.
