- Monday, 30 June 2014 06:48
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I had a day at the races yesterday and went to Uttoxeter. No Secrets lead for quite a way but in the end weakened to finish eigth in the feature handicap chase. I thought Azza was going to win coming to the last but in the end she was just run out of it at the finish. She still ran well though and was only beaten just under a length. She will probably go up a couple of pounds for this good run but she should be able to win off a similar mark. Famousandfearless also looked like the winner coming to the last but flattened the hurdle and lost all chance of winning and finished third. This looks about his level. I have never seen so many bookmakers at the track, mind you the last time I went there was when Bonanza Boy won the Midlands Grand National and owner Angie was a bunny girl or at least she looked like she could have been! It was good to see our owner Professor Tisdall racing as well, it is not very often I get to talk to a professor! I bet you don't either though, just have a think, how many professor's do you know?!
- Sunday, 29 June 2014 09:03
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Guess Again - winner of the Perth Gold Cup last time
There is a good jumps card at Uttoxeter this afternoon and David has four runners at the track. The big race is the 3.50pm John Smiths Summer Cup, a listed handicap chase with 18 runners. David runs two in this race, recent Perth Gold Cup winner Guess Again and No Secrets. Tom Scu is on board No Secrets who was a good second at Newbury on his latest start while Conor O'Farrell partners Guess Again who goes for his third win in a row. David also runs Azza in the 4.25pm race, a competitive 2 mile handicap hurdle and Famousandfearless runs in the final race on the card, a handicap hurdle over 2m4f. There are also two flat meetings on today at Salisbury and Windsor.
- Saturday, 28 June 2014 06:43
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Guess Again - runs at Uttoxeter on Sunday
Today we have six meetings all on the flat at Newcastle, Newmarket, Windsor, Chester, Doncaster and Lingfield. The Curragh has over £1.3 million in prize money on offer with the feature race being the Irish Derby. The Lingfield card today has just £30,000. The big race in England is the John Smith's Northumberland Plate, a 2mile handicap with 20 runners. Many years ago we had Baron Blakeney in the race. We drove all the way to Newcastle on the Friday and stayed the night and prayed for rain - it rained so much the meeting was abandoned! There is jumping action tomorrow at Uttoxeter and David has four runners, including Guess Again and No Secrets in the feature handicap chase as wll as Azza and Famousandfearless. Check back here tomorrow for more news about Sunday's action.
- Friday, 27 June 2014 06:50
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's a busy day of flat action with six meetings taking place from Doncaster, Musselburgh, Yarmouth, Newcastle, Chester and Newmarket, although sadly it's another blank day for jumping fans. Yarmouth somehow manage to get away with offering just £31,000 prize money across their seven race card - I remember we nearly had that much on offer for the Donkey Derby during my time at Pontins!
- Thursday, 26 June 2014 06:41
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are five meetings taking place this afternoon at Newcastle, Carlisle, Yarmouth, Hamilton and Leicester - all of them are on the flat and indeed there is no jump racing taking place over the sticks until Uttoxeter on Sunday. Our solitary runner at Worcester yesterday, Dan Breen finished seventh in the 2m7f handicap hurdle. He travelled strongly behind the leaders until turning in and was only beaten off between the last two hurdles. It was his first try at this sort of trip and it appeared as though he didn't quite get home. A return to slightly shorter could see him competitive once again.
- Wednesday, 25 June 2014 06:40
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It is a busy day on the racing front with five meetings taking place this afternoon. Four of them are on the level at Carlisle, Salisbury, Kempton and Bath while there is the last jumping card for a few days at Worcester this afternoon. The stable has one runner at Worcester; Dan Breen(pictured above) who participates in the 2m7f handicap hurdle at 4.30pm. Our nine year old is an 8/1 chance according to today's Racing Post and while he has not won for three years he has been placed in some of the hottest handicaps in the country from higher marks than this in the past. At the age of nine he certainly isn't getting any quicker and looks like he is worth a try at this longer trip...let's hope that he can run a big race for his colourful owner Stuart Mercer.
- Tuesday, 24 June 2014 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have four meetings taking place, three on the flat from Beverley, Brighton and Newbury as well as jumps action from one of our local tracka at Newton Abbot. The jumpers have the most prize money on offer so it is testament to the team at Newton Abbot who have once again secured excellent funding, especially when you consider the size of the track. It does make you wonder how on earth a supposed Grade One track like Newbury can get away with £34,000 prize money across their seven race card? To my mind it is a complete disgrace but so long as owners are prepared to run their horses for peanuts, the tracks will continue to try to get away with it. Anyway, rant over (for today!) and the stable has two runners this afternoon; Top Wood and Red Seventy (pictured above).
