- Wednesday, 27 November 2013 08:01
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The yard enjoyed another winner yesterday when Heath Hunter landed the conditional jockeys' novices' hurdle at Sedgefield under young Tom Bellamy. It was Tom's first winner since April following his long spell on the sidelines with injury. Our six year old gelding won with a bit in hand, jumping well and probably idling somewhat on the run-in. He seems to have a really good attitude towards his work and is another nice prospect for the yard. Our other runner yesterday Ainsi Fideles appeared very unlucky as he looked all over the winner until capsizing at the penultimate hurdle. I am sure there will be other opportunities for him.
- Tuesday, 26 November 2013 08:01
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have four meetings to look forward to with two jump meetings at Lingfield and Sedgefield as well as all-weather flat meetings at Southwell and Wolverhampton. The stable has a couple of runners at Sedgefield, yes I did say Sedgefield! I have only ever been to the track once but there were certainly no complaints about how they looked after me. The box left in the early hours with our promising youngsters Heath Hunter and Ainsi Fideles - both look to have good chances this afternoon. Conditional jockey Tom Bellamy comes in for a nice ride aboard Heath Hunter - the pair were successful in a Ffos Las bumper last season (pictured above), so let's hope they can maintain their 100% record.
- Monday, 25 November 2013 08:25
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
What a fantastic weekend for the stable with Gevrey Chambertin who won the valuable Fixed Brush Handicap Hurdle at Haydock. David says that he will go over fences now and he is another great looking prospect. Dynaste also ran a cracker to finish runner-up behind Cue Card in the Betfair Chase, recording a personal best on his seasonal debut. He is now a 9/2 chance for the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day. It is a course that he loves, having won the Grade One Feltham Chase there last Boxing Day. These are certainly exciting times for Pond House.
- Sunday, 24 November 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have just two jumps cards to look forward to this afternoon at Exeter and Towcester. The stable has five runners at the Devon track, Sir Frank, Bois des Aigles, Vif Argent, Doctor Harper and Togiak. I am particularly looking forward to seeing the second hurdles start of Doctor Harper who was so impressive at the course last time (pictured above). Our five year old has won three of his four career starts and looks to be a novice of considerable promise - he runs in the 2.35pm race.
- Saturday, 23 November 2013 07:51
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Racing fans are in for a treat today with five meetings taking place - there are three meetings over the sticks at Ascot, Haydock and Huntingdon as well as two flat cards on the all-weather at Lingfield and Wolverhampton. The Ascot and Haydock meetings look truly outstanding with the 3.00pm race, the Betfair Chase looking worthy of a Gold Cup field. Gold Cup winners Long Run and Bobs Worth are joined by Siviniaco Conti, Tidal Bay and Cue Card as well as the stable's own Dynaste in what looks like a classic in the making. Some of the runners are having their first runs of the season so some improvement could be expected - Dynaste takes on the big boys for the first time today and I am really looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.
- Friday, 22 November 2013 08:17
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It looks like an exciting afternoon ahead with three good jumps cards taking place at Ascot, Haydock and Ffos Las as well as an all-weather flat card at Wolverhampton. The stable has runners at both Ffos Las and Haydock - Dan Breen (pictured above) goes to Haydock for a graduation chase, while Qalinas and Thomas Junior run at Ffos Las. If you are watching the action from Haydock on RUK, you will notice Dan Breen's owner as he will be the one with the colourful tie on - you normally need sunglasses when you are around Stuart...alternatively you could try adjusting the colour balance on your television set!
- Thursday, 21 November 2013 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings to look forward to this afternoon, three over the jumps at Wincanton, Chepstow and Market Rasen and an all-weather flat card at Kempton. The stable has four runners at Wincanton today; Decoy (pictured above), Bygones Sovereign, Knight Of Noir and newcomer Gotham City. Knight Of Noir was the winner of a Larkhill point-to-point and ran a promising race when runner-up in a Towcester bumper back in May. He looks a nice type for stable sponsors Wayne and Sarah Clifford - they sponsor plenty of races at Wincanton as well so it would be great if he could get on the scoreboard for them.
