- Saturday, 17 December 2011 08:55
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I see David Ashforth's grab a grand which was for charity lost £994.92, mind you Victor Chandler have generously given £2000 to Jack Berry House and £2000 to the prostate cancer charity so well done to them. Donald McCain told David Ashforth his winner at Uttoxeter yesterday, Real Milan would need a run to put hime straight. The six year old won at 12/1. Trainers are not always the best judges! Meanwhile I was out with camera and am pleased to report that Our Father is fine and has come out of his Ascot race on Friday well. This gorgeous big grey is pictured relaxing in his stable at Pond House.
- Saturday, 17 December 2011 08:10
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Our Father was an impressive winner at Ascot yesterday. At one time I thought Shoreacres had slipped the field but Timmy Murphy did not panic and he won quite nicely in the end. I did say that I thought Piraya would run a big race and he ran very well to finish fourth at 20/1. Meanwhile at the other jumps meeting of the day the ground looked bottomless at Uttoxeter. In fact, it started snowing quite hard during the afternoon. Wings of Icarus ran okay in ground that was probably a bit too testing for him. In another race at the track I was very impressed with young jockey Edward Glassonbury. He was riding Rugged Jack for Victor Dartnall and his saddle slipped completely inside the final furlong and he did very well to stay on board, let alone win! He will be my ride of the week.
- Friday, 16 December 2011 08:43
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I thought that Tom Scu gave Close House a good strong ride at Towcester yesterday afternoon. It was very testing ground and there were three in with a shout as they came to the last but our four year old stayed on well up the hill (which has been described as "more like the north face of the Eiger") to score readily by four lengths. He looks to be an out and out stayer and could follow-up under a penalty.
We are represented by two runners at Ascot, Our Father (T Murphy) and Piraya (C O'Farrell) while Wings Of Icarus (A P McCoy) is our only runner at Uttoxeter this afternoon. The ground at Uttoxeter will certainly be testing having survived a 7.30am inspection.
- Thursday, 15 December 2011 08:40
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
- Wednesday, 14 December 2011 08:48
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We had a nice winner on the east coast yesterday afternoon when Buddy Bolero won the maiden hurdle by fifteen lengths at Folkestone. The ground was extremely soft and an abundance of stamina was certainly the order of the day as the runners came home very tired and at wide intervals. Fortunately this proved to be right up our five year old's street - he clearly stays very well and Tom Scudamore even said that he could turn out to be a National horse one day...I hope he means the Grand National!
We go to Newbury this afternoon with one runner, War Singer who takes part in a very warm looking maiden hurdle. Our ex-French import won five times from nine starts on the level in France and looks to be a very nice prospect.
- Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:32
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We travel a long way east this afternoon as we have two runners at Folkestone. I have fond memories of my time by the sea just down the road at Margate, and hopefully it will be another enjoyable afternoon on the east coast today. Tom Scudamore is aboard the Malcolm Denmark owned pair of Clever Dick in the novices hurdle at 12.40pm and Buddy Bolero in the maiden hurdle at 1.40pm.
- Monday, 12 December 2011 08:17
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I thought that our runners in the big chase at Cheltenham on Saturday performed creditably. I'msingingtheblues fared best under Hadden Frost, staying on well up the hill to finish fourth and pick up over £5,000 in prize money. Both Great Endeavour and Salut Flo looked to be running big races until mistakes marred their races - Great Endeavour was jumping and travelling nicely in front until a mistake at the final ditch cost him valuable momentum - he did well to stand up, nevermind get back into the race but he was still there when nearly taken out be the bad mistake of stable companion Salut Flo at the downhill fence. Salut Flo was also running a big race until that point under Conor O'Farrell and he looks like he should be able to make amends.
