- Thursday, 17 October 2013 07:20
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It's the start of the new jumps season at Wincanton this afternoon and the stable has a couple of runners at the track. Both Standing Ovation and My Brother Sylvest won last time out and it would be great if they could follow-up this afternoon. I thought that Standing Ovation (pictured above) received a fantastic ride from Conor O'Farrell to win at Exeter and he is in the saddle again this afternoon, although he is 7lbs higher in the weights owing to his penalty. My Brother Sylvest has won a couple of decent chases and reverts to hurdles today - he is another that is due to go up in future handicaps, while his hurdle mark is also lower than his chase rating. Tom Scudamore is in the saddle once again. There are three other meetings taking place today at Brighton and Kempton on the flat and Uttoxeter over the jumps.
- Wednesday, 16 October 2013 07:12
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
We have had a wet start to the morning down here in Brixham with some localised flooding so I'm sure there will be a raft of non-runners as there has been over the last couple of days. There were no less than 51 non-runners yesterday so that is all you need to know about how soft the ground went. I know it sounds obvious, but if you are considering having a little flutter today, make sure that your selection has proven form on rain softened ground. There are four meetings to look forward to - three on the flat at Nottingham, Lingfield and Kempton and a National Hunt card at Wetherby and it is good to see that jumps card has managed to secure the most prize money this afternoon.
- Tuesday, 15 October 2013 06:56
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have four meetings to look forward - three on the flat at Leicester, Newcastle and Kempton as well as a jumps card at Huntingdon. Although the stable doesn't have any runners this afternoon, stable jockeys Tom Scudamore and Conor O'Farrell have both picked up rides at Huntingdon. Ballypatrick looks interesting for Conor - The Irishman was aboard him when successful at Fakenham and he will handle this ground.
- Monday, 14 October 2013 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
If it is jump racing you like then you are in the wrong country! There are three meetings taking place this afternoon, all of them on the flat at Musselburgh, Salisbury and Windsor, although there is a mixed card at Limerick in Ireland. Unsurprisingly the most prize money on offer today is at the Irish card, although somewhat surprisingly for a Monday, all of the meetings seem to have generated good sized fields.
- Sunday, 13 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It looks like a quiet day on the racing front with just a couple of meetings taking place today, Goodwood on the flat and Ffos Las over the sticks. The first race at Goodwood this afternoon is for National Hunt jockeys and I am pleased to see that Conor O'Farrell has a ride in the race - it is on one of the outsiders, but it does appear to be a very open contest. The stable has no runners today.
- Saturday, 12 October 2013 07:19
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today we have five meetings to look forward to, three on the level at York, Newmarket and Wolverhampton as well as a couple of jumps cards at Chepstow and Hexham. The stable has a couple of runners at Chesptow, Jigsaw Puzzle (picture above, far side) and Minella Scamp, both of whom make their debut for the yard this afternoon. However, the big meeting of the day is undoubtedly at Newmarket...with over £1million in prize money on offer it is hardly surprising. The feature is the Cesarewitch handicap - a thirty-four runner cavalry charge over 2m2f and is a race that jumps trainers normally have a good go at.
- Friday, 11 October 2013 07:21
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable had a nice winner yesterday afternoon at Exeter when Standing Ovation landed the three mile handicap chase in determined fashion in the famous colours of the late David Johnson. He was given a tremendous ride from Conor O'Farrell who never gave up on the six year old, pushing along from an early stage - he threw him at the last fence and hung on up the run-in to score by a neck. There is another local meeting this afternoon at Newton Abbot as well as another jumps card at Carlisle and two meetings on the level at York and Wolverhampton. Newton Abbot have once again done a tremendous job in securing £50,000 in prize money, whereas Wolverhampton offer up £29,000...I will say no more.
