- Wednesday, 01 August 2012 07:22
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Beyond
David has one runner today on the flat at Goodwood in the 2pm opening contest. Beyond is having his first run of the year in the 2m5f race. He was a winner on the flat on his Pond House debut 12 months ago over 1m6f at Sandown. He ran okay in the cesarewitch before finishing third in a hurdle race at Kempton. He goes well fresh and jockey Willie Twiston-Davies takes a valuable seven pounds off his back. Fingers crossed if staying the trip he should run well. Today there are four meetings, three on the flat including Goodwood, Leicester and Redcar and a jumps card at Perth. Goodwood is the place to be this afternoon however with the mighty Frankel running for Sir Henry Cecil. Everyone is talking about the stars at the Olympics and gold medals but in Frankel we have probably the greatest racehorse of all time. Its not about the betting. I would think that Frankel will not run many more times before he is off to stud. He's won all 11 starts and over £1.5 million in prize money. This is a horse you will only ever see once in a lifetime, you can see the Olympics every four years!
- Tuesday, 31 July 2012 07:20
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We have one runner at Goodwood this afternoon as War Singer (pictured above) takes in the one mile handicap at 4.50pm. A very good horse on the level in France, he showed smart form when giving weight and a beating to subsequent Northumberland Plate winner Tominator at Cagnes Sur Mer over 1m4f. Despite being effective at further, jockey Eddie Ahern (who rode him into third at Newbury over 1m2f) felt that he would be suited by a drop back in trip so we try the mile today. This is an extremely competitive handicap and he has topweight to deal with as well as a wide draw so we will just have to see what happens.
- Monday, 30 July 2012 07:23
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was another good weekend for the yard yesterday when our two runners at Stratford, Bathwick Man and American Art completed a 1-2 in the 2m6f handicap hurdle. Bathwick Man is an admirable performer who always gives his best and inevitably chips in with a win or two. Meanwhile American Art who was running in his first handicap in twelve months having been competing in sellers (won four last term) ran really well conceding 5lbs to his stablemate and you would think that he would be able to pick up a handicap on this evidence.
- Sunday, 29 July 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has a couple of runners at Stratford this afternoon in the 2m6f handicap hurdle that takes place at 4.30pm. American Art produced a pleasing effort on his seasonal reappearance at Uttoxeter last time and while this is a step up in company he gets on well with jockey Conor O'Farrell. Our other runner Bathwick Man will be ridden by Tom Scudamore - he was seen winning at Towcester a couple of starts ago and is another who will find conditions to his liking. There are two other meetings on the level aat Carlisle and Pontefract, so I'm afraid that if you live in the south of the country and you want to go racing you are out of luck. I guess it will be a trip to the seaside or a day in front of the television watching the Olympics!
- Saturday, 28 July 2012 07:05
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Well, it's a blank day on the jump racing front with no National Hunt meetings taking place today. Instead there are no fewer than six flat meetings on at Ascot, Lingfield, Newcastle, Newmarket, Salisbury and York - the Ascot card in particular looks very competitive with an interesting Group Three six furlongs contest for fillies. Our only runner of the day yesterday, Dukes Art finished a creditable enough third in the two mile handicap hurdle. He looks as though he might be worth a try at a little bit further, although the underlying suspicion remains that he is a little too high in the weights.
- Friday, 27 July 2012 06:54
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It should certainly be an interesting day for sport - as well as six race meetings taking place this afternoon at Ascot, Thirsk, York, Newmarket and Chepstow, as well as a jumps card at Southwell, there is also the small matter of the opening of the 2012 London Olympics! The smart money is for Sir Roger Bannister to be the person to light the Olympic flame - if he only has to travel about a mile it should take him no longer than four minutes - the legendary runner is a 7/4 chance to be chosen for the honour. As for me, I will be watching the action from the comfort of my armchair with an assortment of snacks!
- Thursday, 26 July 2012 07:06
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Laustra Bad
At 7.30am this morning it was already 17c and pretty warm and sticky at Pond House so it promises to be another scorcher but we are not complaining after all this rain! Lahib the Fifth finished fourth at Worcester yesterday on his Pond House debut. He looked to be going well turning into the straight and he ran a good race and you would think he would be a little sharper for the run. This was his first starts in over 400 days and so he showed enough to win a little race over the summer. Today there are six meetings, five on the flat at Sandown, Bath, Epsom, Doncaster and Folkestone plus a jumps card at Uttoxeter. David has runners at Uttoxeter with Home Run having his first run since January. He should appreciate the better ground, as should Laustra Bad. He is a bit of a character but has won his fair share of races over the years and thankfully the handicapper has dropped him a few pounds. Fingers crossed they should run okay.
