- Friday, 25 November 2011 08:14
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
What a great day for the yard again yesterday with a winner at three different tracks. Grands Crus was successful in the Grade Two novices' chase at Newbury and I thought that he posted a good performance there being a certain element of surprise about the proximity of the runner-up Sonofvic. Grands Crus was foot perfect at his fences and it just struck me that he was idling a bit when he went to the front - I also think time will tell that it was a top notch effort giving 7lbs and a beating to the second, who is clearly a very useful prospect in his own right.
- Thursday, 24 November 2011 08:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has runners at Newbury, Taunton and Uttoxeter this afternoon and the yard will be very busy sending boxes to the three different venues. It does take some organising with all the horses needing to be fed and weighed before leaving the yard. I am sure that all eyes will be on stable star Grands Crus as he makes his second start over fences at Newbury. Tom Scudamore rides our flying grey, while Piraya and Quocotiep complete our raiding party to the Berkshire track. Teshali, Arab League, Mr Chow and Ladyvie participate at our local track, Taunton, while we send Rose Of The Moon to Coventry (or should I say Uttoxeter?!) on his debut for us...it's a busy day!
- Wednesday, 23 November 2011 08:59
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We have just one runner this afternoon. High class staying handicap hurdler Battle Group travels all the way up to Wetherby to make his chasing debut. He proved to be a revalation last season over timber, winning on no fewer than five occasions, culminating in triumph at Aintree's Grand National meeting. He will be ridden by Tom Scudamore - let's hope that he can put in a clear round and make a successful start to his new career.
- Tuesday, 22 November 2011 08:31
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Laflammedeglorie fared best of our runners at Ffos Las yesterday afternoon, finishing runner-up in the closing bumper. This former point-to-pointer looks like he will need a stiffer test of stamina and some fences in front of him in time but he performed creditably here and I am sure that David will be placing him to advantage before long. This afternoon we have three runners at Lingfield - Le Chasse Spleen (pictured above), Bathwick Man and HMS Intrepid, while Effervesce runs on the all-weather at Southwell. Our Lingfield runners will be partnered by Tom Scudamore, while Effervesce will be ridden by Dane O'Neill on the flat.
- Monday, 21 November 2011 08:30
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Another Saturday, another big races success! What a performance from Dynaste to land the competitive Fixed Brush handicap hurdle at Haydock. He led or disputed the lead the whole way and quickened impressively to leave his rivals toiling turning for home - he stayed on really well to score by an impressive eight lengths in the hands of Conor O'Farrell. I thought the young Irishman gave him a fantastic ride and he is clearly one of the most improved jockey's in the weighing room. Meanwhile, Dynaste is yet another example of David's ability to spot a bargain and he picked up a handy £42,000 for his efforts on Saturday alone.
- Sunday, 20 November 2011 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We have racing this afternoon from one of our local tracks, Exeter up on Haldon Hill so hopefully it will be a nice bright afternoon for racegoers. We will have five runners at the meeting: Painter Man, Another Display, Take Over Sivola, Bumblebee and Water Garden and will be keeping our fingers crossed for a winner or two.
- Saturday, 19 November 2011 08:33
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable runners performed creditably without quite getting their heads in front at Ascot and Haydock yesterday, in fact we had a second, two thirds and a fourth. The drop back to two miles proved to be the undoing of Decoy, while Piraya and Swing Bill also performed well in the handicap chases under big weights.
It would be great to fare a little better with our runners this afternoon - Lough Derg, Dan Breen & I'msingingtheblues go at Ascot and Buena Vista, Dynaste and Tamarinbleu run at Haydock. It is a cracking day's action with Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Long Run making his seasonal debut in the Betfair Chase and if ever he is going to get beaten, it could be on his seasonal reappearance - I can't imagine that he would be fully wound-up at this stage of the season and the big bookies Ladbrokes and Hills are offering odds-against him this afternoon.
