- Wednesday, 11 April 2012 06:53
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There are just four meetings this afternoon on the flat (five if you include the meeting at Dundalk) and three of those take place on the all-weather! Nevermind, the proper stuff kicks off again tomorrow with the start of Liverpool's three day Grand National meeting. It looks as though the ground is going to be perfect for the jumpers. The big race tomorrow will be the Liverpool Hurdle with Big Buck's the likely short-priced favourite to make it eighteen wins on the bounce - there is also the small matter of £100,000 in prize money - not bad work if you can get it!
- Tuesday, 10 April 2012 07:38
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We had another good day with our only runner, Shoegazer scoring nicely under topweight in the competitive handicap hurdle under Tom Scudamore at Chepstow yesterday. He jumped well and handled the testing conditions admirably. Tom completed a double aboard Take Of Shoc'S for Rebecca Curtis - I would imagine that one will be turned out again quickly under a penalty before the handicapper has his say.
- Monday, 09 April 2012 07:44
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
At last Ladyvie managed to get her head in front. She won the handicap chase at Newton Abbot on Saturday under a good ride from conditional jockey Conor O'Farrell, who had obviously had enough time to dry out after the Lesters on Thursday night! We knew that she had ability, but up until now she had not consented to use all of it - the switch back to fences and faster ground seemed to help her and now that she has got her head in front, hopefully she may be able to build on that and could follow-up. Earlier on the card Terfels Toscar had been beaten on the nod by Fashion Week and his turn cannot be far away.
- Sunday, 08 April 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Big Bucks after Winning this years World Hurdle
Happy Easter everyone! David does not have any runners today but there are two jumps meetings at Towcester and Plumpton and there is a flat card at Musselburgh. There could be runners from Pond House at Chepstow tomorrow so check back here for more news in the morning. Excitement is now building as we count down to the start of Aintree on Thursday. There is no jumping action on Tuesday or Wednesday but then we have the big race action from Aintree and also a fixture at Newton Abbot on Thursday as well. Remember, the Newton Abbot meeting is replacing the Taunton fixture that was abandoned due to the firm going so don't go heading there on Thursday as there will be nothing to watch! Kazlian is entered in the four year old hurdle on the first day while we have several entries in the three mile handicap hurdle so we could well have a few runners at Liverpool. We also have the likes of Big Bucks to look out for and he will be going for his 17th victory in a row at the highest level, a truly remarkaable horse and I can't wait for the action to start. An added spice to the fixture this year is that this meeting could have a big impact on the trainers championship with lots of prize money on offer, so I shall be sitting back and enjoying the racing.
- Saturday, 07 April 2012 07:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Qulinton after Winning at Market Rasen
David has runners at local track Newton Abbot this afternoon as well as two at Haydock. Terfels Toscar, Ladyvie and Qalinas all run at the Devon track and have good chances while Presenting Ace and Qulinton are on their way to Haydock, where there is some very competitive racing for some good prize money on offer.
- Friday, 06 April 2012 06:42
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It's Good Friday and that means a blank day on the racing front in this country. It was the Lester's last night and unsurprisingly A P McCoy collected his seventeenth(!) award. Our conditional jockey Conor O'Farrell went along - it's just as well the jockey's have a day off as I'm sure there would have been a few failed breath tests today! Of course, the greedy bookies will be open as usual and will try to convince you that there is a whole host of wonderful betting opportunities available to you, although personally I would rather not be betting on a virtual horse or a virtual ball rolling around a virtual roulette wheel - these things get right on my pixels!
- Thursday, 05 April 2012 07:07
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was one of those days yesterday. Unfortunately all three of our stable runners finished second - over at Hereford I thought that the ground (which looked pretty testing) had gone against Barton Stacey and he probably ran okay to fill the runner-up position. The going at Exeter on the other hand was officially described as good/firm although looking at the times of the races (all considerably slower than standard), it couldn't have been that quick...either that, or there were some very moderate horses at the Devon track. I thought that Trop Fort and Dukes Art both performed creditably in defeat under Conor O'Farrell and I am sure that David will be able to find a suitable opportunity for them in the near future. The problem for Dukes Art is that he will be racing from a 7lbs higher mark in future handicaps, so he looks like he could do with some assistance from the official assessor.
