- Tuesday, 24 April 2012 07:42
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
David has one runner today at Punchestown as we start day one of the Festival. War Singer runs in the 4.55pm handicap hurdle which looks very competitive and Tom Scudamore is in the saddle. David is currently on in way over to Ireland this morning and I am sure he will have a good couple of days whatever the results! The weather has claimed to fixtures in England today with both Newton Abbot and Folkestone being abandoned due to waterlogging. I live near Newton Abbot and we certainly have had a lot of rain in the last few days. I mean I have heard of April showers but yesterday must have been called April flooding! It is dry at the moment but we are forecast more rain later and tomorrows forecast looks very wet as well!
- Monday, 23 April 2012 07:04
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
Problema Tic
What a great weekend for David and the stable with three winners which has brought up the century of winners for the season. Roi De Rose got a great ride from Conor O'Farrell to win at Bangor on Saturday. He seemed to be going the least well of the field in the race but in the final circuit he really came to life and ran out a very impressive winner. He certainly appears to have enjoyed the step up in trip to three miles in his last two races having won them both! Problema Tic was making his Pond House debut up at Ayr and he was another decisive winner for Scottish owners Sean and Josie Tracey. He jumped very well for Tom Scudamore and he looks a very nice buy from the Henderson team. It can always be a slight worry buying one from such a top yard but he certainly was impressive and on this form he can certainly win again. It was nearly a treble on Saturday when Enfant De Lune missed out narrowly in the opening race of the card at Ayr. Young conditional jockey Frank Hayes gave our recent Ffos Las winner a great ride and battled all the way to the line to finish a gallant second, only beaten a neck.
- Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has runners at Stratford and Wincanton this afternoon, and our stable sponor, Bathwick Tyres sponsors the whole card at Wincanton. The tracks rely on sponsorship to stage their fixtures and there are no better sponsors around than Bathwick Tyres - they have a runner at 3.10pm as Bathwick Man takes in the handicap hurdle. I am sure no-one would begrudge them winning some of their own money back!
- Saturday, 21 April 2012 07:17
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
There is plenty of racing on this afternoon but the obvious highlight is the Scottish National at Ayr. The stable has three runners up at Ayr - Junior (pictured above), a second fence faller in last week's Grand National, Problema Tic who makes his debut for the yard in the novices' handicap chase and Enfant de Lune, a winner last time out at Ffos Las. Problema Tic he has a good strike, winning six of his nine starts and hopefully he will be able to carry on where he left off. Meanwhile we have a couple of runners at Bangor, Roi de Rose who was a good winner last time out at Ffos Las and racecourse debutant Presenting William. Tom Scudamore heads north, while Conor O'Farrell crosses the Severn Bridge into Wales.
- Friday, 20 April 2012 07:07
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I thought that Ashkazar put up a great performance yesterday to win at Cheltenham in only his third career start over fences. Our high class hurdler was potentially well-treated compared to his hurdles mark, but he still received a great ride from Timmy Murphy. He has now won 9 of his 27 starts and this was his third success at the Prestbury course. There were no fewer than eight non-runners in the handicap hurdle after the official going was changed to soft - I think that the trainers had been looking for good ground. I think our other runner at the course yesterday, Laustra Bad would certainly have preferred a faster surface.
- Thursday, 19 April 2012 07:28
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has two runners this afternoon at the second day of the Cheltenham meeting. High class hurdler Ashkazar returns to fences from a potentially reasonable mark, while Laustra Bad contests a fiercely competitive handicap hurdle. We drew a blank yesterday, although Water Garden produced another good effort when finishing second to Abnaki. He was trying to concede 15lbs to the winner, so this was obviously a decent performance - although he remains 14lbs above his last winning mark he is still capable of being competitive from his rating of 124. Meanwhile, the persistent rain yesterday meant that Katchmore was a non-runner.
- Wednesday, 18 April 2012 07:33
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has five runners at Cheltenham this afternoon, including three (Fiulin, The Pier and Raslan) in the competitive 2m4 1/2f handicap hurdle at 3.10pm. Water Garden participates in the three miler, while the progressive Katchmore bids to complete the hat-trick in the conditional jockey's and amateur riders hurdle. Young Tom Bellamy, who was aboard Katchmore for his latest success at Exeter is in the plate again today. The handicapper reacted by putting him up by 14lbs for his latest victory, so let's hope that he continues improving. There is also some good action on the level from Newmarket this afternoon.
