- Friday, 29 March 2013 07:42
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Shoegazer
There is no racing today, not even in Ireland so a day of rest for all punters! It is not a day of rest for stable staff however as the horses still have to be fed and exercised and everyone is here busy in the yard. There are several meetings tomorrow, including three jumps cards at Haydock, Carlisle and Newton Abbot. David has entries at Haydock and local track Newton Abbot where they are giving the ground as heavy and will be omitting the last hurdle. We have had no rain down here for a few days, I just wonder if it will as heavy as forecast? They have a £25,000 chase on the card which has attracted all the big trainers, including Donald McCain. I would not think he has ever had many runners at Newton. David already has Shoegazer declared in the feature chase at Haydock tomorrow. He has won five of his 12 starts over fences and was a nice winner at Fontwell on his penultimate start before running a good race to finish seventh at the Cheltenham Festival last time. He has to carry top weight tomorrow with AP on board but he should hopefully run well again.
- Thursday, 28 March 2013 08:10
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Well there is good news and bad news....on the plus side Ludlow have cancelled their early morning inspection and the meeting gets the go ahead. On the down side, Ffos Las are having to inspect this morning at 9am after temperature of -5ºc left the ground frozen in places. If the meeting does get the all clear, the stable will have four runners at the Welsh track - Qalinas (pictured above) looks particularly interesting in his bid to complete the hat-trick although he has gone up 11lbs in the handicap. Thomas Junior makes his raceourse debut in the bumper - he is owned by Dai Walters, the Ffos Las supremo so let's hope for a good run from him! There are also meetings at Southwell (a jumpers bumper card on the all-weather) and a 'fully-fledged' flat card on the the all-weather at Wolverhampton.
- Wednesday, 27 March 2013 07:55
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Three meetings take place this afternoon following the good news that Wetherby's jumps card has been given the go ahead following an early morning inspection. The other meetings are on the all-weather flat at Southwell and Lingfield where there are no reported problems. The stable has no runners today. Hopefully the snow that has settled around the yard overnight is not a bad omen and tomorrow's meeting at Ffos Las gets the green light - David has some good looking entries at the Welsh track including unbeaten bumper winner Heath Hunter (pictured above) and hat-trick seeking Qalinas, while there is also scheduled to be a seven race bumper card at Southwell.
- Tuesday, 26 March 2013 08:02
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Despite the freezing conditions I am pleased to report that Fontwell has been given the go-ahead to race this afternoon. There are also two all-weather meetings taking place on the flat this afternoon at Southwell and Lingfield. Looking at my map of Sussex, it doesn't look as though Fontwell and Lingfield are that far apart to me, so it is obviously another victory for race planning! I am not sure they consider the racing public when they are scheduling their meetings, especially when you consider the amount of fodder put on just for the betting shops.
- Monday, 25 March 2013 08:27
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
I thought that for the most part our runners at Wincanton yesterday ran very well. Bois des Aigles finished third and looks as though he will improve further when he tackles a longer trip, while Bygones Sovereign filled the same position in the conditional jockey's handicap hurdle just ahead of Weekend Millionair. Off The Wall was also third in the closing race. After the abandonments of Taunton (waterlogging) and Towcester (snow) this afternoon we are left with only one meeting taking place on the all-weather at Lingfield - unsurprisingly the stable has no runners.
- Sunday, 24 March 2013 00:56
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Weekend Millionair
Today there are two meetings at Wincanton and Lingfield and David has five runners at Wincanton. Fingers crossed it goes ahead. They passed and 8am inspection yesterday and there were no more inspections planned so it should be all okay providing they did not get too much more rain. Bois Des Aigles is re-routed from the abandoned Newbury yesterday and showed a little promise on his debut hurdle run at Taunton last time although he will have to improve again to be involved in this. Weekend Millionair and Bygones Sovereign run in the conditional jockeys race with Tom Bellamy and Kieron Edgar on board the stables two runners. Weekend Milionar runs for Wayne Clifford of Bathwick Tyres and once again it is important to give them a special mention as they in fact sponsor all six races on the Wincanton card. If you need new tyres on your car make sure you visit BATHWICK TYRES, advert over! Seriously though they put so much in to our sport and we are very grateful for their support. Quinte Du Chatelet and Off the Wall make up the rest of our team with Tom Scu in the saddle so fingers crossed they all run well.
- Saturday, 23 March 2013 08:01
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Shotavodka
The weather has caused both meetings at Doncaster and Newbury to be abandoned today due to snow! Can you believe we are in March, where is all the spring sunshine! The two abandonments adds to the meetings already lost at Kelso and Stratford which were called off yesterday. Doncaster has been snowed off but they are going to re-arrange the meeting which is good news so they don't lose the Lincoln. At Newbury yesterday Shotavodka won the handicap hurdle in good style off top weight and he looks a very promising novice. That was his third win in a row and he could have an entry at Aintree next time.
