- Tuesday, 06 March 2012 08:05
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
A new Pipe pops into the world at 3.30am this morning! David's partner Leanne gave birth to their second child, Sophie Elizabeth this morning, weighing in at 7-4 (thats pounds!). Both mother and baby are doing well and Leanne should be out of hospital later today. She tells me that she is planning on attending the Festival...we will have to start up a creche in the marquee! Congratulations to you both from everyone at Pond House.
- Monday, 05 March 2012 08:47
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable runners continue in good form with our three runners all finishing in the first two. Balgarry produced an amazing performance on his debut for the yard at Newbury after an absence of 577 days. Under a positive ride from Conor O'Farrell, he unsurprisingly looked to be tiring a little close home, but had already put the race to bed long before that. As this was only his third ever start, you would think that there maybe more improvement to come and he could be another interesting one for a Cheltenham handicap next week.
- Sunday, 04 March 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
David will be in the hot seat on Monday night when he makes a guest appearance on the Racing Post's online Twitter Chat between 7.30pm and 8pm. You can ask David a question by tweeting or e-mailing the Post - I wonder if he will get any tricky ones? I think I will send in a couple myself! Anyway, don't bother asking what race Grands Crus is going to run in at the Festival because as we have seen with recent events surrounding Kauto Star, the only sensible decision is to leave it as late as possible and weigh-up his most suitable objective when you have the greatest amount of accurate information at your disposal.
- Saturday, 03 March 2012 08:16
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
I was very impressed by the victory of Poole Master in the novices' hurdle at Newbury yesterday under his double penalty. He was giving weight away to his rivals and treated them with disdain as he won by an eased down 5 lengths under delighted jockey Chris Honour. The step up in trip to 2m5f seemed to really suit him well and certainly brought about further improvement - he is now three from three this season and could be a lively one come the Cheltenham Festival later in the month where he has a number of engagements. Chris Honour has only one more winner left before he rides out his claim, at which point he intends to hang up his boots...wouldn't it be some fairytale if he could do it at Cheltenham?!
- Friday, 02 March 2012 08:18
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
The stable has three runners this afternoon at Newbury. Midnight Tuesday and Roi de Rose will both be ridden by Tom Scudamore, while Poole Master will be partnered by regular pilot Chris Honour, who takes a handy 3lbs off his back. Poole Master has won his last couple of starts and consequently has to concede weight to his rivals this afternoon but he looks very promising - he has no fewer than five engagements at the Cheltenham Festival and I guess we will know more after today.
We have an exciting video to share with you from the gallops this morning as World Hurdle entry Dynaste and Our Father (World Hurdle, Pertemps Handicap Hurdle & Coral Cup) worked upsides on the Pond House gallops this morning. As you can see, they both appear to be in great form with less than a fortnight to go until the Festival.
- Thursday, 01 March 2012 08:13
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
- Wednesday, 29 February 2012 07:50
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
We were recently paid a visit by racing photographers Bill Selwyn and Ed Whittaker who joined us to take some pictures for their respective publications. Of course, being something of an expert on the subject of photography, I was pleased to offer the lads the benefit of my experience and as you can see, Bill obviously listened well judged by the beautiful picture of Shallow Bay and Dan Breen in action on the gallops! Of course, I am only joking, both Bill and Edward are wonderful photographers and we are particularly grateful to Bill who has offered a number of his images to share with you.
