- Sunday, 05 May 2013 00:44
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Promising Youngster - Red Sherlock
I was looking at the British jumps owners title for the the 2012-13 season. This was won by JP McManus and he won it by over £600,000! He had 95 winners, which was 70 winners more thab Trevor Hemmings. I just wonder what his training bills come to each month! I would not think the prize moeny gets anywhere near the trainnig fees. JP is a fantastic man and puts so much into both racing and charity and our sport coould not do without him son many congratulations to him. Our top owner with 18 winners wa David Johnson. David was champion owner a few years ago and although he does not have quite so many horses as he used to he does have a lovely bunch of youngsters so he has lots to look forward to this winter.
- Saturday, 04 May 2013 07:02
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Oddjob winning at Chepstow
David has three runners this afternoon at Uttoxeter. Smooth Classic is looking to build on his promising second last time at Plumpton while Bygones Sovereign has to bounce back from a fall last time out. He was the winner of a competitive event at Exeter the time before so finger crossed the fall will not have affected his confidence too much. He is a good jumper and has been schooling nicely at home again. Oddjob is th final runner of the day. He appreciated the better ground when winning at Chepstow last time so we are hoping he can perform the same again today. Tom Scu is at Uttoxeter to ride all three. There are also five other meetings on today so there is lots of action to watch for everybody! There are four flat meetings at Newmarket, Doncaster, Goodwood and Thirsk and two jumps cards, at Uttoxeter as we have mentioned and also Hexham.
- Friday, 03 May 2013 06:57
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The horses enjoying the sunshine
David has one runner, Diamond's Return on the flat at Chepstow this afternoon. Our nine year old won a few hurdles races last season but his making his debut on the flat. He is the oldest in the maiden race but he should give account of himself with Martin Harley in the saddle. Today there are five meeting, three on the flat at Musselburgh, Chepstow and Lingfield, plus two jumps cards at Fontwell and Bangor. We have had a few days of dry, sunny weather which is lovely but the jumps tracks are now having to water. I would think there will be a lot of non runners due to the ground firming up and I think another reason why jumpng needs a break during the summer! A jumper that should win again is Pyjama Game. The seven year old won by 14 lengths at Sedgefield off a mark of 87at Sedgefield yesterday. He should run again before the handicapper has ihis say as a big rise in the weights is expected. One to watch out for.
- Thursday, 02 May 2013 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Diamonds Return
Today there are five meetings, two over the sticks at Taunton and Sedgefield and flat cards at Redcar, Lingfield and Chepstow. David does not have any runners today but it is great to have some nice sunshine st Pond House. We do have one runner on the flat at Chepstow tomorrow. Diamond's Return runs with Martin Harley on board. He was David's first winner of the 2012/13 jumps season at Exeter (photo above) and ig going to be mixing the flat and jumping this summer. Looking back at yesterday's action, I thought Estimate looked better than a Group 3 performer. She stayed on strongly and won well. She is a big price for the Ascot Gold Cup next month and it maybe worth taking an early price about her. It looks like the 2 1/2 miles trip will be okay and I see no reason that she won't give you a good run for your money. Another from yesterday's action who looks like he could be ahead of the handicapper is the Luca Cumani trained colt, Rockalong. He only won by 1/2 length so the handicapper should not be too hard on the four year old and is one to look out for next time.
- Wednesday, 01 May 2013 07:14
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
High Ville - 1st Winner of the Season
There were lots of non runners at Exeter last night, including Prime Location and Problema Tic as the ground was pretty quick but it was great for David to get his first winner of the season courtesy of High Ville. Our gelding appreciated the quicker ground and settled a bit better than he had been of late under a nice front running ride by Conor O'Farrell. Now he has got his head in front we hope he will be able to again while the ground stays a bit better. Barney Cool finished fourth at Worcester and looked a little bit one paced. He may need a longer trip like his the rest of his family appear to have needed.
- Tuesday, 30 April 2013 06:55
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Problema Tic (near-side)
The stable has runners at both Exeter and Worcester this evening and David is looking for his first winner of the season. Today there are five meetings, three on the flat at Bath, Lingfield and Yarmouth plus the jumps cards that I have mentioned. El Lobo, Barney Cool and Military Precision run at Worcetser and Tom Scu goes there to ride all three. Problema Tic fell last time out in the Scottish National and he just needs a bit of luck in running. He drops down in grade this afternoon and has Kieron Edgar in the saddle who takes a vaulable seven pounds off his back. With a nice clear round he could hopefully be in the shake up. The same could be said of our other runner in the race, Palace Jester. He ran a nice race at Taunton last time and but for being hampered would have finished even closer. Conor O'Farrell rides. Prime Location also runs at Exeter in the handicap hurdle and is looking to bounce back to form after a slightly disappointing run at Newbury last time. High Ville is our fourth runner of the night. He has some fair bumper form but has been a bit disappointing over hurdles so far. He was fourth at the track last time but he does have to improve to win this with Conor O'Farrell on board.
- Monday, 29 April 2013 06:48
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Henok Winning at Towcester last week
Today there are five meetings on, two jumps cards at Towcester and Kelso and flat cards at Wolverhampton, Windsor and Lingfield. David has one runner at Towcester, Henok in the 4.30pm race. He won on this track last week and carries a seven pound penalty which means he has to run with 12st5lb this afternoon. He probably needs to brush up his jumping a little but Conor O'Farrell gave him a great ride the other day and a similar level of form should see him run well again. Junior ran a cracker to finish second at Huntingdon yesterday. He carried top weight and had to give 16 pounds to the winner Triolo D'Alene. The trouble is the handicapper will probably put him up another pound or two for this good run and he is already rated 156 so life is not going to be easy. It was just so nice to see him back to form after a couple of disappoing efforts, mind you these were in some top class races! Midnight Tuesday ran okay at Ludlow with Kieron Edgar on board. This was a step up on his previous couple of runs and he does appreciate the quicker ground.
