- Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
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 Morgan
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 Morgan
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 Morgan
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 Morgan
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.
- Tuesday, 17 April 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
- Monday, 16 April 2012 07:47
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable was among the winners again at the weekend with Top Wood (pictured above) scoring at Chepstow on Saturday and Enfant de Lune winning at Ffos Las on Sunday, while we had a few reach the frame at Aintree including Battle Group who was narrowly denied in the 3m1f John Smiths Handicap Chase. Talking of Aintree, what a shambles they made of the start of the Grand National - they had three goes at getting them off...how can they use knicker elastic to start the biggest race in the world?! Why don't the horses line up 20 yards from the tape, or is that too simple?!
