- Monday, 15 October 2012 07:51
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It looks like being a bit of a quiet day with just three flat meetings taking place at Windsor, Salisbury and Musselburgh and the ground looks like it is going to be pretty testing at each track. There was some decent action yesterday at Ffos Las and you have to ask, how good was A P McCoy? I am not convinced that any other jockey could have won aboard Very Stylish or American Legend - he was a man inspired yesterday. While we are on the subject of yesterday's action, one to keep an eye on appears to be Keppols Hill - he would certainly have won had he jumped the last...he really clattered it and in the end was only beaten a short head. He looks like a winner waiting to happen.
- Sunday, 14 October 2012 00:00
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Following all the drama of yesterday's action, today there are just two meetings on the flat at Goodwood and over the sticks at Ffos Las and the stable does not have any runners. Both courses are giving their ground as soft which will be fine for the jumpers, but the boys on the flat could struggle to get home in the testing conditions.
- Saturday, 13 October 2012 07:37
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
It looks like being another good day to be sat in front of the telly (for a change!)...it's miserable outside and there is some top quality racing being televised from Newmarket and York on the flat, plus a non-televised all-weather card at Wolverhampton and jumps cards at Chepstow and Hexham over jumps. The stable has four runners in the Cesarewitch at 3.35pm at Newmarket this afternoon, Ashbrittle (D Cannon), Beyond (C Hoban), Martial Law (K O'Neill) and Decoy (Hayley Turner). With thirty six runners it is bound to be a bit of a cavalry charge, even though they have the marathon trip of 2m2f to contend with. David has filled the frame twice in recent years with Mamlook and he will be looking to emulate his dad who won it with Miss Fara and Heros Fatal. Whoever wins today, they will certainly need to have found a bit of luck in running.
- Friday, 12 October 2012 06:55
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
There are four meetings taking place this afternoon, with three on the flat at York, Bath and Wolverhampton as well as a jumps card at Carlisle. The stable goes all the way up to Carlisle with just one runner, Big Occasion who makes his chasing debut in quite a warm looking novices' chase under Tom Scudamore. Big Occasion's long suit is stamina and he certainly won't mind the soft ground - Carlisle is a stiff track at the best of times so in testing conditions you are going to need to stay very well. We also have a runner on the level at Bath this afternoon as Vergririo competes in the one mile handicap at 12.30pm - Simon Pearce takes the ride.
- Thursday, 11 October 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable has three runners at Exeter this afternoon. Businessmoney Judi runs in the handicap hurdle at 4.20pm and will be partnered by stable jockey Tom Scudamore. We also have two runners in the following race, the conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle - Ladyvie (pictured above) will be ridden by Sam Welton and Clever Dick who is partnered by Francis Hayes. It will be interesting to see how young Sam gets on - he has ridden one winner over hurdles and has his first ride for the yard this afternoon.
- Wednesday, 10 October 2012 07:11
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
The stable has two runners this afternoon at Towcester - My Brother Sylvest and King's Exit. Amazingly Towcester seem to have avoided most of the rain that has beset the rest of the country and they are currently giving their official going as good/firm. That should suit My Brother Sylvest whose four successes have all come on top of the ground. He makes his chasing debut this afternoon in the beginners' chase and will be partnered by Tom Scudamore. Our other runner is former point-to-pointer King's Exit who makes his debut for the stable in the bumper - this stiff track should suit him. There are three other meetings on today, two on the flat at Nottingham and Kempton as well as another jumps card at Ludlow.
- Tuesday, 09 October 2012 07:07
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today there are four flat cards at Leicester, Brighton, Catterick and Wolverhampton. It looks as if those meetings taking part on the turf are going to have to contend with plenty of cut in the ground. Brighton hosts a seven race card and four of them are worth only £1617.25 to the winner. When you take all the travelling and other expenses into account you probably will not have an awful lot left...if you finish second you will probably be out of pocket! Owners and trainers need to stand firm and not compete for these sort of pots - so long as the courses can continue to get away with it, they will.
