- Friday, 07 November 2025 08:08
- Written by G Edwards
It is great to be back racing at Exeter today after they lost their first meeting due to the ground being too firm. I imagine the ground will be quick enough but they have done their best with the weather as it is and the feature race is the Haldon Gold Cup at 2.25pm. JPR One is the defending champion but Kalif Du Berlais is the favourite for Harry Cobden and the Nicholls team. We have one runner at Exeter, Vision De Maine who runs in the 3.35pm handicap chase over three miles and Jack Tudor rides. This is his seasonal reappearance and he will like the ground. It is a competitive race but I think he has scope for improvement off his mark of 109 and he won his first two chases of last season and I hope fresh is best! He didn't run badly in his races after this but has benefited from another summer at grass as he is a lovely big horse who is still only six. I hope he has a good each way chance and can progress again as the season goes on.
- Thursday, 06 November 2025 07:56
- Written by G Edwards
Kingston Queen Winner at Chepstow
Kingston Queen put up the performance I had hoped for to win at Chepstow yesterday. We know she is good and she simply go the job done in her own quiet but very effective style. She made most of the running or was upsides in front throughout, jumped very well and started quickening the pace from three hurdles out. She gradually got all her rivals under pressure and bar a slight mistake at the last she was faultless. She galloped through the line strongly putting distance between herself and the placed horses. She was back in her stable munching her hay by 4pm, waiting for her tea and no doubt wondering what all the fuss was about! She is a very likeable mare with lots of ability and I am very excited to see where the rest of this season may take us.
- Wednesday, 05 November 2025 07:56
- Written by G Edwards
Kingston Queen runs at Chepstow Today
There is one jumps meeting today at Chepstow and the stable has one runner, Kingston Queen. She runs in the 1.00pm race, division two of the 2m3f maiden hurdle and Jack Tudor rides. She is making her hurdling debut in a competitive looking race but she is a horse we love and have high hopes for this season. She did nothing but improve in bumpers all of last season, winning two, including a listed event at Market Rasen before running a cracker to be third in the Grade 2 mares bumper a Aintree in April. She is the winner of her only start in an Irish point to point and is not flashy but has a big heart and will to win. She is straight forward in all she does and while I think she will take all the beating today, getting weight from the boys. Even if she does not win today, it is a good starting point for hopefully an exciting winter ahead.
- Tuesday, 04 November 2025 08:07
- Written by G Edwards
Old Photo but the Colours Finished Second
in the Melbourne Cup this Morning!
There is just one jumps meeting today at Warwick but the stable does not have any runners. There are three flat meetings at Lingfield, Wolverhampton and Redcar and in Ireland they have a jumps fixture at Fairyhouse. Yesterday, Old Bridge ran well enough to be second at Hereford, I say well enough as I think he did just get his nose in front but a rival fought back to beat him in a close finish. That does not tell the full story however, with the probable winner falling at the final flight of hurdles, this changed the complexion of the race and we were then given a fighting chance of winning, so close but yet so far! This was a good run from our four year old and he was given a nice ride by Rian Corcoran on his first ride back since suffering concussion. This was Old Bridge's fourth second place since joining us and he surely deserves to get his head in front soon.
- Monday, 03 November 2025 08:00
- Written by G Edwards
There are two jumps meetings today at Hereford and Plumpton and we have one runner at the former, Old Bridge. He runs in the opening race on the card at 1.20pm, a handicap hurdle over 2m3f for conditional and amateur jockeys and Rian Corcoran rides.
- Sunday, 02 November 2025 07:00
- Written by G Edwards
There are two jumps meetings today at Carlisle and Huntingdon but the stable does not have any runners. In Ireland they have a flat card at the Curragh and a jumps fixture at Cork which features a 2.45pm Grade 3 novices chase which only has five runners but they are a quality bunch. There is some good races at Carlisle this afternoon as well with another small but select field for the listed mares chase at 1.32pm while the same comments can be applied to the Intermediate chase at 2.37pm. There are plenty of runners in the other races on the card which looks competitive and should be an interesting watching.
- Saturday, 01 November 2025 08:00
- Written by G Edwards
Neon Moon runs at Ascot TodayThere is a great day of racing action to look forward to today and we have one runner at Ascot, Neon Moon who runs in the 3.45pm premier handicap chase and Jack Tudor rides. We did intend to run Neon at Chepstow last month but the ground was too firm so he is making his seasonal debut this afternoon. He goes well fresh and runs from a six pound lower mark in this than when he finished third in the same race last year. It is a competitive 13 runner field and I see we are about 13/2 third best in the betting. He likes the track and he will like the ground and he should run well.
