- Monday, 04 May 2015 11:53
- Written by David Pipe
It was a great week at Punchestown and I thought that on the whole the runners from the stable all emerged with great credit. As you would expect, the racing was of the highest standard and the welcome from the locals was as usual first class. I have always found the Irish to be most accommodating and this visit was no exception. With a winner and a handful of places it was a well worthwhile (and enjoyable!) trip, although I must say that I was pleased to get home to my own bed!
- Monday, 27 April 2015 14:50
- Written by David Pipe
Although the stable enjoyed a couple of winners to take our final total for the 2014/15 season to a very satisfying 116 (my second best total since taking out my trainers’ licence), there was only one man making the headlines last week and rightly so. On Saturday racing fans from all over the country descended upon Sandown to bid one final fond farewell to retiring legend A P McCoy; champion of the last twenty years and holder of just about every jumping record imaginable.
- Monday, 20 April 2015 09:57
- Written by David Pipe
Despite only having a few runners last week it was satisfying nonetheless to see the horses holding their form. With a squad of around 100 horses in training at any one time it is extremely difficult to keep every inmate healthy at all times, although I think the whole team have done an excellent job of managing this and with only a week of the current campaign remaining, it goes a long way to explaining our fantastic total of 114 winners.
- Monday, 13 April 2015 13:23
- Written by David Pipe
Soll leaving Aintree admiring Oliver Sherwood's lorry!
As always Aintree provides a great carnival type atmosphere for their three day Grand National meeting and it remains a fitting late season celebration of British racing. While every trainer prepares their charges with Cheltenham as their primary objective, to score at Aintree is a memorable achievement and to land a Grand National is what dreams are made of and with that in mind I would like to pass on my sincerest congratulations to Oliver Sherwood, Leighton Aspell and the connections of Grand National winner Many Clouds.
- Monday, 06 April 2015 11:18
- Written by David Pipe
With Aintree nearly upon us I am delighted the yard continues in good form. I have not had that many runners in the last week but with three winners, three seconds, two thirds and a fourth from 10 runners I could not be happier as we look forward to Thursday.
- Monday, 30 March 2015 12:46
- Written by David Pipe
Soll on target for Grand National
Last week was a fairly low key one for the yard with just a handful of runners and while drawing a blank, we hit the crossbar on a number of occasions. The horses continue in decent form and gives cause for optimism as the Grand National meeting at Aintree approaches. The quiet spell was due in part to a lack of suitable opportunities for our horses, readying our Aintree runners and letting down a number of others in preparation for their summer holidays – take it from me, there is still plenty going on behind the scenes!
- Monday, 23 March 2015 16:39
- Written by David Pipe
One of the recurring themes of this season has been the prolonged good form of the horses from Pond House and another four successes last week took our tally to 110 and maintained our advantage as the winning-most trainer numerically of the campaign. This is the best season we have enjoyed since my first year at the helm during 2006/7 but while there are nice prizes to be won at Aintree and Sandown, I already have one eye on next term with the aim of making another good start.
