Jan Wellens is Deva Racing’s only runner on Saturday when he lines up in the 12:15 at Lingfield. The son of Dutch Art has been a little underwhelming since he arrived from Ger Lyon’s yard in the summer and hopes of a return to form are hinging on him racing back on the level. After […]
Glorious Zoff turns his attentions to the flat tomorrow, when he tries his hand on Dundalk’s all-weather surface for the first time, when lining up in the 4:45. Previously a promising horse on the level when trained in England by Charlie Hills, he has since gone on to be a highly rated juvenile hurdler for […]
Grimm Star ran a race full of promise at Hereford yesterday on his handicap debut, when finishing third. Cillin Leonard had him up with the pace the whole way and for a young horse running in a handicap for the first time, he travelled and jumped like a seasoned handicapper. Going down the back the […]
The start of the working week is not always a day to look forward to however, that is not the case for the Deva Racing team on Monday when two nice horses have their first run in the blue and red. Grimm Star makes his handicap debut in the 3:20 at Hereford and he is […]
Deva Racing favourite Monjeni, is seen back in action for the first time this year, when he lines up the 2 miles Betway Apprentice Handicap at Wolverhampton – due off at 7:30. He is a horse bursting with character, which makes him well loved by all at Ian Williams’ yard as well as his countless […]
Ripper Roo enhanced his reputation when he finished a close second at Fakenham, on his hurdle debut. It has been made no secret that Ripper Roo is highly thought of by both the team at Olly Murphy’s and all of us directly involved with him at Deva Racing. Therefore, it was great to see him […]
Ripper Roo bids to get the Deva Racing team off to the best possible start for the year, when he makes his hurdles debut at Fakenham on Monday. Olly Murphy’s charge lines you in the opening race on the card – the Maiden Hurdle over 2 miles. The gorgeous son of Smadoun won his only […]
Goldencard made the long journey to Catterick from South Wales worthwhile yesterday, by finishing second in a competitive handicap chase. Christian Williams charge has been the model of consistency in recent weeks and has now finished second on his last three starts. Although, slightly frustrating to be knocking on the door, they say if you […]
Monjeni runs in the 2:05 at Southwell today and encounters the unique fibresand surface for the first time in his career. Ian Williams’ charge has been the model of consistency of late and it would great if he could manage to get his head in front, with the step down in class and step up […]
Chesterfield King Looks To Make Use Of Much Reduced Handicap Mark
by Ed Glassonbury
16th December 2020
Chesterfield King heads North from Christian Williams base in South Wales to Hereford racecourse on Thursday, to contest the Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle at 3.05. Things have not gone as smoothly as expected for Chesterfield King since he travelled over the Irish Sea, to start his career with Christian. However, there have been valid excuses […]
All eyes will be on the 2:40 at Doncaster tomorrow as Glorious Zoff bids to claim victory in the Grade 2 bet365 Summit Juvenile Hurdle. Gordon Elliott’s charge has bypassed a couple of engagements in Ireland and instead heads to Doncaster, in bid of finding better ground. Unfortunately, the weather forecast looks to have been […]
Monjeni aims to give Deva Value with their first winner, when he travels to Lingfield on Wednesday to run in the last race at 3:20. Ian Williams’ charge has been great fun for his many owners so far, and we are hoping that the trip east to Lingfield will bring out the necessary improvement to […]
The exciting and much talked about Ripper Roo finally makes his Deva Racing debut at Southwell tomorrow. He lines up along with 12 others for the bumper at 1:30. Ripper Roo was well liked before he made his only start to date in a point to point at Sheriff Hutton in March – for the […]
After the frustration of having two non-runners over the weekend our attentions turn to Fakenham on Monday, where Christian Williams saddles two horses for the Deva team. Chesterfield King is the first to go to post when contesting the 1:15 and he looks to build on what was an eye catching performance at Exeter 3 […]
Unfortunately overnight rain has made the ground at Fairyhouse soft and Glorious Zoff is now a non runner. He will instead reroute to the UK for his next run and will end up at either Cheltenham, Doncaster or Musselburgh in the next two weeks.
Glorious Zoff takes a big step in class on Sunday, when he runs in the Grade 3 Bar One Racing Price Boost Juvenile Hurdle, at the prestigious Hatton’s Grace Hurdle meeting at Fairyhouse. This is not just a thrilling day for the owners of Glorious Zoff but for everyone involved with Deva Racing, due to […]
Both Goldencard and Monjeni ran promising races yesterday, with both horses finishing in the money. It was especially great to see Goldencard find some of his old form, when a battling second at Fakenham. He jumped with more fluency than had been the case on previous runs this season and although he got outpaced around […]
