GENTLEMAN Toboot put in a nice performance to make it two from two over hurdles at Exeter on Friday. He is lightly raced and improving with each start so there is plenty more to come from this likeable imposing individual.

American Sniper ran well enough to be third at Plumpton last week with the track getting too much rain for his liking before his race. He has an entry at Taunton on Thursday this week and is likely to run again.

Walkadina returned to form with a good run at Ludlow to finish second, narrowly beaten on the line. It was a pleasing performance from our mare who did nothing wrong and she may head to Ascot next, just before Christmas.

Jaipaletemps ran another solid race to be third at Haydock last week. The rain unfortunately didn’t come for him (would have preferred it softer) but he ran well in a competitive event and always runs his race.

Chemical Dave ran with promise in the bumper at Market Rasen, not quite getting the run of things at a crucial stage but staying on strongly to the line when he got a clear run. Eton Mes also made an encouraging hurdling debut at Chepstow to finish fourth.

Turenne was unlucky to fall at the last hurdle on Monday afternoon at Fontwell with the race at his mercy. He had led and jumped well and was three lengths clear at the last when he came down. Thankfully, both Jack and the horse seem none the worse for this fall at the time of writing and as long as he is okay in the coming days he looks a nice prospect for further juvenile hurdle success in the future.

We have three runners at Uttoxeter on Tuesday, Phantomofthepoints gets us underway and makes his chasing debut in the Beginners chase. He ran a cracker in the big staying handicap hurdle at Haydock last time to be third and he has plenty of size and scope to make into an even better chaser.

Purple Owl runs in the novice’s hurdle and returns to a track he ran well at on his seasonal reappearance to be second. I don’t think he will appreciate too much rain so hopefully Uttoxeter won’t feel the full force of the storm due overnight.

The giant, Itseemslikeit (he is the biggest horse in our yard), makes his chasing debut in the three-mile handicap chase. He is very lightly raced and just had the two starts over hurdles last season so it will be good to get him back on the track.

On Wednesday, Green Sky runs in the two-mile maiden hurdle at Hereford which divided and Bashful Boy runs on the all-weather at Kempton. Later in the week we have entries at Taunton on Thursday and Kingston Queen and King Turgeon hold entries at Cheltenham on Friday. On Sunday we have entries at Carlisle and Southwell. Keep checking the daily news on the website for all the latest stable information.

Congratulations to Gemma in the office who has been short listed for the Godolphin Stable Staff Dedication Award. As many of you know, Gemma has been in the office now for nearly 22 years and is the central cog at Pond House so it was great for her to be shortlisted.

David Pipe was talking to Richard Walsh