AFTER A BUSY week, things are slightly quieter on the runner’s front on the coming days with less race meetings scheduled than of late and it gives us time to draw breath.

Bras D’or travelled to Ayr on Tuesday but he did get a little stuck in the mud in the closing stages. He ran well enough to finish third and the form might well work out to be fairly strong. He is a future staying chaser but there are races to be won with him over hurdles first.

Jaipaletemps won for the fourth time since returning from a holiday, winning off a rating of 112 at Taunton on Saturday.

He has struck up a great partnership with Rian Corcoran, providing him with his first career success and Rian has been on board for all of our seven year olds successes.

All our horses ran well at Taunton with October Hill finishing third behind a couple of nice types in the novice’s hurdle. She improved for the slight step up in trip and will probably improve again for a bit further in distance again. She is a likeable mare with a good attitude and there are still shares available should you like to get involved in owning her!

She has plenty of size and scope and will jump a fence one day. Please do get in touch for more details, ring the office on 01884 840715 or email: david@davidpipecom.

Best Night ran her usual honest race to finish fourth and there were more encouraging signs from Mancero in the same race. Phantomofthepoints ran well to be fourth at Haydock and it was a nice confidence boosting run following his fall on chasing debut last time.

Neon Moon unfortunately fell at Ascot on Saturday with Harry Cobden on board. Harry was unfortunately quite sore after this and was stood down for the rest of the day and he will not be riding for a few days this week while he recovers.

Penn Avenue ran well on just her second start over hurdles to be fourth in a valuable contest at Windsor on Sunday. She was one of the outsiders in the field but was not beaten that far. She now should get a mark and is a lovely tough filly who will be winning races over hurdles going forwards.

On Tuesday, River Run Free runs at Leicester, a track which he won at last season. While he ran okay on his seasonal reappearance, he pulled up at Exeter last time. That was when the track was virtually unraceable and the meeting was abandoned a bit later in the afternoon.

On Wednesday, Bashful Boy runs on the flat at Kempton. He ran well to be third at the track two runs back, then finished runner up at Southwell and was third at Wolverhampton last time, so should be thereabouts.

Our next jumps runners will not be out until the weekend. We have entries at Doncaster, Uttoxeter and Lingfield on Saturday and Fontwell on Sunday, so keep checking the Daily News on the website for all the latest information on the stable runners.

King Turgeon was confirmed on Monday for the Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster on Saturday and the plan is for him to run.

David Pipe was talking to racing correspondent Richard Walsh