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29 Jun 18
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Tristan Davidson
Irthington, Cumbria
GB jumps last 5 seasons Apr 2014 - Apr 2019
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Hurdle 3 43 7 7
Chase 2 19 11 6
NHF 0 5 0 0
TOTAL 5 67 7 13
Irthington, Cumbria
GB jumps last 5 seasons Apr 2014 - Apr 2019
%
Hurdle 3 43 7 7
Chase 2 19 11 6
NHF 0 5 0 0
TOTAL 5 67 7 13
Well he's certainly delivered the goods since this win, with another 4 winners from 5 runners, does a milkround before he starts with the horses as well!
Has a runner today in the amateur ladies race Ti Amo which is his only loser since this post, but was 2nd and has had a Wind operation since! Only downside is the Jockey who appears to be having her 1st ride a Miss rachel Huskisson!
There have been plenty of reasons to celebrate for Carlisle racehorse trainer Tristan Davidson over the past few months.
Davidson hit the headlines in late June when he claimed a career-first double at Cartmel.
And he continued that good form at Carlisle Racecourse’s Ladies night last Monday with jockey Rachel Richardson guiding Island Song and Rubenesque home for a double.
“Yeah, I’m flying, absolutely flying,” admits Davidson. “Long may it last.”
Davidson proved to be an enormously popular winner at Carlisle as first Island Song, and then Rubenesque, were roared to victory at the Durdar Road venue, much to the delight of the vocal home crowd.
With both horses owned by Carlisle businessmen Ben Greenslade and David McCrone, who are also the owners of the “House of Vodka” bar in Botchergate, Davidson admits the double had felt like “a bit of a fairlytale”.
“It was unreal. When the first one won, it was great, to have won on my local track,” Davidson says.
“And after the second, it [the atmosphere] felt like Cheltenham. I have never seen that many people around the parade ring.
“Both horses are owned by Carlisle lads, too. It was fantastic.
“The double at Cartmel was good but, on your local track, it’s a bit of a fairytale, really.”
That success came after Davidson’s first double in south Cumbria – which he admits even caught him by surprise.
On that occasion, he claimed his first Cartmel winner with Rubenesque in the opening Harrogate Spring Water Maiden Hurdle before Justatenner did the business in the E-Catering Handicap Hurdle.
“With Rubenesque, I knew she was a good mare, but I thought there would be a couple in the hut that were too good for her, just because she had only had one hurdle race before that,” Davidson admits.
“I thought, if she finishes third, I’ll be happy. But she surprised us.
“Then, Justatenner had a really bad fall at Hexham and kind of lost his confidence a bit.
“We did loads of schooling and Tim Reed helped me, he has been a real help. The main thing with him was to get him round. He surprised us, to be honest.”
But when Davidson is not training horses, and hoping to deliver winners on the track, he is, instead, delivering dairy – in his other job as a milkman.
“I love racing. It isn’t really a job to me because I love it that much,” Davidson enthuses.
“The old milk round means there is money coming in every week, but it is slowly deteriorating.
“It will be good to think, if that goes, I can make a career of the racing. But with racing, there is a lot of ups and downs.”
Despite his current form, Davidson knows how quickly fortunes can change in horse racing.
He says: “It can which is why you need good owners and good horses.”
Davidson himself had been a leading point-to-point rider for many seasons.
“I have been an amateur jockey and did point-to-point. I rode more than 100 winners point-to-pointing,” he confirms.
Work is also ongoing to enhance Irthington-based Davidson’s stables.
“Every time we get a bit of money, we just do something – whether it’s putting another shed up or a horse walk,” he says. “Every time we get a little bit more, we just try to improve the stables.”
Maintaining a full stable of horses is a constant task throughout the year, though.
“These horses get one-to-one attention. I think that might be what is putting them ahead of the rest at the moment,” Davidson, who thanked his wife Emma, vet Andrew Miller and blacksmith Kenny Little for their support, suggests.
“I wish I got looked after like they do! The only thing is the handicapper is going to catch-up with them at some time, I know that. I think the owners know that, too.”
Has a runner today in the amateur ladies race Ti Amo which is his only loser since this post, but was 2nd and has had a Wind operation since! Only downside is the Jockey who appears to be having her 1st ride a Miss rachel Huskisson!
There have been plenty of reasons to celebrate for Carlisle racehorse trainer Tristan Davidson over the past few months.
Davidson hit the headlines in late June when he claimed a career-first double at Cartmel.
And he continued that good form at Carlisle Racecourse’s Ladies night last Monday with jockey Rachel Richardson guiding Island Song and Rubenesque home for a double.
“Yeah, I’m flying, absolutely flying,” admits Davidson. “Long may it last.”
Davidson proved to be an enormously popular winner at Carlisle as first Island Song, and then Rubenesque, were roared to victory at the Durdar Road venue, much to the delight of the vocal home crowd.
With both horses owned by Carlisle businessmen Ben Greenslade and David McCrone, who are also the owners of the “House of Vodka” bar in Botchergate, Davidson admits the double had felt like “a bit of a fairlytale”.
“It was unreal. When the first one won, it was great, to have won on my local track,” Davidson says.
“And after the second, it [the atmosphere] felt like Cheltenham. I have never seen that many people around the parade ring.
“Both horses are owned by Carlisle lads, too. It was fantastic.
“The double at Cartmel was good but, on your local track, it’s a bit of a fairytale, really.”
That success came after Davidson’s first double in south Cumbria – which he admits even caught him by surprise.
On that occasion, he claimed his first Cartmel winner with Rubenesque in the opening Harrogate Spring Water Maiden Hurdle before Justatenner did the business in the E-Catering Handicap Hurdle.
“With Rubenesque, I knew she was a good mare, but I thought there would be a couple in the hut that were too good for her, just because she had only had one hurdle race before that,” Davidson admits.
“I thought, if she finishes third, I’ll be happy. But she surprised us.
“Then, Justatenner had a really bad fall at Hexham and kind of lost his confidence a bit.
“We did loads of schooling and Tim Reed helped me, he has been a real help. The main thing with him was to get him round. He surprised us, to be honest.”
But when Davidson is not training horses, and hoping to deliver winners on the track, he is, instead, delivering dairy – in his other job as a milkman.
“I love racing. It isn’t really a job to me because I love it that much,” Davidson enthuses.
“The old milk round means there is money coming in every week, but it is slowly deteriorating.
“It will be good to think, if that goes, I can make a career of the racing. But with racing, there is a lot of ups and downs.”
Despite his current form, Davidson knows how quickly fortunes can change in horse racing.
He says: “It can which is why you need good owners and good horses.”
Davidson himself had been a leading point-to-point rider for many seasons.
“I have been an amateur jockey and did point-to-point. I rode more than 100 winners point-to-pointing,” he confirms.
Work is also ongoing to enhance Irthington-based Davidson’s stables.
“Every time we get a bit of money, we just do something – whether it’s putting another shed up or a horse walk,” he says. “Every time we get a little bit more, we just try to improve the stables.”
Maintaining a full stable of horses is a constant task throughout the year, though.
“These horses get one-to-one attention. I think that might be what is putting them ahead of the rest at the moment,” Davidson, who thanked his wife Emma, vet Andrew Miller and blacksmith Kenny Little for their support, suggests.
“I wish I got looked after like they do! The only thing is the handicapper is going to catch-up with them at some time, I know that. I think the owners know that, too.”
An interesting aside to this is that both of his horses that have won 5 races between them Rubenesque and Island Song were originally trained by John Joseph Murphy in Ireland before going to Gemma Anderson in Cumbria where they were nowhere to be seen before going onto Davidson. They've skipped the Anderson link with this horse though.
Ti Amo best run for Murphy was when 3rd of 18 to Martins Aspen Belle btn 1/2 lgth from 61 giving the winner 16lbs on G/Y ground, Aspen Belle now rated 69 was 45! Ti Amo runs off 53 today -7lbs claim, looks thrown in if she can hang on!
Ti Amo best run for Murphy was when 3rd of 18 to Martins Aspen Belle btn 1/2 lgth from 61 giving the winner 16lbs on G/Y ground, Aspen Belle now rated 69 was 45! Ti Amo runs off 53 today -7lbs claim, looks thrown in if she can hang on!
well you would expect owners who run the house of Vodka to be getting doubles
Ti Amo was also with Gemma Anderson (after JJM) but didn't run for her, so doesn't show in the history list of trainers.
Is she any relation to either Murphy or Davidson Ged, don't think she's ever had a winner!
I don't know. It looks like these owners took the horses away from her and sent them to Davidson, but why she had a bunch from Murphy in the first place, I have no idea, - there may be a connection there. No, I don't think she's had a winner, either as a jockey or a trainer. She's certainly off to a slow start. Her facebook page makes her sound like a horse lover more than a trainer.
Yes i've read that ged, the owners have another horse with her Carta Blanca which again has come from Murphy, has had 4 runs for her, very poor but had ran a decent race for Murphy at Limerick last year when just touched off over 1m4fs. Be interesting if that one moves to Davidson as well!
Weak jockey cost them the race imo, fancy going for a touch with a jockey that's having her 1st ride!
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