Tom Dascombe Racehorse Trainer ONEWAY Racing News

Naughty Thoughts makes it 50 winners since I started training

2008-05-15T18:43:00.003+01:00

Naughty Thoughts won a four runner race at Salisbury today at odds of 4/7 , picking up over £7,000 in prize money. It was a huge relief for me as the winners have proved hard to get over the last month. Whilst I have hardly had a runner out of the first three I have had to accept second place far too often! That makes it 12 winners for the year to date and 50 since I started training in November 2005.

Naughty Thoughts was purchased out of a seller having been spotted by Martin Stillwell who manages 123 Racing Partnership. She cost about £8,000 and has now won two races for us amply repaying that investment.

Shiva Adiva came second in only her second race at 20/1 to the favourite Sun Ship. It was a hugely encouraging run and her owners Stephen & Michelle Bayless, who bred her, were absolutely thrilled.

Declarations and entries w/c 12th May 2008

2008-05-12T10:45:00.002+01:00

Shiva Adiva runs today at Wolverhampton in the 2.10 Maiden Auction Fillies' Stakes and Gross Prophet in the 3.10 Claiming Stakes.

Thursday 15th May, Zaskar is entered in the 6.20 Fillies' Handicap Stakes race at Newmarket. Also on Thursday at Salisbury Shiva Adiva is entered in the 2.20, Naughty Thoughts and Rowan River are entered in the Fillies' Handicap Stakes at 2.50 and True and Fair in the 3.25 Claiming Stakes.

Max One two Three is entered in the 2.20 Carnarvon Stakes Listed Race at Newbury on Friday 16th May.

Saturday 17th May, Desert Dreamer is entered in the 4.05 Handicap Stakes at Newmarket, Clifton Dancer in the 4.20 Fillies' Handicap Stakes at Newbury and Parisian Gift and Prince Desire are entered in the 8.20 seven furlong Handicap Stakes at Doncaster.

1000 Guineas and this week's runners and entries

2008-05-05T13:33:00.001+01:00

1000 Guineas

I'd like to thank everyone who sent me messages of support and 'good luck' for Max One Two Three's run in the 1000 Guineas yesterday. It was a huge thrill to have a classic runner in only my third season and although it was naturally disappointing not to have been in the prize money it was a fantastic experience from which lessons have been learned. We could not have had better publicity and I am very grateful for the coverage that I and the ONEWAY team received. None of this would have been possible without the support of some fantastic owners and, in the case of Max, from Bert Black and his family and friends. Thank you.

Runners and entries w/c 5 May 2008

Gross Prophet runs this afternoon at 3.45 pm at Warwick.

On Thursday I have entered Savile's Delight at Goodwood at 3.00 pm and both Clifton Dancer and Zaskar at 4.10 pm.

Saturday could be a busy day. At Lingfield I have entered Max One Two Three in a Group 3 for fillies and mares over 7 furlongs (3.40 pm) and both Desert Dreamer and Savile's Delight in a ladies amateur rider's race at 5.15 pm. I have also entered Old Father Zieten at Haydock in a 6 furlong maiden at 3.45 pm and Prince Desire in a 6 furlong handicap at 4.20 pm. Wing Home is entered in a maiden at Warwick at 6.25 pm.

Daily Mirror - 30/4/08

2008-04-30T11:08:00.001+01:00

Richard Kingscote to make Classic debut

Lambourn trainer Tom Dascombe will have his first runner in a Group
race when he saddles Max One Two Three in the stanjamesuk.com 1000
Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday. And in a rare double first, the filly
will be jockey Richard Kingscote's debut in a Classic.

Happy Birthday Tom

2008-04-30T09:58:00.001+01:00

35 Today! good Luck at Ascot this afternoon

Daily Mail - 30th April 2008

2008-04-30T09:35:00.002+01:00

Dascombe full of hope for his Classic outsider

By Marcus Townend - More by this author »
Last updated at 22:43pm on 29th April 2008

Lambourn trainer Tom Dascombe should know a few things about talented fillies.

As a one-time assistant to successful South African trainer Mike de Kock, Dascombe was involved in the training of two Group One winning filies in Ipi Tombe, who captured the 2003 Dubai Duty Free, and Crimson Palace, who landed the following year's Beverly D Stakes at Arlington.

Tom Dascombe has come a long way since falling off Pond House in the 1998 Grand National (Comment by Ben: Not correct! Pond House pulled up after a circuit he didn't fall)

That involvement would suggest that Dascombe's decision to throw Max One Two Three into Sunday's Stan James 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket isn't just a fanciful dream by a hopeless optimist.

As short as 25-1 in some books but still avalailable at 40-1, Max One Two Three falls into the outsider category.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/horseracing.html?in_article_id=562893&in_page_id=1967

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The Independent - April 30th 2008

2008-04-30T09:28:00.002+01:00

Dascombe tilts at 1,000 Guineas glory

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Trainer Tom Dascombe at Bath races yesterday

By Sue Montgomery
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

By their very nature, the major contests on the Flat provide fairytale results far less frequently than their counterparts over jumps. Results at the Group One sharp end impact hugely on the bloodstock business that is the raison d'etre for top-level competition and for every Pam Sly there are twenty Aidan O'Briens. Which, really, is as it should be; if money did not reap overall rewards then there would be no investment and the house of cards would collapse.

But the door always remains ajar to the smaller operator. And in the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday, third-season trainer Tom Dascombe will take on the might of the likes of Ballydoyle, Godolphin and Cheveley Park Stud with cheaply-bought, unfashionably-bred Max One Two Three.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/dascombe-tilts-at-1000-guineas-glory-817931.html

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Declarations and Entries w/c 28th April 2008

2008-04-28T10:31:00.003+01:00

Today Shiva Adiva runs at Windsor in the 5.40 Fillies Stakes race.

Tomorrow Tuesday 29th April Naughty Thoughts runs in the 4.10 Fillies Handicap Stakes at Bath.

Wednesday 30th April Firth of Fifth runs in the 2.10 at Ascot.

Thursday 1st May Prince Desire is entered in the 6.20 Handicap Stakes at Great Leighs and also on Thursday Savile's Delight is entered in the 3.50 Handicap Stakes at Folkestone.

Saturday 3rd May Savile's Delight is entered in the 2.55 Handicap Stakes at Goodwood.

Sunday 4th May Max One Two Three runs at Newmarket in the 1000 Guineas at 3.10.

Declarations and entries w/c 21st April 2008

2008-04-21T11:21:00.003+01:00

Savile's Delight runs today at Windsor in the 5.25 Apprentice Handicap Stakes race over six furlongs.

Gross Prophet runs tomorrow at Kempton in the 4.45 seven furlong Handicap Stakes.

On Thursday 24th Rowan River is entered at Beverley in the 3.45 Fillies' Handicap Stakes race and also on Thursday Savile's Delight and Desert Dreamer are both entered at Southwell in the 6.05 Claimer Stakes race over six furlongs.

Classic Blade is entered on Saturday 26th at Leicester in the 2.15 Median Auction Maiden Stakes.

Old Father Zieten is entered on Sunday 27th at Brighton in the 2.10 Maiden Stakes over five furlongs.

Declarations and entries w/c 14 April 2008

2008-04-14T15:45:00.001+01:00

Savile's Delight runs this afternoon at Windsor at 5.00pm.

On Thursday Firth of Fifth is entered in a maiden at Kempton Park at 7.50 pm.

On Friday Clifton Dancer is entered at Newbury in the 2.10 pm over 7 furlongs but needs seven horses to come out to get a run. True And Fair is entered in the 4.25 pm on the same card also over 7 furlongs. She needs just three to come out.

At The Races

2008-04-13T18:56:00.004+01:00

This morning Tom was a guest of Matt Chapman on ATR's Racing Forum. He had a horrible journey to the studio at Old Street because the Sunday train service from Hungerford to Paddington was non existent and he was worried about the affect of the London Marathon on the traffic in central London. So having lost time waiting on the platform in Hungerford he ended up driving to Hammersmith and getting the tube through to the City. Having planned to arrive with over an hour in hand, enough time to compose himself, he only arrived with minutes to spare.

Whilst Matt was generally very kind to him he did ask a number of searching questions about Tom's attitude to various issues like the level of prize money, the 'cleanliness' of the sport, the fairness of Tony Dobbin's last winner on Thursday and asked Tom to identify a sure-fire winner in 2008. He named Flying River, the 2yo he bought for his staff to share, as the most certain one to find its way to the winner's enclosure.

It was great to see clips of Tom's race riding days including winning rides on Caracol and Oliver Cromwell. Tom paid tribute to Martin Pipe for the skills, experience and training he gained whilst at Pond House and said that he had no intention of taking up training himself until he worked with Mike De Kock in Dubai and was hugely motivated to take up training by the quality of horses Mike had under his care.

Grant Thornton Racing Club members on Mandown gallops Saturday 12 April 2008

2008-04-13T18:47:00.001+01:00

About 30 members and their family and friends came to the yard on Saturday and to the Mandown gallops to see the Club horses True And Fair and Onemoreandstay have a canter. Some members came from as far as Leeds but others lived more locally including in Lambourn. Tom gave a conducted tour of the yard describing each of the horses, especially the 22 2yo's which most of the Club members had not seen before, and decribed his ambitions and hopes for the season ahead.

Grant Thornton Racing Club

2008-04-08T17:13:00.003+01:00

We have a gallop morning organised for Saturday 12 April 2008 starting at 9.30 am when club members will meet at the yard and then proceed to Mandown to see True And Fair do a piece of work. We are hoping that this 3yo filly will make her debut on the racecourse on Friday 18 April at Newbury.

If you have any interest in joining Grant Thornton Racing Club please contact me (Bill Dascombe) on my mobile 07768 464430. Details about the club can be found on the website.

Breeze - Up Sales at Doncaster 9 to 10 April 2008

2008-04-08T16:44:00.003+01:00

I shall be at Doncaster on Wednesday and Thursday for the breeze-ups. There are 170 lots catalogued and they breeze from 10.30 am on Wednesday and go through the ring on Thursday from 11.00 am. If anyone wants me to purchase a nice 2yo for them they should give me a call on my mobile.

Declarations and entries w/c 7 April 2008

2008-04-08T16:37:00.002+01:00

Rowan River is declared for a mile fillies handicap at Kempton on Thursday at 9.20 pm. This will be her first run for me as the Yarmouth meeting was abandoned.

On Friday I have two entries at Doncaster; Naughty Thoughts at 3.50 pm and Desert Dreamer back in claiming company at 5.00 pm.

Gross Prophet is entered at Kempton on Saturday at 5.05 pm.

Desert Dreamer is our tenth winner

2008-04-04T15:33:00.003+01:00

Our good friend Desert Dreamer won easily at Kempton on Wednesday to make it 10 winners from 23 runners so far in 2008.

He runs again tomorrow at Lingfield under a 6lb penalty in a much better race, a class 3 handicap worth £10,000. He seems to have come out of the race on Wednesday OK so I thought he deserved to be given a chance.

Firth of Fifth will be our first 2yo runner of the year on the same card and he is one of the few in the race not to have had a previous run. It is always an anxious time running the first 2yo and I remember how disappointed I felt last year after my first 2yo runner came in way down the field but in time they came good. I am particularly pleased that tomorrow Firth of Fifth runs in the race as the race is run in memory of the parents of Firth of Fifth's owner Dan Perchard.

Cutting comments about Lambourn's heads of state

2008-04-04T14:27:00.003+01:00

So ran the headline to the Dikler's column in Wednesday's Racing Post. He was talking about The Gentleman's Shop in Hungerford where hairdresser Cara Dinham was commenting on the hair and style (or lack of it) of some of her trainer customers.

Apparently Clive Cox's choice of hairstyle owes a lot to fellow trainer Tom Dascombe.
"Tom was late for an appointment once", Cara explains " and I told him I couldn't cut his hair because of the next customer's appointment. He asked me to do whatever was quickest, so I shaved it all off. He hasn't been back recently."

Declarations and Entries w/c 31st March 2008

2008-04-02T11:44:00.001+01:00

Desert Dreamer is entered in another claimer at Kempton Park today at 6.50 pm and is entered again on Saturday 5th April at Lingfield in a seven furlong Handicap Stakes at 2.10.

Firth of Fifth is entered on Saturday 5th April in a five furlong Maiden Auction Stakes at Lingfield at 3.55.

Naughty Thoughts 5.05 pm at Folkestone

2008-04-01T09:58:00.002+01:00

The Racing Post's verdict is:

Tom Dascombe has quickly made a name for himself and he could have made a shrewd purchase in Naughty Thoughts (nap) who is bred to be fully effective over this trip and made a good start for him at Wolverhampton last time.

Runners, declarations and entries w/c 30 March 2008

2008-03-29T18:50:00.003Z

Desert Dreamer was our ninth winner of the year at Lingfield on Friday.

Tomorrow, Sunday, Hope Road runs in the maiden juvenile hurdle at Kempton at 2.00 pm. There are only eight runners and Timmy Murphy rides.

On Tuesday 1 April Naughty Thoughts is entered in a mile and a half race at Folkestone.

On Wednesday Rowan River is entered at Nottingham at 4.10 pm. and Desert Dreamer is entered in another claimer at Kempton Park at 6.50 pm.

Classic Blade is entered on Thursday at Leicester at 2.10pm. Hopefully he will be our first 2yo runner of the season.

There is a God

2008-03-22T19:42:00.002Z

Having always suffered from vertigo (including feeling funny when standing on a chair to change a light bulb)I became hugely nervous as Friday afternoon approached. As I said to Rodney Masters on Good Friday afternoon, I was overwhelmed by relief when the organiser apologised to me that (bungee) jumping was cancelled due to high winds. I am sure nobody will ask for their sponsorship monies to be returned, will they?

Thank you to everyone who pledged their support.

The Lambourn Open Day was very successful for us, despite the weather, and we had a steady stream of visitors all morning. It was amazing how relaxed the horses were despite the attention they were receiving.

In the All-Weather Trainers Championship which ran from the end of the turf season in November 2007 to 20 March 2008 I had 10 winners from 34 runners a strike rate of 29%. This strike rate was bettered by only one other trainer, in the top 50, E.J O'Neill whose rate was 31%, with 11 winners out of 35 runners.

With the Open Day out of the way it is now down to the serious business of tackling my third turf season. It was disappointing that Old Father Zieten didn't make the Brocklesby at Doncaster today but there will be other races for him. I have my first turf runner on Monday at Yarmouth, Rowan River.

On Wednesday Savile's Delight is entered yet again at Southwell in a 5 furlong claimer having just failed to prevail on Thursday. On Friday Desert Dreamer is entered in a 7 furlong claimer at Lingfield.

Lambourn Open Day

2008-03-20T09:11:00.001Z

It is the Lambourn Open Day tomorrow, Good Friday, and we are expecting quite a number of people to be visiting the yard. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. The admission price is £12 and this entitles people to visit as many of the yards in Lambourn as they wish as well as entrance to the field for the events in the afternoon.

Tom is captain of the trainers tug of war team and has also volunteered to do a bungee jump. He needs your support because the whole event is in aid of Lambourn Valley Housing Trust and the Air Ambulance Service and he has to have sponsorship for his moment of madness. All contributions, whatever the amounts, will be gratefully received

The Open Day is being sponsored by Betfair and with their help the majority of the operating costs will be covered so that more of the monies raised will go to the charities.

It looks as though Old Father Zieten has no hope of getting a run in the Brocklesby on Saturday at Doncaster. He needs 16 of the horses entered to come out if he is to make the cut.

On Easter Monday Rowan River is engaged at Yarmouth in a mile fillies handicap at 3.25 pm.

2008-03-17T10:18:00.000Z

Declarations and entries w/c 17 March 2008

Gross Prophet is declared for tomorrow, Tuesday, at Kempton Park in a 7f handicap at 4.30 pm. There are just seven runners and he is drawn 5. Richard Kingscote rides.

On Thursday Savile’s Delight is entered at Southwell in a 5f claimer at 3.10 pm.

I have today entered Old Father Zieten for the first 2yo race of the turf season at Doncaster on Saturday. There may be lots of runners and we may not get a run. We will just have to see.

I’d like to wish all our friends from Ireland a happy St Patrick’s Day.

With best wishes,

Tom

Update

2008-03-14T12:23:00.001Z

I understand there are lots of non-runners today, including Poquelin. As such I am going to put the 5 points on a little double at the suggestion of a good friend. So the new bet would be 2.5 EW double on Wingman (10/1) and County Zen (13/2) @ Betfred.

Who will win the Gold Cup?

2008-03-14T11:53:00.001Z

Before reading this I just wanted to say that I had to ask Bill to write the entry and get the prices for me this morning as I have early meetings. He did everything correct apart from saying which bookmakers to take the price. As such I'm afraid you will have to believe me/him with regard to them!

I had a great day at Cheltenham yesterday being corporately entertained. It was fun to go by stretch limo, filled with beer and Champagne. It was also great to catch up with Tom in the bar and say "Hi" to lots of friends. I don't feel as bad today as I thought I would.

I managed to find one winner yesterday in Albertas Run but can’t believe I omitted Old Benny, my namesake.

I'm not going to go for broke today and blow every point I have left.....well maybe close to it.

My selections are:

2 pt win patent Chomba Womba (12.30 pm) at 3/1, Group Captain (1.05 pm) at 5/1 and Song of Songs (1.40 pm) at 8/1

10 pts win Group Captain (1.05 pm) at 5/1

20 pts lay Kauto Star in the Gold Cup (3.30 pm) at evens.

7.5 pts EW Mon Michel (5.20 pm) at 10/1

2.5 pts EW Poquelin (5.20 pm) at 33/1

I'm a big fan of Gaspara but I think Chomba Womba will win because I can’t believe Nicky Henderson and Mick FitzGerald won’t have a Festival winner this year.

I have been sweet on Group Captain all week and used to follow him when he was trained by Roger Charlton on the flat particularly when he was ridden by Richard Kingscote who was two from three.

Whilst I expect Kauto Star to 'run well' I think evens is too short. I think 'the field' maybe better than we all think.

Mon Michel has had nothing but bad luck so far being injured just before the Tote Trophy and then clipping the top of the first hurdle in the Sunderlands Imperial Cup and losing Jamie Moore. It is surely his turn to be lucky.

However, a little bit each way on Poquelin, Sam Thomas’s mount, may just help the bank balance. I’d like to think that Paul Nichols had found one winner for him at this year’s Festival. In actual fact i have toyed with the idea of perming his mounts today with winning the leading jockeys title for today and the whole festival....I'm sure it would be a long price!

Have a great day!