It's been a busy week for the Coral Racing Club so far, with Diamond Days, Cast No Shadow and Aspire To Glory all turning out across the country. 

The week started with Diamond Days, who travelled to Exeter for his third start over hurdles, and his fourth start under rules. He had been showing improvement since pulling up on his hurdling debut at Fontwell in November, a race in which he ran badly wide to the right around every bend at the West Sussex course. Most of that can be attributed to him learning from his early experiences on track, but he also had an procedure following that race, to release a trapped nerve, which would have made him infinitely more comfortable in all surroundings. 

On Monday afternoon, he travelled well for the majority of the race, well in touch with the leading group and showing no signs of being green. Coming round the bend approaching the third last flight, he was travelling into the race in really nice fashion, and began picking off rivals. However, it appeared the sticky ground began to unravel his charge coming down the home straight at Exeter, as he began to show signs of tiredness and despite Brendan Powell's encouragement, he just couldn't keep up with the leaders coming into the sharp end of the race. 

WATCH: Brendan Powell gives his opinion on Diamond Days' performance at Exeter
Chris Wald was in attendance for the Tizzard team at Wincanton and was relatively impressed by what he saw from our novice hurdler on only his third start, and believes there should be more to come from him when he moves into handicap company.

WATCH: Chris Wald reviews Diamond Days' third run over hurdles
Diamond Days should be set to get his handicap mark early next week, after running in three races over hurdles, so keep an eye on the Coral Racing Club to find out what opening mark he is given by the handicapper.

Next up was Cast No Shadow, who returned to the course and distance where he's enjoyed plenty of success as he took on the 5f trip at Newcastle for the seventh time in his career. 

He took off in the style that's suited him in the past, with jockey Jack Mitchell allowing him to take the lead early, having broken from the stalls best of the field. He continued in front of his five rivals until the furlong pole, where he was headed by both Above and Water Of Leith. Those two horses finished clear and Cast No Shadow followed them home in third, himself well clear of the other three runners in the race in what was a performance that was far closer to his best.

WATCH: Jack Mitchell reflects on Cast No Shadow's third place finish at Newcastle
We caught up with Hugo after Cast No Shadow's race and he provided a post-race update:

"Cast No Shadow seems okay after his much-improved run at Newcastle yesterday. We know that he likes the track there and I hope that the handicapper might drop him again. He seems to be in good form and he is edging back towards the sort of mark that he can win off. Fingers crossed it won’t be too long before he wins his third race."

Check back soon for an update on Cast No Shadow from Hugo Palmer to find out what might be on the agenda for our gelding next.

Aspire To Glory rounded off a busy start to the week, as he travelled to Southwell for a Classified Stakes race over seven furlongs on Wednesday. He was due to run over the same distance at Lingfield on Sunday, but the track unfortunately succumbed to the freezing conditions and was abandoned the morning of the card. 

It wasn't a problem for Aspire To Glory though, as trainer Alice Haynes had entered him in two races on Wednesday as a backup in case one of the options was no longer viable. That proved to be a shrewd move by the Newmarket-based trainer as Aspire To Glory was able to return to a good level of form, coming home in second place behind a very hot favourite who was also rated 7lbs higher but ran off level weights as it was a Classified contest. 

Aspire To Glory broke well from the stalls and was prominent in the running from the get-go, in the lead or at least a share of it right up until the race entered the final furlong. Unfortunately, he just couldn't stay with the heavy favourite and finished just over a length behind in second, but a good two lengths ahead of his nearest rival. 

WATCH: Kieran O'Neill tells us how the race unfolded from his perspective
Trainer, Alice Haynes, sent us this update following the race: 

"Aspire To Glory has come out of yesterday's race well, and it was good to see him return to form. He was beaten by the right horse in the sense that it was favourite and had run well the time before.

Removing the headgear seemed to help, as did the more positive tactics. Kieran felt the horse could go up in trip, he was a bit onepaced through the final furlong, but wasn't weak at the finish either. We might consider an extra half furlong at Wolverhampton, or even the 9.5f trip there, or we may look for something similar to yesterday over a mile again and try and cash in on yesterday's performance.

But it was good to see him back to form and hopefully next time he can go one better."

Alice Haynes has since entered Aspire To Glory in a race over 1m2f at Lingfield and you can enter our latest Owner for the Day competition for your chance to be in attendance at his next run.