Treat those two imposters

It was a big night last night, with Lord Snooty finally justifying our belief in him by winning his maiden in the US in smart style.  I went to bed feeling exhilirated.  My Blackberry rang early this morning, showing Pete’s name.  Pete never rings early unless it is bad news – as I picked it up I was praying it would be about one …

Highs and Lows

It’s a big time of year as an owner, and there are highs and lows.  Aintree was ultimately a real mix, and there was a lot of good and bad on Saturday.  I didn’t go up as I was at AFC Wimbledon for a match that my wider family were sponsoring in memory of my great uncle, who owned the club in the 60’s …

The big day approaches

The big day approaches, and unusually for me I don’t have an ante-post position in the National.  In my younger days I was crazily obsessive about the race – it got to the point where I was so tense beforehand that I could barely watch it.  A couple of times I can remember watching the race on TV peering through the door …

Fortune favours the Bravery

I have a runner at Aintree tomorrow with Prince Ary getting in to the last race and I think he has a very respectable chance.  It’s his second run back from a wind op, he ran well for a long while last time before he blew up and he may strip a bit fitter this time – he has the right …

Watching and waiting

Hope Road ran a good race but just got edged out – frustrating and my luck is out at the moment.  He’s at least a half decent horse, and he’s running fairly consistently now.  He’ll go away for the year and come back in the autumn – he still has his maiden status and he really ought to be able …