York Day 2

Authorized did fantastically and I’m thrilled for Pete.  I backed him but I was a bit cowardly and I should have had more on.  It was nearly a very good day as Oasis Wind came close – the unlucky horse in that race was Hitchens, who ran behind Effingham and backs up that form.  Day 2 of York brings the …

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I have a few interesting entries this week. Baldovina is declared in a maiden hurdle for David Pipe on Wednesday night.  There’s a chance she’ll turn her form around, but I think it’s unlikely. Lord Peter Flint may finally make his debut on Friday.  At this stage I don’t know if he’ll stand his ground – we like the horse …

The adventures of Ary

After a lot of hype Ary finally came out on Saturday.  It looked as if he was dead and buried, but in a dramatic finale he stormed back to beat Tom.  Unfortunately King’s Quay came on the wide outside and beat them both – still an excellent second, and if the cards had fallen a little better for him he could …

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Nothing runs for me during the week, but a fair bit of action at the weekend.  Prince Ary is down to run on Saturday at Market Rasen in a race that the Pipe’s have won on several occasions.  He ought to have a decent chance.  Baldovina has two entries for the Saturday and one at Windsor on the Monday – I won’t be …

If you can meet with triumph and disaster…

… and treat those two imposters just the same…  I’m not sure I agree with Rudyard Kipling on that one – I definitely prefer triumph to disaster and I’ve seen a bit of both this week. Authorized‘s defeat last week was a blow – I was hoping he’d have an unbeaten 3yo year.  I’m less comfortable with the tactics of …

Eazy Peazy

I’ve been waiting to write that headline for a long time.  Major Eazy’s win at the fifth attempt on Saturday night was long overdue, and at last we have confirmation of something we have believed for a long time – he is a proper racehorse. Every jockey who has sat on ME has told us that he is a quality …

Update from Tom’s yard

I went to see Tom Dascombe on Thursday, and welcome Shawhill back from France.  The RP rated her run 99, and Timeform gave it 95.  We’ll continue to aim her at listed races or better.  Baldovina was well and she may run tomorrow.  We’ve been trying to get a run into her for a while, but she keeps returning dirty …

Hotting up

Mick and I went down to Lambourn early on Thursday to catch up with a few trainers. We started with Tom Dascombe, and watched all four horses in light work. Conservation has recovered from the gelding operation and also from an accident he had on the horse walker – he’s still a while away from a run though. Master of …