The July sale at Tattersalls has just come and gone, and also a big sale at Saint Cloud. We’ve been pretty busy, but the market still feels pretty toppy and the selling has gone better than the buying. Three of the string sold last week. Thunderbolt Jaxon made £6k, Master of the Race £11k and Conservation £16k. I’m pleasantly surprised …
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 …
Catching up
Mon Michel ran second, ridden to sleep by a horse I suspect will turn out to be pretty decent. It was disappointing but not surprising – he’ll always be better value at long odds in a competitive handicap than as a short priced favourite in a little race. Master of the Race ran another poor race – we’ll probably stick him …
Today’s runners
Two runners today – Mon Michel in the first at Uttoxeter and Master of the Race in the last at Sandown. I’ve just got off the phone to Gary. We’re running Mon Michel because he needs this to qualify for the Jewson in October, which is his early target. If the ground is too firm then we will pull him …
Master reverts to the flat
Master of the Race has not been a resounding success over hurdles, so we’re taking him back to the flat hoping for a bit more luck – he runs in the 5.30 at Goodwood today. He’s one of those horse who is good on the home gallops but hasn’t done it on the racecourse. When he was bought he had …
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 …