I’m having a very busy time at the moment and I’ve been a bit slack looking after the blog, so apologies to my readers. My life can be quite frustrating. Since I went part time at Betfair I’ve filled the gaps with all sorts of other stuff. I have my directorship of Swindon Town, I’m chairman of BettorLogic and I’m …
Everyone say Aaah
I went on a bit of a tour last week and I got a selection of photos through yesterday, so here we go. First up – Baldovina’s foal by Dutch Art, only 2 days old; Described as very nice for a first foal. Second up we have my 2yo Rock of Gibraltar / Duchy of Cornwall filly in training with Brian …
Two for the notebook
I was very happy with my two runners yesterday. Astrodome was run out of it in the closing stages, but they went no pace and it turned into a sprint, which was never going to suit him. He’ll improve for that – he was very well this morning and should be out again soon. Theophrastus looked like a possible winner …
Double trouble
Peintre D’Argent ran nicely, looking like the winner for a moment before being tapped for toe, finishing third. She’s still a baby and needs time to mature – I think she’ll make up into a nice animal one day. Two runners today, and a couple that I’m really looking forward to seeing out. Astrodome goes in the first at Sandown, …
Heavy going
King’s Head won nicely yesterday to give me my second successive Sunday winner and I think my first ever winner at Kempton. Fergus Sweeney gave him the perfect ride, dropping him in the middle but on the outside and making his move early to give him plenty of time to get going. He didn’t get too aggressive with him, and …
King’s Head
Just a quickie today as I’m off to Kempton. King’s Head runs in the 2:40 and he’s favourite. He’s been disappointing lately and we’ve dropped him to claiming class. He’s working very well at home and if he puts his best foot forward he’ll win this race in a canter. It’s a big if though. He doesn’t need much of …
Reservations
I laughed when I read the papers this morning. Two years ago I invested in a low budget film called “Morris – a life with bells on” – these things don’t often pay out and I fully expected to lose my investment. They produced the film but they didn’t find a distributor and I assumed that that was the end of …
New kid on the block
A new addition this morning – Baldovina foaled a bay filly. She is described to me as a very good first foal – she’s by Dutch Art. I’ve been hemmed in by snow for the last couple of days – I finally managed to escape late this afternoon. The farm looks amazing – totally white. The children are still off school …
All part of the game
Big Paddy died on Saturday night – he was put down after one of his intestines burst. Colic might sound like a bit of indigestion but it’s a very serious condition – I’ve had three horses go down with it now and only one of them survived. It’s a blow, and a terrible blow to Nick on the back of …
Tough Game
It was a truly depressing day today. Nick Gifford rang late on with three pieces of bad news. Killaghy Castle had a fatal fall at Sandown. He was a lovely horse and a great prospect and I was very sad to hear this news. Theophrastus is injured and is a highly unlikely runner for tomorrow. It’s been one injury after another …