I went to Lapland on the weekend, which was good fun. It was a real winter wonderland – pine forests of deep snow. We had a late night husky ride (they don’t half motor), a reindeer sleigh ride followed by a trek to meet Santa in a hut in the woods and a snowmobile trek. The cabin was decent but the …
Feeling sheepish
No good for Pansy, but an fair run and the general view seems to be that she’s still a bit of a baby and will progress as the season goes on. She didn’t look to get the mile and seven furlongs looks more the ticket. Next time out we’ll run her up with the pace a little more. The positives; …
Comeback trail
I’m having a quiet time of it at the moment – the weather’s been horrible and I’ve had a bad cold. I haven’t had any runners and I haven’t been betting either – I’m still licking my wounds from my big bet on Marine Boy. Marine Boy may come out again at Haydock on Saturday, and we’ll be looking for …
A bad weekend at the office
Ugh. My hopes and dreams from Friday lie crushed and broken. Marine Boy‘s run was too bad to be true. He’s a lot better than that – in a sense I’d have been more concerned if he’d been beaten a couple of lengths. He scoped clean after the race and he trotted up fine – we couldn’t see anything wrong. …
Bring it on
I travelled up to Newmarket late on Monday night with Mick and we checked into a hotel. In the morning I went down to watch work with Pete. Winker was out first lot. He worked extremely well without seeming to extend himself – Pete thought it was there or thereabouts his nicest piece of work this year. Nicky Nutjob, an …
I’m going on The Game
Some interesting racing today, including a couple of runners for me. Lilac Moon goes in the last at Newmarket and Pansy Potter in the 4:25 at Newbury. Tom Dascombe runs a couple of likely types today, and they may both be worth following. Blakfrankisch runs in the first at Newbury, and is ridden by Michaela Sowerby. Michaela is a quality pair …