A week away and a lot to report. Effingham came nowhere – the vet has found a small fracture which could be the problem. He’ll be gelded now – should be ok next season. We’ve had a decent offer for Lord Peter Flint which is subject to a vet’s exam – if he passes he’ll be sold. I’ll update later. …
Effingham at Windsor
A good day Saturday. Not so good on Sunday – I’m sad that Authorized’s racing career ended on a low note. Effingham goes today in the first at Windsor. I had a good chat to Barry this morning – having originally thought him to be a sprint type (on the basis of appearance) he now thinks he is more of a …
Go on Baldy
Only one runner today – Baldovina at Fontwell. I’ll be very surprised if she wins. There’s a few I’ll be backing. Tariq has worked out very well and looks the right sort at Longchamp. Creachadoir apparently goes well at home. Armenian Boy is decent in the third at Fontwell. A friend tried to buy Malt or Mash recently but they …
Eazy does it
Hoorah!! Another win for the heroes as Major Eazy triumphs at Salisbury in a pretty hot conditions race under a nice ride from Richard Hughes. He was returned at 12-1, but there was clearly a bit of money for him (ahem…). He’ll go into the sales at some point and this will have done him no harm at all – we’ll probably …
In other news
I’m still reeling over the Winker news – apart from anything else it was only a gentle piece of work today. I really believe he was a virtual certainty in the Middle Park – Pete certainly thought so and the only threat looked to be Sir Gerry – he would have been a very short price. Reading the Betfair forum I …
Winker out
Desperate news from Pete – Winker had a setback today and will now miss the rest of the season. He did a light piece of work this morning and he was fine immediately afterwards, but he was sore and a bit stiff later on and they called in the vet. An X-ray showed no damage, but the vet has advised us …
All guns blazing
Winker made the front page of the Racing Post today as Jeremy went public with our ambitious plans. Winker is extremely well and we think he’s the best 2yo out there – we’re going to try to win both the Middle Park and the Dewhurst to prove our point, and we’re hoping we can persuade Jim Bolger to run New Approach against …
Ary goes for a big prize
The boss had a late one last night after the Betfair Pro-Am Golf Tournament so I’ll fill in for now. Bert has Prince Ary running at Market Rasen (3.45) today in a valuable handicap hurdle with £30,000+ to the winner. He was touched off by a short head on his only previous visit to the track in a similarly competitive …
Runners This Week
As noted by Bert below, I€™m going to be contributing to the blog from time to time to help keep things up to date and maybe prompt further thoughts and discussion. Comments are very welcome. Shepherds Warning runs in the 2.50 at Pontefract to-morrow €“ a Nursery Handicap for fillies run over a mile. She has been raised 17 pounds …
Tragic News
Captain Hurricane died of a heart attack this morning on the gallops. He had recently been transferred to Tom Dascombe and was doing his first serious piece of work this morning. He ran a bit flat and the jockey decided to get off and walk him back to the stable – a few minutes later he keeled over and died …