We worked a few horse on Wednesday morning, Tony Stapleton came in to see Run To The Rhythm being put through his paces. Seventh Sky roared up the bank and Cedre Bleu did a nice bit. Later that day I went to get my shoulder treated at Oaksey House by Kate Badger. I think it seems to have done the trick. Oaksey House is an extrodinary place, I think they offer a great service. The jockeys are extremely luckly to have a place they can go to and I am sure it goes a long way to keeping them fit, healthy and on the road.
On Thursday morning it really rained! We schooled Native Explorer and Libeccio. Cody Wyoming ran at Catterick, he stayed over night so he was well rested after his journey there. He made most of the running and jumped beautifully, he managed to win by a couple of lengths. Catterick do a good job and the prize money is top notch. Cody Wyoming has been a phenomenon this year, he has been first three times and second in his other three runs. We still have membership in the CMRC available. With a lot of new people to racing in the CMRC they have all had an excellent time being involved with such a fantastic horse.
On Friday I rode out for the first time in a while which I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed and my shoulder didn't feel too bad. We ran Seventh Sky at Huntingdon in a chase that on paper looked quite competitive. Apart from trying to demolish the second fence he ran a nice race, he jumped the last upsides a fairly good horse and put seventh lengths in between them when he got to the line. He was very impressive and I hope the handicapper doesn't kill him. He has some constitution as that was his tenth run of the season and he still looks as big as when he came in! I have to say I am glad his mistake at the second wasn't as bad as the one at Newbury below!
We had Andy Stone stay on Friday night and the next morning Bill Brindle came to see the horses work and discuss plans for their new syndicate 'The Steeplechasers'. We had a good meeting and I am proud to endorse this new venture, I am also very excited to be training the horses for the syndicate. Andy and Bill have worked very hard to get this up and running and they have great vision of where they see the syndicate heading. We all believe this new initiative is the way forward to bring higher quality Saturday horses in to the yard. I would be delighted to see some of my owners and some new faces join the syndicate for the 2015-2016 season. To kick start the launch, Andy, Bill and myself are hosting a days racing for interested parties at Sandown Park on the 31st January.
'During the past ten years of racehorse ownership I have found the key for me is the fun of watching good quality competitive horses with like minded co-owners. The syndicate will be based on tweleve members of 'The Steeplechasers' syndicate buying in at an upfront cost of £10,000, to be invested initially in three decent horses. It is important to us that all twelve shareholders will be on an equal footing with the involvement of the horse purchases. I am also excited about the use of our own app which will provide a platform for every member to comment and express their views.'
Andy Stone & Bill Brindle
Libeccio ran at Kempton on Saturday, he finished fourth which I was a tad disappointed with but Noel did report that he would go better with a tongue strap. Katya and I then joined Paul Mott and Jackie at the Butchers Hook before heading to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea beat my team Newcastle 2-0. We then had a very good dinner at Kozu and stayed the night in London.
After a very good breakfast Katya and I went to have drinks with Nigel and Ros Kempner in The Heron Tower. We then had the most delicious lunch (including beetroot sorbet!) at the Mondrian Hotel on the bank of the Thames. It was extremely good food as you can see from the pictures below. We drove back to Lambourn later that day after having had a very enjoyable weekend in London.
We have a few entries this week but the weather is going to play a large part in where they all head. I rode Superb Story today and I can say he felt very well, he may well go to Ascot on Saturday. Cedre Bleu has entries at Ascot and Haydock next weekend.
On Saturday Rose sat out riding out and came up the gallops to do some filming, she has made a short film with the footage to give you a taste of a Saturday morning on the gallops. I hope you enjoy watching it. If it doesn't appear below follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhij9MIV3VM
On Saturday Rose sat out riding out and came up the gallops to do some filming, she has made a short film with the footage to give you a taste of a Saturday morning on the gallops. I hope you enjoy watching it. If it doesn't appear below follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhij9MIV3VM
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