We had Paul Mott down to watch his horse Sureness work on
Wednesday as it was her Birthday and he wanted to give her some polos! She went
really well and is bang on course for Cheltenham this Thursday.
That afternoon I managed to get all the lawns mowed although
this seems to be a thankless task as the grass has started growing with a
vengeance.
We have had a house full of children … hence the lack of
blog until now.
James Davies came in to school Libeccio on Thursday. It all
went to plan as he schooled enthusiastically and we were hoping for a good run
on Sunday. I went to Taunton races that afternoon to meet up with Tony Taylor
as we had Superb Story running. The ground had dried up a bit and he did not
run as well as expected but Dougie Costello said he would not let himself down
on the ground as it was too quick. He still finished 4th and I think
he is a lovely prospect for next season and will benefit from being turned away
for the summer.
We had a young girl called Tessa Champion ride out second
lot for us on Friday. We then had an Aintree lunch and had an enjoyable
afternoon watching the action at Aintree. Later on we went to a leaving dinner
at The Plough for Rose Osbourne. She has worked for me for nearly 3 years but
we do not need a full time secretary so we have had to let her go.
Saturday morning Iffy drove me to Heathrow and I flew up to
Edinburgh to attend my nieces wedding. I can’t really understand why
anyone would want to get married on Grand National day!! My brother Robbie and
I made sure that we got to the church extra early so that we could find a pub
in the vicinity as the service finished at 4 leaving us very little time to get
there in order to watch the big race. The service was absolutely lovely and
luckily for us it finished on time enabling us to make it to the pub in time to
shout Many Clouds home. It was a fantastic training performance by Oliver
Sherwood and a great day for Lambourn … well done to all involved.
Sadly I missed the celebratory parade the following day as I
was flying home but Katya was there to watch it and said that the atmosphere
was electric. On the subject of winners. We ran Libeccio up at Market Rasen
that afternoon. He was given a really good ride by James Davies and went on to
win his race by ¾ of a length. It has taken a bit of time for the penny to drop
with him but there should be more to come from him this summer.
Native Explorer ran at Chepstow on Saturday and we also had
hoped for a good run. Unfortunately she found the ground too quick and did not
let herself down and she definitely needs a cut in the ground.
I rode out two lots on Monday morning and was delighted with
Seventh Sky who we plan to run at Ayr on Saturday. We do not have many runners
this week but have got Cheltenham on Thursday ( Sureness ), Fontwell on Friday
( Always Smiling, Verano and Murray Mount ) and Ayr on Saturday ( Seventh Sky
). The runners are all ground dependent but it would be great to have a few
more winners.
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