A fellow called Nick China came to visit on Friday - we went
to lunch at The Malt Shovel with Nick Gaselee who he seemed to know quite well
The Malt Shovel opened the day before and it has been a
roaring success. There were literally people queueing to get in on the Thursday
night and as I negotiated the terms, I am delighted that it is going so well
for Luke Davies and his father John.
John Francome came to pick me up on Friday night and we went
down to The Malt for a very quick one as John doesn’t drink.
We had Red Letter Days here on Saturday and unfortunately
Katya was ill, so I had to draft in Kim Meehan to help cook me breakfast and
ferry me around the gallops.
A friend of mine called Tony Stapleton picked me up to take
me to Fontwell as Le Legro was running for The Neardowners. He ran a really
nice race, and if he had just jumped a little bit quicker, he would have won,
but as it happened, he finished 2nd. Noel Fehily liked him and said
he should win next time! Don’t forget there are still 3 shares available in him,
along with the two others in the syndicate, and they look very good value at
this time.
When I got back from the races I was absolutely exhausted,
so I don’t think I’ll be going racing again for a while, or at least until I am
off these crutches!
We were meant to have three runners on Sunday, but the
ground was too firm at Kelso, so poor old Seventh Sky was driven up to Kelso
and back to no avail. Aspasius finished 4th in his first Juvenile
Hurdle race for Paul Mott, but he is clearly too weak to get the trip right
now, so we are planning a flat campaign with him now, and then he will
hopefully go jumping next season. Victor Leudorum ran quite well at Uttoxeter –
he blew the cobwebs away and should improve from the race.
On Monday we had our Monday Lunch Club down at the Malt
Shovel. We had a very good turnout, although the chairman is currently residing
in Great Western Hospital right now – Evelyn Faber, so we hope he is out soon!
To Begin ran at Market Rasen and he ran with far more
promise as he didn’t bleed and finished 4th. He will hopefully
improve from there.
I managed to see all the horses out this morning and we are
planning to run Quebec tomorrow at Towcester. We are starting to run a few
horses at long last and we have some nice entries at the weekend – Seventh Sky
will either run at Newton Abbot or Chepstow, Morney Wing is in at Chepstow, as
is Capatosta and Murray Mount.
The horses are certainly coming to themselves and I hope we
find a few winners in the next couple of runs!!!
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