I drove to Newbury racecourse later that day for an NTF meeting as I am a council member. One of the guest speakers was David Muir from the RSPCA and interestingly enough it was quite clear that he didn't have a clue what he was going on about.
We also had a USSEE running at Southwell with Harry Bannister onboard. She ran a very game race to finish second which I thought was a creditable effort as I would have liked to have put another ten days work into her. I liked her attitude a lot.
By Wednesday it was the second day of riding all the horses that have had a summer break. They are now hacking round the village and so far we have only had Ben take an unexpected involuntary dismount from the very fresh BIG JER to write up in the accident report form!
Katya's new car turned up on Friday and I an glad to say that if our new horse box doesn't turn up soon then at least the Q7 is big enough to fit at least two horses in! It also has so many seats that after our family trip to Scotland next week I can also see it being used as the Saturday racing minibus-I am taking bookings for Cheltenham and Royal Ascot already!
On Saturday we went to Clifton to see some friends and watch the King George. Although Clifton is a stunning place I do think it is looking a bit tired which is a shame. The same cannot be said for Taghrooda who won really well, she was mightily impressive and I would love to see her contest that Arc where she will take on SEVENTH SKY'S nephew Sea The Moon.
Willy and Suzie Watson kindly invited us to a lovely lunch on Sunday, their hospitality is always second to none. It was a nice end to the week as I always find the first week when the horses come back slightly stressful. I have had particular trouble with the children's lot!
SURENESS runs at Uttoxeter today, it might possibly be a week to soon for her as her two runs took a lot of out her but I think she must take her chance today as the race cut up significantly.
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