Noel Fehily came in on Tuesday and rode couple of lots for us, at this time of year he doesn't get in much as he is off riding out around the country so it is great when he does have time to make it in. Later that day a caterer came in to give us a quote for the food at our wedding, it was nearly a £100 a head so I showed him the door pretty quickly!
We worked four horses on Wednesday. Sureness and Almost Gemini went to the back of the hill and both put in a good bit and Lambro worked with Seventh Sky. It was Seventh Sky's first bit, he looks a like a massive bull of a thing at the moment so we will need to get cracking with him. That afternoon I drove to Preston to take a look at a new two box that we are having made. We have decided to trade in our large horse box as it is now becoming difficult to find anybody qualified to drive it. We will now have two small boxes which anyone can drive.
On Thursday Gavin Sheehan came in to school, he jumped Sureness who showed a little bit of life giving a quick whip round (she is incredibly lazy, I even took a blood test to make sure she was feeling alright as you just wouldn't know from what she shows at home!) and Almost Gemini for the first time over fences, he actually showed plenty of scope so fences may well bring out the best in him - we will see though.
I have had builders in the house all week, we have a new kitchen floor and all sorts of other refurbishments, it really is starting to look great but with so many people in the house I have felt like a stranger in my own home, I will be glad when we can resume to normal!
We had four red letter days in on Saturday morning which was good timing as it was the first morning I planned to set up the routine and work a couple. Most of them did two canters upsides with the second time going a half speed. Plum Stone and Royal redemption looked fabulous and shouldn't take long to come to hand. The horses that had wind ops are still a little bit behind the others but they are now doing two canters and coping with that well.
Michael and Mandy Bowlby jumped a horse around our loose school on Sunday and then stayed for a nice lunch. We watched Sureness win a novice hurdle at Plumpton after pudding! She was very badly in on the weights having won three novice hurdles so she carried a large penalty against those rated higher than her but I didn't fancy the look of the handicap she was entered in. She drifted out in the betting to 12-1 which put us on the edge of our seats however shouldn't have been so nervous as she won really well, lunch went on for a little longer after that! She will unfortunately be crucified by the handicapper but being a 4yo she has plenty more to come. I will take a look at races for her next month but she may well have a little holiday now.
There are some pictures of her on www.sdphotos.co.uk
Our new Head Lad / Assistant Trainer 'Foxy' started today, he comes from Nigel Twiston-Davis' with a great reference. We are looking forward to having him on board and hope he will be a great asset to the team.
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