We had a busy morning on Wednesday as we had a lot of owners for breakfast and in to watch second lot. Jenny Pitman was amongst them as she came to see the horses work as well. I used to ride for Jenny years ago so it was nice to get her down and show her the horses we have. She rang me up later that evening to say how impressed she was with the quality of the horses we have, it was a very nice phone call to receive indeed. Unfortunately I cant really report how the horses worked as it was so foggy. I only saw them for a brief moment but jockeys reported that they all went well despite almost going round the bowl due to not being able to see any of the markers!
On Thursday morning we schooled with Noel, David Crosse and Harry Bannister. They all jumped nicely and Noel gave Harry some advice on how to get Champagne N Caviar jumping well. We also schooled Super Story for the first time, he just had a pop over the barrels in the arena. He is a lovely French import who has run on the flat but seems to have picked up the jumping fairly quickly.
Later in the morning I drove to Taunton where Cody Wyoming won his second chase, he did however run very lazy in front almost giving the race away a couple of times. Jason Maguire gave him a good ride and it was the second win for our Racing Club Members. If you would like more details on the CMRC then please take a look at the dedicated page on our website. We still have members spaces available.
We had a busy day on Saturday with owners in for first lot and nine people for breakfast and a morning on the gallops. We had runners at two meetings, Foxy went to Bangor and I went to Newbury to watch Seventh Sky. I was disappointed in how the horse ran as he was just panicking a bit and ended up being pulled up. Cody Wyoming ran again at Bangor and although very soon after Thursday he was 1/2f in a three horse race so I had to take the chance. Unfortunately his previous race took effect on him turning for home and he only managed second place. We will see what the handicapper does with him on Tuesday but regardless I am sure he is capable of winning again. Portmonarch ran in the novice hurdle. He needs one more run to qualify for a handicap mark then he might be a bit more competitive.
It was great day for Lambourn on Saturday with Oliver Sherwood winning the Hennessy Gold Cup with Many Clouds. I was very pleased for all those involved with the horse, it was an extremely gutsy display in testing conditions. I sure everybody celebrated with some conviction and a few sore heads still this morning!
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