Posted in Baldovina, Berts Horses, Shawhill, Winker Watson on Jul 17th, 2007 No Comments »
… and treat those two imposters just the same… I’m not sure I agree with Rudyard Kipling on that one - I definitely prefer triumph to disaster and I’ve seen a bit of both this week.
Authorized’s defeat last week was a blow - I was hoping he’d have an unbeaten 3yo year. I’m less comfortable [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Horse Racing, Winker Watson on Jul 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
I thought it was an absolutely stunning performance from Winker in the July Stakes - everything went wrong and we still won. I couldn’t have a higher opinion of the horse. We have believed for a while now that it would be an understatement to just call him a classy horse - his work at [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Jul 7th, 2007 9 Comments »
With Haydock off Shawhill misses her chance today, but the race is rescheduled for Wednesday at Newmarket. I don’t think we’ll go for it now - it was always a big ask trying to win a group 2, and there’s a Listed race at Longchamp on Saturday that looks more suitable. It’s a 3yo fillies [...]
Posted in Horse Racing on Jul 3rd, 2007 8 Comments »
I’ve been very busy lately and I haven’t been updating my blog as I should - fortunately I’ve had a couple of able deputies keeping things moving.
George and Ned started on a week’s work experience last Monday, and it was great to have them around. Betfair is an interesting place to be - the atmosphere [...]
Posted in Baldovina, Berts Horses, Captain Hurricane, Conservation, Horse Racing, Major Eazy, Master of the Race, Shawhill, Winker Watson on Jul 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve been waiting to write that headline for a long time. Major Eazy’s win at the fifth attempt on Saturday night was long overdue, and at last we have confirmation of something we have believed for a long time - he is a proper racehorse.
Every jockey who has sat on ME has told us that [...]
