Posted in Berts Horses, Lord Snooty, Winker Watson on Apr 12th, 2008 4 Comments »
It was a big night last night, with Lord Snooty finally justifying our belief in him by winning his maiden in the US in smart style. I went to bed feeling exhilirated. My Blackberry rang early this morning, showing Pete’s name. Pete never rings early unless it is bad news - as I picked it up I was [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Better Together, Big Paddy, Bouguereau, Effingham, Furtive Glance, Horse Racing, Lord Snooty, Mon Michel, Ours, Shawhill, Theophrastus, Winker Watson on Apr 10th, 2008 6 Comments »
It’s a big time of year as an owner, and there are highs and lows. Aintree was ultimately a real mix, and there was a lot of good and bad on Saturday. I didn’t go up as I was at AFC Wimbledon for a match that my wider family were sponsoring in memory of my great uncle, who [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Horse Racing, Mon Michel on Apr 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
The big day approaches, and unusually for me I don’t have an ante-post position in the National. In my younger days I was crazily obsessive about the race - it got to the point where I was so tense beforehand that I could barely watch it. A couple of times I can remember watching the race on [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Prince Ary on Apr 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
I have a runner at Aintree tomorrow with Prince Ary getting in to the last race and I think he has a very respectable chance. It’s his second run back from a wind op, he ran well for a long while last time before he blew up and he may strip a bit fitter this time [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Bouguereau, Winker Watson on Apr 2nd, 2008 3 Comments »
Hope Road ran a good race but just got edged out - frustrating and my luck is out at the moment. He’s at least a half decent horse, and he’s running fairly consistently now. He’ll go away for the year and come back in the autumn - he still has his maiden status and he [...]
