Born free

It’s chaotic at home at the moment with the children now full on and with nowhere to hide at home.  Robbie is making life more difficult as he’s found a way to get out of his pen and he keeps running off onto the common that adjoins the farm – I’ve had to go in after him six times in …

Commercial type

A good win for Quaker Parrot on Thursday, and she’s proving to be a nice commercial type.  She isn’t blessed with the ability of some but she loves racing and really lights up when she gets to the track – she’s learning and progressing and on the whole is one to stay on the right side of.  Open Glory, who …

Subtle hints

Long time no blog.  I’ve been out and about for a while now with no blogging time, so a fair bit to catch up on. Last Thursday I went up to Cambridge with Steve Morana, Betfair CFO.  We spent the afternoon in the offices of a small company called Featurespace – they are data analysts specialising in fraud detection.  I studied …

Sports Day 2

A long day in the sun yesterday and I missed all the racing. It was prize giving at school and sports day for the older ones.  Eddie didn’t win his class prize and he moaned loudly for the rest of the ceremony – his cries got louder as each prize was announced.  He was entertaining in his race – I whipped him …