Big Paddy (4 Yo) | Trainer: NICK GIFFORD
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy on Feb 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Big Paddy died on Saturday night - he was put down after one of his intestines burst. Colic might sound like a bit of indigestion but it’s a very serious condition - I’ve had three horses go down with it now and only one of them survived.  It’s a blow, and a terrible blow to [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Theophrastus on Feb 1st, 2009 5 Comments »
It was a truly depressing day today. Nick Gifford rang late on with three pieces of bad news.
Killaghy Castle had a fatal fall at Sandown. He was a lovely horse and a great prospect and I was very sad to hear this news.
Theophrastus is injured and is a highly unlikely runner for tomorrow. It’s been one [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Theophrastus on Jan 12th, 2009 6 Comments »
Exciting news - Park Acclaim foaled down a filly this evening, the first foal ever born to one of my mares. I don’t know if she’s a grey (Park Acclaim is grey, by Clodovil) - she’s by Motivator. I’ll post some pictures later in the week.
Other horse news is poor. Big Paddy has been retired [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Bet Noir, Big Paddy, Horse Racing, Kings Head, Lilac Moon, Marine Boy, Mon Michel, Shawhill, Shepherds Warning, Theophrastus on Dec 18th, 2008 7 Comments »
I’m going through a quiet period horse wise. Mon Michel is probably out for the season, and he was possibly my best prospect for this year. Tifernati was bought to go hurdling this year, but he had a massive wart on his backside which had to be removed - he should go in to Gary’s [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Ours, Prince Ary on May 14th, 2008 5 Comments »
Jane and I had an excellent day out on Monday when we had a tour of a couple of stud farms in the Newbury area.Â
We dropped the children off early and I gave the dog a quick walk. I’d ordered a driver for the day and we left home at around 9:30 - an hour later we [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Effingham, Kings Head, Ours on Apr 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve had jumpers running over the last few days with no luck In truth it’s been a pretty disappointing jumps season - some fairly expensive purchases have run poorly, the only real high point having been Mon Michel winning a few months ago. I’m pretty happy with what I have for the flat this year though [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Horse Racing, Ours on Apr 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Max One Two Three did an important piece of work this morning, and was scoped afterwards. She worked really nicely and scoped clean - we are now bang on for the 1,000. She will have one more piece of work early next week and that will be it. She is a very decent filly with a [...]
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, Better Together, Big Paddy, Bouguereau on Mar 21st, 2008 7 Comments »
A busy day yesterday. I’m still trying to name my 2yos after my last name (Ming Ming, apparently too like minger) was rebuffed last time.  I decided I liked “Killer Queen” for my Kyllachy and I called Pete - he liked it. I also told Tom Dascombe that I wanted to call my One Cool Cat colt [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy, Ours on Feb 29th, 2008 6 Comments »
I’ve finally got myself sorted with a reliable internet connection, and I can get back to my blogging. It’s been a busy week.
Last week I finally moved into my farm - 330 acres in the rolling Surrey countryside.  Four woods making 55 acres, one decent sized lake, six ponds and a little brook running through the middle. They [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Big Paddy on Feb 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Not a great day Saturday for the Black family coffers, although I managed a little late damage limitation. The football wasn’t great either with Swindon losing 1-0, but my man at the game was reasonably positive about how we played.
Pete C-H runs two at Lingfield today, both trading at very short prices. As far as [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Better Together, Big Paddy, Horse Racing, Ours, Theophrastus on Oct 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
I visited Nick Gifford€™s yard in Findon on Wednesday morning to catch up with news of the four horses owned by the Core Strength syndicate of which Bert forms a third. The horses are all five year old geldings who were selected with a long term perspective and there has been little racecourse action from [...]
Posted in Big Paddy on Mar 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
(4 Yo) | Trainer: NICK GIFFORD
