Theophrastus (4 Yo) | Trainer: NICK GIFFORD
Pictured here with Josh last summer. We bought him in Ireland as a 4yo store. He’s working well but has been slow to mature and is still unraced. I have high hopes for him as a chaser, but it will be a while before we get there.
Posted in Berts Horses, Theophrastus on Feb 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
I’m having a very busy time at the moment and I’ve been a bit slack looking after the blog, so apologies to my readers.
My life can be quite frustrating. Since I went part time at Betfair I’ve filled the gaps with all sorts of other stuff. I have my directorship of Swindon Town, I’m chairman [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Theophrastus on Feb 14th, 2009 5 Comments »
I was very happy with my two runners yesterday.Â
Astrodome was run out of it in the closing stages, but they went no pace and it turned into a sprint, which was never going to suit him. He’ll improve for that - he was very well this morning and should be out again soon.Â
Theophrastus looked like [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Theophrastus on Feb 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
Peintre D’Argent ran nicely, looking like the winner for a moment before being tapped for toe, finishing third. She’s still a baby and needs time to mature - I think she’ll make up into a nice animal one day.
Two runners today, and a couple that I’m really looking forward to seeing out.
Astrodome goes in the [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Theophrastus on Feb 9th, 2009 3 Comments »
King’s Head won nicely yesterday to give me my second successive Sunday winner and I think my first ever winner at Kempton. Fergus Sweeney gave him the perfect ride, dropping him in the middle but on the outside and making his move early to give him plenty of time to get going. He didn’t get [...]
Posted in Berts Horses, Theophrastus on Feb 6th, 2009 4 Comments »
I laughed when I read the papers this morning. Two years ago I invested in a low budget film called “Morris - a life with bells on” - these things don’t often pay out and I fully expected to lose my investment. They produced the film but they didn’t find a distributor and I assumed that [...]
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, Theophrastus on Jan 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
An exciting day yesterday as my three fillies arrived at Watership Down from Japan. They flew from Japan to Amsterdam and were boxed the remainder. There’s a lot of risk in this type of journey and they seem to be injury free which is a relief. I’ll give them a few days to settle in [...]
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, 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 Baldovina, Berts Horses, Mon Michel, Theophrastus on Jan 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’ve been very busy this week and I’ve had no time for blogging. It’s all a bit odd - I’m not working any more but all of the time I’ve freed up has been filled and more. By the time I’ve fed and dropped of the children (leave at 7:30, hour round trip), been to [...]
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 Theophrastus on Mar 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
(4 Yo) | Trainer: NICK GIFFORD
Pictured here with Josh last summer. We bought him in Ireland as a 4yo store. He’s working well but has been slow to mature and is still unraced. I have high hopes for him as a chaser, but it will be a while before we get there.
