I was woken up early this morning by a lot of excited hollering. It transpired that after a week of waiting Eddie’s front tooth had finally come out – he had put it under his pillow in the middle of the night but the tooth fairy hadn’t come. Jane explained that the tooth fairy comes around quite early and had …

Things are looking up. Whey Sauce ran an excellent race on Friday, finishing well beaten in fourth but comfortably ahead of the rest of the field and showing the ability in the race that she had shown on the gallops. She got to the front too soon – Jack had hoped to keep her covered up but she took off …

The sales have been disappointing to date. The one yearling I put up to sell, my Byron out of Veiled Beauty, did not make her reserve and I got her back. I got a few people to look at her – one of her feet turns in a little, and this was the main objection, but also she has been …

A long week. Leaving aside the fact that Betfair is finally floating after a ten year slog I’ve had plenty of horse action going on. On Monday Jane and I went to Normans Court stud where they were having a stallion parade. Winker was on show – it was nice to see him and I couldn’t believe how he had …

No winners since my last posting, although Nemo Spirit put in a better performance yesterday on his preferred softer ground. I have a couple of real longshots going for Group 1 glory in the next few days – Foghorn Leghorn goes in the Middle Park and Blue Jack goes in the Abbaye. Foghorn loves soft ground and he is the …

It was a very pleasing win for Present Danger at Hamilton. In some respects it was more of a relief than anything else as she was an expensive horse and we had fairly high hopes for her, but she did it in the style of a decent animal. She’ll have another race this year if she keeps her condition and …

On the face of it it wasn’t a great day on Saturday, but there were positives to be drawn. I went to Newbury to meet with Pete and the guys in the syndicate. Toucan Tango nearly got to the front in his maiden – he finished mid div and would have been a little closer as he was eased when …

I’m very busy today, but time for a quick one. I’m back in the farm, and after a couple of weeks waiting my broadband finally came up this morning. If I had more time I might vent some anger at BT. I was happy with Foghorn Leghorn winning last week – coupled with Swindon beating Southampton 1-0 it made for …

I’m finally back in my farmhouse after 8 months out, and it feels great. Having had a bit of space to live in I found it difficult living in a smaller space – also this is home now and it’s where I intend to stay. We stil. Have a load of boxes to unpack but we can take our time. …

I’m moving back into my farmhouse this week after 8 months living up the road – we’ve had the builders in to smarten the place up. I’m hoping that this will be my last move – it will be our seventh house move since the start of Betfair ten years ago. There’s still a lot of work to be done …