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 owned the club in the 60’s …
Watching and waiting
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 really ought to be able …
Easy Peasy
A nice result for Bouguereau, winning very much as he liked and doing it in good style. Realistically he only did what he had a right to do – on all known form he was in a different league to anything else in the race, and so it proved. It’s a small hurdle negotiated though, and if he comes out of the …
Bougie Baby
A poor betting start to the flat on Saturday, and missing out on backing an easy winner of Pete’s. Don’t Panic looks the business – I wonder if he has worked with Winker. Bouguereau runs in the first at Pontefract, and he needs to win well if we are to keep on believing that he could be special one day. …
Inalienable wrongs
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 “Marine Boy”. I texted the …
Roll on the Flat
Back from a long week at Cheltenham and a lot to catch up on. Mon Michel didn’t run his race. He needs to come off a strong pace and there was no pace on early. He needs half decent ground and he didn’t get it. The horse is fine and he’ll be winning again soon. I don’t think Kauto Star …
Chapple-Hyam update
I had a long chat with Pete today – I really do need to find some time to go down and watch the horses work, as he is just beginning to wind them up. I haven’t updated my horse list for a while – I own or part own six horses with Pete. The are two 3yos – Winker Watson (as …
Case to be answered
First things first, and the diet’s going ok – 18st3 this morning. I’ve had a headache but nothing worse than that – I still haven’t worked out how I intend to do it, but the one thing I know I must do is break my sugar habit permanently. Thanks all for the encouraging comments. I’m having a fairly quiet patch …
All guns blazing
Winker made the front page of the Racing Post today as Jeremy went public with our ambitious plans. Winker is extremely well and we think he’s the best 2yo out there – we’re going to try to win both the Middle Park and the Dewhurst to prove our point, and we’re hoping we can persuade Jim Bolger to run New Approach against …
A Grand National
Another poor and slightly unsatisfactory day yesterday with Bouguereau not helped by traffic problems. I don’t agree with the Racing Post writer’s opinion that we were beaten “fair and square in third” – I’ve watched the race several times and I’d say the interference almost certainly cost us second place and it’s perfectly possible we could have got up. I’m …