I’ve had better

I’ve had better weekends.  On Friday in the day my main fancies ran badly, although I found a couple of winners to limit the damage.  I had three runners in the evening, all fancied a little bit and they all finished tailed off!  I decided to have a go at the Scoop6 on Saturday – I put only one in each of the …

Harty and Hendy

Three runners at Wolverhampton this evening, and I may go up.  King’s Head goes in the 8:50 and both Shepherd’s Warning and Effingham go in the 9:20. King’s Head comes here mainly because we haven’t had the right ground to run him over the jumps.  He doesn’t like it soft and it’s tough finding the right opportunities for him over …

Longshot

More disappointment on Saturday with Winker running no sort of race.  In many respects it was a run that was too bad to be true – he was being niggled to go the pace almost from the start and we knew our fate before the half way point.  I think the will is still there but he’s not moving like …

Free to a good home

A good day on Sunday with King’s Head doing it nicely.  He needs it G/F or firm and given that he has invariably delivered when he has had his ground I probably should have given him a stronger write up.  He may come out again on the weekend – he has entries on Saturday at Market Rasen and Sunday at Ascot.  Market …

Mixed news

I’ve been ringing around today and the news is mixed. Lilac Moon has jarred one of her feet and it’s badly swollen.  It’s probably nothing major but we’re having a scan to be sure – she was down to run at Lingfield on Tuesday, but has obviously been left out.  It’s annoying as she’s been in great form at home …

Celeb action

Winker finally returned to action, but it was a disappointment.  He was seventh out of 16 in the Prix Jean Prat – a strong race, not disgraced but frankly I was hoping for a lot better. There were excuses.  He lost a shoe coming out of the stalls – he subsequently lost 3 or 4 lengths going round the bend.  …

Not what I was looking for

Sill no luck with the horses.  Effingham was last in his race and Skid Solo was last but one – not the results I was looking for.  It’s all small fry compared to Max’s run on Sunday, and I haven’t wasted any luck. Effingham was truly awful and we couldn’t find any obvious excuses.  He’s destined for the July sale at …

Little do they know

The week begins and all my thoughts are with Max One Two Three.  I spoke to Mick earlier and he said he dreamt about her last night – I hope he didn’t cry out anything compromising.  I read a couple of write ups on the 1,000 this morning, neither of them mentioning Max.  “Little do they know” I thought. Bouguereau …

Collateral form

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 – the first big day …

Highs and Lows

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 …