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 …

Ary goes for a big prize

The boss had a late one last night after the Betfair Pro-Am Golf Tournament so I’ll fill in for now. Bert has Prince Ary running at Market Rasen (3.45) today in a valuable handicap hurdle with £30,000+ to the winner. He was touched off by a short head on his only previous visit to the track in a similarly competitive …

Blame it on the Bougie

Bouguereau runs in the 4.40 at Goodwood, and anything other than a win will be a disappointment.  His came fourth last time in the Criterium du Fonds, a listed race at Deaville which is a group race in all but name.  The prize money for this race is greater than that for the Flying Childers yesterday which is a group …

Winker waits

Pete called us after Winker‘s work this morning and said he is still running a bit flat and needs more time.  We could have run him over the weekend in group company but he’s too good a horse to take liberties with.  The Middle Park is only three weeks away and that is his next target – he should be …

Men with cats

Ultimately a disappointing week horse wise, but a good break with the family. We took the quick ferry over to France on the Monday – around 3 hours from Portsmouth to Cherbourg and a 2 hour drive the other end.  It was fairly uneventful – my one observation was that although I wasn’t driving that fast in France I wasn’t …

The adventures of Ary

After a lot of hype Ary finally came out on Saturday.  It looked as if he was dead and buried, but in a dramatic finale he stormed back to beat Tom.  Unfortunately King’s Quay came on the wide outside and beat them both – still an excellent second, and if the cards had fallen a little better for him he could …

Entries

Nothing runs for me during the week, but a fair bit of action at the weekend.  Prince Ary is down to run on Saturday at Market Rasen in a race that the Pipe’s have won on several occasions.  He ought to have a decent chance.  Baldovina has two entries for the Saturday and one at Windsor on the Monday – I won’t be …

Showing form

Another winner for the string and my betting form is still very solid. Prince Ary won easily and posted the best time of the night – he finished tired but he appeared to stay the slightly longer distance. Hernando Royal was a well backed and easy winner. The bet that got away was Potentiale in the last at Beverley, who …

Ratings

Winker Watson, recently top of the Racing Post 2yo ratings with 92 has slipped to fourth – Major Eazy is joint seventh on 88. Achilles of Troy tops the list with 100. Call me a pedant but I don’t like the name – Achilles was Greek and he fought against the Trojans, not with them. Shawhill has been raised from …