I’ve had the first pics of the new foal – will post when I have more time. She’s very small – partly down to being born early but we think she’s small anyway, which is probably down to the fact that her mother had her very young. She’s well though and looks good – chestnut at the moment although this can …
Cossack dance
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 following further tendon issues …
Not the easiest
A quiet day yesterday – my two boys went to see “The Snowman” up in town with Jane’s mother. Eddie who is four and talks non stop and has opinions on everything had his grandmother laughing all day. He explained his strategy to her for getting us to put the TV on; “I ask mum, and if she says no I ask …
Getting in the mix
I’m having a quiet time of it here on the farm. We’re very exposed here and it’s very cold – we’ve all had the flu and are mostly staying in. The kids (and me) have been spending a lot of time on the Wii, which can be a bit dangerous. There’s this game called Mario Kart where you career around …
Out with the old and in with the new
On we go to 2009, and a happy new year to all readers of the blog. I’ll leave my resolutions for now (still a work in progress…) but here are my investments for the year; 2009 is already booked to be a pretty poor year – the recession is unavoidable and the earthquake that was the banking collapse is stull rumbling. …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all blog readers. Not a lot going on with my horses at the moment. Tifernati comes down to Gary Moore’s any day now, and we should know fairly soon what sort of prospect we have. Astrodome has a massive appetite and is eating Gary out of house and home – we need to get going with him …
Shepherd’s Pie
I’ll be brief again today as I’m on cooking duty – I cook a mean Shepherd’s Pie. Jane got me a couple of framed photos for Christmas – Bouguereau in the Derby and Winker in the July Stakes. They were fantastic professionally taken photos that I’d never seen before – I’ll post them in here when I get time. I couldn’t have been more …
Sporting Greats
Today I will be backing mostly sporting greats at Leopardstown. Kempes goes in the first, and he’s a warm order this morning. It’s a tough one to fathom – he appeared to prefer top of the ground on the flat, although he did well on soft ground on his only hurdle. He may improve for the move to Willie Mullins. …
Back at the knee
Christmas at Black Towers was a fairly quiet affair with most of the family ill. It was pleasant though – traditional and understated. We’ve all had the flu now, and I blame the flights to and from Lapland. I’d love to see a statistical analysis of how much of the time people get ill after flights – if I’m a representative sample it …
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
… and a happy new year to all readers of the blog. It’s a bit belated – I took to my bed early on Christmas Eve with a bad case of flu. Will 2009 be a better year than 2008 or will it just be a hideous year of social unrest? Is the world a better place for the events …