Oh my word doesn't time fly - here we are with a few days till Christmas and although we now have the tree up - my little side kick, Mollie has been taking the decorations off as fast as I put them on. Well at least this year we are experiencing some mild weather - proper knee deep in mud jumping ground. All Christmas cards saying " Let is Snow" certainly arn't getting pride on place on the mantle piece in our house and are lucky they haven't ended up on the fire after the oh too clear memories of this time last year!
Anyway the horses have been running well and Ely battled well to win a second novice hurdle at Doncaster the other Saturday. Vin De Roy made his chasing debut at Chepstow in some rather hot company, his jumping was excellent and has gone on to finish 3rd at Bangor earlier this week. Truckers Princess has been out about and we are pleased she now has her handicap mark. Quousko De L'isop made his hurdling debut on atrocious ground at Uttoxxeter, despite being a little free early on and therefore found conditions under foot a bit much ran well. Luck defied Kauto Relko again when he was brought down and although his jumping was perfect he had n't put up a bad effort at all.
We have a busy few weeks ahead of us - we are at Hereford tomorrow with Kingston Queen. Then Boxing day we have possible runners at Weatherby, Market Rasen & Huntingdon. The week between Christmas and New Year looks equally chaotic with one of our new recruits "Unwanted Gift" making his UK debut for us.
So hopefully somewhere amoungst the festive period we will see you racing and thank you for your interest and support over the year.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Rachel, Andy & Mollie
Oh my word where has that month gone . What with new horses arriving and some new members of staff things have been more than a little hectic - especially with a little side kick aged 1 and a bit!!!
The horses are training well and the gallop which was topped up in the summer is riding well. We are delighted the rain has finally come and we have been able to start schooling horses.
This is a big week for the yard with 2 runners at Cheltenham. Peterjohn has been in this morning schooling.
Andy has been in his eliment re- dressing the schooling fence this Autumn, (in his next life he wants to be a groundsman - I am sure!!!) I have been busy trying trying tofind homes for our retired boys and that is not easy in the current climate.
Anyway must dash, Mollie is bored, Quousko is on the gallops, the mobile is going and so on and so on and so on!!!
Oh my word it has been one of those nights - Mollie has been up around 4 times, which is most unlike her, and now Mollie and her Daddy are fast asleep and I have been wide awake for about 2 hours - oh well it gives me a second to update the website.
Not too much too report, Andy always gets a little disgruntled at this time of year with so little racing and loads of fresh horses, doing roadwork - never mind! The yard is filling up fast and I believe we have another intake of new recruits coming over from Ireland at the end of the week. We had a super mare arrive last week, she did her first canter yesterday and well all I can say is watch this space, she has a very smart pedigree and on yesterdays performance an engine and heart to match!
Well I guess you all enjoyed the tributes to Ginger McCain yesterday in the Racing Post - what a lad he was - who else would get away with it ? But onto a more serious note what a great age to reach and to pass away in the same year that Donald won the National, it all adds to that Aintree legend.
We are back at Worcester on Friday with Lady of Synone - she really is a smashing stamp of a horse - it was such a shame that her half sister by Snurge fractured her leg in training last year, we fortunately managed to save her but only for the paddocks as brood mare.
So not too much else to report -I think I will sneak a nice cuppa before feeding time.
Rachel
Well another month has flown past and here we are getting all the horses back in again. The summer has been very busy with yard and gallop maintenance in between keeping the summer team fit and well.
Well another busy few weeks have flown past. All the chores are getting done. The woodchip has been replaced and topped up on the gallop. The boxes disinfected and painted. The schooling ground has been tidied. We had new 3 horses arrive from Ireland last week and as from next week the new team start taking up their boxes and the new lads start to arrive.
Well another month and despite quick ground I really can't say what lovely weather. It would be quite nice to chill outside with a glass of chablis and watch the sun go down behind the malvern hills - hey it's only June - maybe one day!!
Hi there,