For weeks and weeks we've been desperate for some rain and the heavens have finally opened over the British Isles but have somehow completely missed Newmarket.
The fields are brown, the grass gallops are too firm and the heath resembles the Sahara desert as we continue in this mini drought.
King Columbo ran his usual consistent race at the July Course on Friday night but he, like a handful of our other horses, is desperate for some juice in the ground.
It was typical then that on the same day we ran Emma's Gift at Newbury. After her cracking run in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, we had high hopes she could land this Listed race but the ground rode very holding after a recent downpour and she struggled to plough through it. There will be better days ahead for her, that is for sure.
The two new horses, Blackmore and Khajaaly, who we bought at the July Sales last week have settled in really well and have recovered from their gelding operations. It's a policy we have here to get all the horses castrated as it keeps their mind on racing and it's just another way of improving a horse from a big yard. After all, they are unlikely to be stallions come the end of their career.
Next week could be a good one for us as we run a few horses who have major chances.
Exopuntia travels to Yarmouth on Monday in what is a very weak race. You can forget her last run as she didn't handle the undulations that Pontefract threw at her and on the form of her run before that, over one mile back at Yarmouth, she should go very close.
Generous Genella is a two year old who we think a lot of and she makes her racecourse debut at Doncaster on Thursday. Her home work has been very impressive and we go to Town Moor with great expectations.
No comments:
Post a Comment