Well, I can stop moaning now – the rain has finally arrived. It’s been a wet week and although we’ve got soaked to the bone out on the Heath, no-one has complained because the precipitation was so desperately needed – it actually makes a change to be wet with rain rather than clammy with sweat.
We’ve witnessed another fruitless week winners-wise but, in all fairness, none of them were hugely fancied. Musselburgh is a terrific track that has done everything right, ranging from free racecards for all to free fruit in the stable lads canteen, but visits to Scotland might be coming less frequent now that we’ve had three runners there with little success. No winners make the homeward journey seem a lot longer.
Emma’s Gift surprised us at Newmarket at the weekend with a blinding run. The rain was not what she wanted but the owners persisted that she run because they had made a long trip to see her. She was giving a stone to most of her rivals and, after being interfered with a furlong out, she flew home to finish fourth. She will try her luck in Group company again next time.
Later that day we had Chadwell Spring at Lingfield. The run in itself was nothing remarkable (she doesn’t try too hard) but what made us laugh was when her jockey, Seb Sanders, returned to the unsaddling enclosure with his whip in two pieces – it had snapped in half during the race! This is not a rare occurrence – many other jockeys have experienced similar situations and the only blame can be the new, ultra-cushioned sticks that the jockeys are forced to use. Someone needs to redesign these batons otherwise races are going to be lost because of it.
It’s going to be a really busy week with a hoard of runners. Brighton hosts its annual three-day festival and we’ll be at my favourite track everyday with runners. It also looks like the horsebox will be back on the A1 to Newcastle as Khajaaly makes his debut for us and we are expecting good things, as with Generous Genella the next day at Haydock.
I'm off for a weekend away to Ireland at the end of it and a winner would be a great way to see me off.
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