Here, there, everywhere.

It’s not been a jam-packed week, more a so-busy-I’ve-barely-had-time-to-sit-still one.

We’ve had runners galore and they’ve all been hitting the goalposts without anything rippling the back of the net. The admirable Bavarica ran another fine race on Monday to come second as did Rathbawn Girl at Brighton later on in the week.

Most of the other runners we had all did as we expected except the two raiders we sent up north: Generous Genella got seriously tired in the mud at Haydock and we expect her to do much better for the experience and our new purchase, Khalaajy, ran slightly disappointing at Newcastle. We’ve only had the horse for a month or so and it may have just been that he needs a little longer to settle in to his new surroundings.

To cap off a hectic week, John, Shelley and I went to Ireland at the weekend to go to Dingle races. All I can say is that it was one of the best experiences of my life – the people there were so welcoming, the scenery was breath-taking and the general experience was once in a lifetime. The racing itself was great too, as the whole purpose of our visit was to watch Shelley’s former racing pony run at Dingle. What’s more, he won.
It was amazing how many people we knew over there – fellow trainer Brendon Powell was one, as was a former in-mate of ours, Rapid City, who was running in the big race – the Dingle Derby.

After such a active week, we only have a few runners in the coming one but all should have chances, with Spirit of Sharjah the main fancy at Doncaster on Saturday.