Khajaaly and his love of Wolves

I may be a bit under the weather with flu at the minute but luckily the horses are feeling in tip-top shape as Khajaaly proved with his win at Wolverhampton last night.
He must be the only soul on Earth that enjoys going to the place as his record there now reads three wins and four places from seven runs. He doesn't take his races very quickly so will be given a bit of time off before his next run but there are plenty of races to keep him busy over the winter at the track.
It was also a great win for many of his owners, for whom it was their first taste of success since the syndicate was renewed last month.

No strangers to success are the owners of Blackmore and I hope they'll keep up the taste of winning when he goes to Newcastle on Wednesday. We don't usually travel that far north but Tyne side is about the only place in the country that has some decent ground at the minute and that's just what the horse needs. He's in at Ascot too but we're due to have a very warm and sunny week which will make the ground there a bit too firm.
Blackmore has been ready to run for a while now and I hope he can put in a good display and make the trip north worthwhile.

Sail Home (below) seems to be really coming back to herself in the last few weeks and the improvement has come just in time for her run at Warwick on Thursday.

Ross (who will ride her) is pretty confident she will win so we know who to blame if she doesn't!

Entrance is entered in the same race but I'm hoping it will split so they are in two different divisions as she too has a great chance. Shelley will ride her and the pair seem to get on well together after being placed everytime they are partnered. I hope that is the answer as professional jockeys have been struggling to get a good run out of the filly.

Automotive, who we bought from France in July, put in a really decent gallop on Saturday morning and I'm desperate to run him. He's in on Wednesday at Nottingham but the ground is very firm and I wouldn't want to risk him at such an early stage of his career. We are keeping an eye on the weather but the chances are that he won't run.

Another who has been going well on the gallops is Beseech (below). She has just come back from a six month holiday and has physically developed better than I could imagine. She has got a bigger backside on her now (no bad thing for a female horse but I wouldn't want one!) and is showing great enthusiasm in her work. As I said before the break, all her previous owners are welcome to retake their shares at no additional cost as I think she could be a lot of fun this winter.

Three To Follow Competition

Khajaaly was a popular selection among many entries but not those at the top and the standings remain the same with Richard Salmon and Shelley Birkett sharing the lead.

1st - Richard Salmon, Shelley Birkett (44 points)

3rd - Maureen Youngs (38 points)

4th - Peter Darlington (36 points)

5th - Adam Beschizza (34 points)

Four others on 28 points, 1 on 25, 6 on 23, 2 on 22, 1 on 21, 3 on 18, 7 on 15, 1 on 13, 1 on 8 and one entry on five points.