First day at school

It was a day to remember for two of our 2-year-old fillies at Newmarket on Thursday and Friday as they both took the first steps in their racehorse career. They were both in fiercely contested races with alot of fancy colours and horses that cost alot more than our two, but they both behaved themselves and seemed to enjoy it with also learning an awful lot for next time. Tiger's Home showed plenty of early speed so a drop back in trip should suit, whilst Believe In Me was very green and hopefully learnt alot from the experience.



Believe In Me looking at the camera before going out onto the track




The next day, Tiger's Home made her debut

 Verona Bay had his second ever run, also at Newmarket on Thursday, he's had a long time off after suffering a tendon injury last year and the main thing was just to get a run into him and make sure he was ok afterwards. He seems to want a trip and should be competitive when able to go handicapping.

 With just the three local runners we were able to get a bit of work into a few of them this week. Below we have Attain (near side) matching strides with The Ducking Stool, the former has been in great shape after his castration operation and it'll not be long until he is back, hopefully back to the winners enclosure now he has got his mind fully on the game. 'Ducky' has been quite consistent of late and it would be great to get that first win into her as she tries her heart out, she is entered for Yarmouth on Friday and should be in with another shout.

 Silver Alliance (foreground) worked along side Sail Home, they are both at the top of their game at the minute as they are bouncing up the gallops with ease. 'Silver' runs on Tuesday at Brighton, he has run well at the track before so fingers crossed he will get some luck.

The elusive Generous Genella will have hopes pinning on her again also at Brighton on Tuesday when she makes a re-appearance this time with head gear (pictured getting used to them). We like to put the head gear on just before they run to see how they react to them and sometimes it wakes them up a bit, she did work very well with Entrance and jockey Adam Beschizza was impressed with her turn of foot, but as ever she has got to reproduce it on the track.

The exciting Acer Diamonds was out on the grass and is healing well after also being castrated, he is also moving alot better and freer in behind. He clearly has plenty of ability after his run last time out and should be coming home a good'en in the near future.

Argante Claudius is a lovely big, grey gelding yet to reach a racecourse after many injuries, but the penny seems to finally be dropping and his recent work suggests he may be putting that big stride to use at the races soon.

Sail Home looking full of condition out in the field this week, she looks more like a colt up close as she has tremendous muscle tone and has a huge back end, she has done plenty of racing over the winter so we like to keep the fillies sweet by letting them be horses and graze on the spring grass.