Quite a few runners this week meant the box was kept busy but none of the journeys were shortened by a winner. Omega Omega travelled to Southwell on here own after Exopuntia was declared a non-runner, she was only having her 3rd run and so now qualifies for handicaps, the longer the better for her and will improve with time. Then on Thursday Attain and The Ducking Stool ran at Epsom, we had a Derby runner in Ducky who was taking her chances in the Ladies Derby, ridden by my daughter Shelley, but although the mare has been in cracking form she just was not able to act at the testing track and was finding it difficult to keep balanced, as for the gelding the 1m trip seemed to take him off his feet a little and was running on at the end. The final runner of the week was Sail Home last night at Lingfield, she loves the track and was able to dictate from the front but is too high in the handicap and could not quicken further.
A few were sent up the Cambridge Road polytrack this week, fillies Canning Vale (chestnut) and Believe In Me went along together, the latter has had a few behavioural problems and doesn't always put in 100% but we're gradually getting it out of her and she has been showing plenty of ability.
Next were a couple of unraced 2-year-olds, Honeymoon Express (infront) has been working superbly and is fit and ready to run when the ground dries out, Didn't I Do Well has recovered fine from his gelding operation and is also working well.
Old Khajaaly was back on his favourite hunting ground when he went for his first good canter since his leg operation, as you can tell his is still full of enthusiasm for the game and will hopefully be making a come back later in the year.
Exopuntia is my usual ride and to help sweeten her up I used her as a hack to watch the other horses the other day, she loved hacking across the heath infront of the Rowley Mile grandstand. She runs on Tuesday at Yarmouth so hopefully this did her some good.
We took Silver Alliance (grey) and Verona Bay over to the schooling grounds again this week and this time they tried the proper hurdles on the grass. They both went well again and makes a nice change to their usual routine.
It was a surprise not long ago when I was given 3 feral kittens to look after who's mum had been killed, they've settled in so well infact that one of them managed to get pregnant from one of the cats down the road, however she went off to have the kittens so we didn't know what had happened to them. It was another surprise then when I found one under the desk in the office, so we moved it and mum into the kennel, only to discover 4 more in a nearby tree! She'd had them in the tree and they look about 4 weeks old. We've managed to find homes for 3 of them, so if anyone is interested there are two more, free to a good home...
And the other two cats uncle Jimmy (tabby) and auntie Cathy are not so feral anymore!
As for runners this week with Exopuntia at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the day before we have Kampai at Southwell, I don't really like running them there due to all the kick back but it looks a winnable race so hopefully she can run another cracker like last time. The same day we have Acer Diamonds in at Windsor, he has ran well there before and hopefully he can put a couple of bad runs behind him.
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