Mud larks!

With a lot of the horses turned out and having a winter break at the minute it's been fun watching them lark around with each other and let off a bit of steam. Here's Automotive strutting his stuff to King Columbo (rug hanging off), Silver Alliance (grey) and Sancho Panza (right). Although it's not very fun scrapping the mud off them when they come in!



And Sand Repeal checking out the camera...



The week started off with Khajaaly running another game race in defeat at Wolverhampton. It was evident early on that they were going too slow as Khajaaly was pulling hard and from a wide draw he did well to finish a close up 5th. We didn't have anymore runners until Saturday when we took Emma's Gift to Lingfield, after travelling nicely on the rail she continued her run on the inside in the home straight but did not have enough room and had to be switched, she then ran on and made up alot of ground to finish second only beaten about half a length. It's frustrating enough when they get squeezed out but to see her finishing so well and not get there in time was heartbreaking, but at least she is running well and will pick up a race soon in her headgear which has made the transformation in her attitude recently.

We will not have any runners until Wednesday next week, but it's a day I've been anticipating for a while as Spirit Of Sharjah makes his return after a summer break at Kempton. He won a similar race last year, in that it was a Listed race, so we hope the time off has freshened him up. He seems to like the all- weather alot more than the turf, so his recent runs are probably best ignored. All going well this prep- race should secure him a place in Dubai in the next couple of months where we hope he will apprecitate the Tapeta. Also in that night at Kempton is Dolly Bay, we've finally found a race that she can get into and it's just a case of using her speed to her advantage as she has alot of early toe.

However, on a sadder note it was a bleak day last Wednesday when sprinter Premier League had to be put down due to a pelvic injury that meant no more could be done after months of recuperation. He did us proud earlier in the year when winning at Southwell and being placed multiple times throughout the year.