Emma lights up the dark days

The snow that fell this week has been a pain but it fails to stop us Newmarket trainers from soldiering on. However, the heath at the other side of town from us tends to be better maintained in bad conditions, so we boxed a few over to give them a spin up Warren Hill, it is also handy for giving the horses a change of scenery. Here star performers Attain and Emma's Gift complete preparation for their races, read on to find out how they got on...!

This is probably the reason why I don't train over Bury side, you always have to queue to get onto the canters!

If there was a prize for star pupil of the week it would go to Emma's Gift, who yesterday completed the double on consecutive Saturdays. It's even better knowing that they are class 3 and class 4 races she's won so they're not bottom of the barrel prize- money wise. We will try and aim her for a Listed race in a couple of weeks time, which gives her enough time to freshen up, although she is hard as nails and wouldn't mind racing everyday in this weather! The photos came through after her win at Wolverhampton and there was even one of Adam smiling! ...and Emma smiling too!

Emma's antics have not overshadowed the fine form we have hit recently, if you take out Emma's unseat our last 7 runners in this country have not been out the first 3, 3 of them being winners. Khajaaly finished 3rd on Monday at Wolves, they went an ideal good pace and as they faded into the fog he looked sure to be there when he came out of it, but he is quite one paced in a finish and had to settle for 3rd only beaten about a length by the winner. The next runners were not until Saturday, where Emma lit up the stage again and Attain ran a gallant second both at Lingfield. This colt has been working well at home and came on leaps and bounds after his debut at the venue and showed it on the track, being beaten by a horse from a big yard who they say they're very excited about.

Blackmore has also hit a rich vein of form and he will be looking for another win on Tuesday at Southwell. He has come down to a winnable mark and he's gone well at the track before so Valentine's day could be his lucky day! Also next week is the exciting Automotive on Thursday at Kempton Park, he's been well in himself recently but a horse that we hope the cold snap won't effect as he gets quite stuffy and needs to be going out everyday, but he hasn't missed a day of training yet so hopefully he will be spot on.