Too much rain carries on our drought

 Its been the wettest drought on record, but it hasn't helped our cause as the runners showed this week. An exception though was Attain who, at Epsom on Wednesday, proved not too inconvenienced by the heavy going and plugged on a game 3rd. It's also exciting to see him handle a track like Epsom as it opens up more options for other tracks to run him at. Also that day was Entrance at Kempton, we couldn't blame the round for her poor effort but the 1m 4f trip seemed a little too far for her and probably would of wanted more time after her last run. The rain well and truly came by Saturday at Doncaster as we took Faraway Land and Sail Home to take their chances, the first filly was only having her second run but the ground took it out of her and she never looked happy, so a sounder surface will do her a world of good, then Sail Home ran and just faded in the last couple of furlongs, the ground may not be a big factor for her as she was running after a lay off and probably just needed it as she got very fat during that time.

Returning from 3rd lot

Verona Bay and Silver Alliance (grey) worked together along the flat gallop on Saturday, the former should not be far off a run after sustaining an injury last year and looks a big and exciting horse to go to war with this season. Silver is well and fit after his recent runs and looks another promising prospect for the yard and his owners, he is entered for Folkestone on Thursday but it looks unlikely after the recent flash flooding they have had.

 

Another pair to work along the flat gallop was Generous Genella and Acer Diamonds (right), both are returning from leg injuries and their time off seems to be a blessing in disguise as they have grown and matured which is good to see after them both showing promise last season. Genella is entered to run next week at Wolverhampton on Friday, she will probably need the run as she may be a bit ring rusty but if she shows what she did on her final outing last year then she should be there abouts.




Argante Claudius, who after a few problems over the winter is now back in full work, he will be running in a couple of months all being well with this health.



Getting feedback

 It was a big day for Khajally on Friday as he finally got his growth removed. The mystery lump had developed about a year ago and had baffled vets about how it got there, but they x- rayed it and it was just a bone growth coming off his leg. It doesn't hurt him but it was getting so big that just knocking it coming out of the stalls or lying down in his box could cause discomfort or injury, but all went well and he got up fine from the operation. However it will take a long while to heal so it's going to take time before he is back doing what he does best at Wolverhampton!