We've had runners almost every day this week and to say it hasn't been the best of weeks would be an understatement! Monday saw Khajaaly and Tiger's Home travel to Leicester. The former has got excuses as the ground would of been softer than ideal and is probably high enough in the weights at the minute, he will hopefully be one to look out for round Wolverhampton through the winter. While Tiger's Home was returning from a break, we thought she'd strengthened up alot after her time off and really fancied her as she has run well on soft ground before, but obviously she just needed the run.
Then Attain put in another stinker at Yarmouth the next day, he is now out in the field enjoying a short break, he's been on the go for a while and although we couldn't get that elusive win with him this year he has still put in some great efforts earlier in the year.
Wednesday was the day Emma's Gift ran at Lingfield, she had a really illustrious winter campaign last year and now she is dropping down a few pounds we might see another one this winter. I was slightly let down the next day at Kempton with Exopuntia, she ran a cracker the time before to finish second but could never get near the front where she normally bowls along.
We only had a handful to work this week, Sail Home (below) worked fantastically well and we are looking forward to what she has to offer this winter.
One that is known in the yard to be a little lazy is Didn't I Do Well, but we put a pair of cheekpieces on him and stuck him along side reliable work companion Entrance and he worked well, hopefully he will keep up the good work at the races.
Three that just did a long canter were Spirit Of Sharjah (infront), who is currently on a come back mission after sustaining an injury last winter, followed by stable star No Such Number who we are struggling to find races for now the turf has turned against him and there are barely any races for him on the all-weather. Then last was Automotive, he was a bit of a head scratcher for us last year before he also suffered an injury, he's now back to full work and will be hitting a racetrack soon.
It's always hard being the new kid in the playground as Believe In Me found out this week but she was welcomed into the herd by Bonnie the miniature horse. BIM has had a busy first season and we've decided to give her a break for a few months to freshen her up. While Bonnie is our racehorse companion that we travel with horses that are alittle nervous travelling, she may only be small but she makes a whole load of difference to the horses temperaments.
We had two new faces onto the yard this week. Below infront is Handheld, he has only run 7 times, winning on his debut for Andre Fabre at Deauville and has gone on to be placed 3 times. We've only had him a week and just turned him out to let him relax before a winter campaign. Here he's pictured with Attain and one of the Araafa yearlings by Saga River who is being given time to grow and mature before we think about training him.
Another new face was Vastly, a big strapping cold by Mizzen Mast out of Valentine Band and is half brother to a horse we had alot of run with called Spruce who was very successful. He is also full brother to Putney Bridge who has won a Listed race and been Group placed, shares are available on the website.
Just the two runners next week, kicking off with Generous Genella on Tuesday at Southwell. She was quite disappointing before she got injured and now its just a mission to try and figure out why she works so well at home but doesn't show it at the races. Then on Wednesday is the lovable Kampai at Kempton, she has been unlucky not to win yet and is our best hope of bringing us out of the autumn blues.
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