Julia Feilden Racing: Bright future ahead

After much anticipation, Vastly made his debut at Kempton on Wednesday. He had been working well at home and is a really nice, big horse so we were all hoping he could translate that to the track and he certainly did. After running green early he soon got the hang of it and ran on well to finish 3rd only beaten a length and the first two deat-heated so technically he was second! He will be a nice sort for the future. Also that night Tiger's Home made her seasonal reappearance and also ran creditably to finish second, she was the outsider of the field so she definitely ran better than everyone predicted, we hope there is a few more good runs in her to come.

With all the excitement on the track, on Saturday attentions were passed to the rest of the yard as we gear up for the start of the turf season, almost every horse in the yard is getting ridden now so it's full steam ahead.

Here we have Exopuntia trying out the blinkers for the first time. She has been a bit laboured in her races and so the idea was to wake her up a little and run her in them on Wednesday, she went really well with The Ducking Stool, who is certainly hard to pass in gallops.

Two horses I am looking forward to running soon is Spirit of Sharjah (nearest), he is an old yard favourite and every year he produces, he runs in a couple of weeks and still goes as well as when he was a Group placed 2-year-old! He worked along side Handheld, who has benefited from time between his runs and even gave Spirit something to think about!

A new name around the yard is Chilli Green, she is a highly rated mare with an incredible build and physique. She moves like a dream and I can't wait for things to get a bit more serious with her, I just hope she still retains that ability on the track.

Stable star Sail Home was out again after her emphatic win last week. We will aim her for a race at Wolverhampton on Thursday, the only concern would be is that is is only 1m 1/2f so she will have to be sharp but she shows speed in her races and will definitely be staying on at the end.

Faraway land was back in action again this week after a little break. She doesn't really like the all-weather so I have been waiting to run her on the turf and she will be ready for the first few meetings. She works so well at home but comes with alot of problems too.

All the winter break horses have been dusted off this week so it was time to sit tight for some of the riders! They're all doing steady work at the moment but it won't be long until they are back to full fitness...