Motoring on with some new recruits

The bandwagon kept rolling on this week as Automotive made it a third winning week in a row with a cosy success at Wolverhampton. He seems to be a lot happier on the all-weather nowadays as the ground is more to his liking and he was in the mood on the day to get his head in front. He is very happy with himself at the minute and I think he could pick up another before the year is out.

A happy team at Wolves (Photo: Les Hurley - contact me to order)

Our trip to Wolverhampton was in between a long week of horse sales at Tattersalls in Newmarket. As ever, the market was very competitive with the ones worth buying going for a lot of money. It is the first time in a while I haven't come away with a purchase from Juddmonte's dispersal but the value just was not there and they were selling for over the odds in my opinion.
However, I did come home with two lovely horses who I think will give us a lot of fun over the winter. The first up is a two-year old gelding from Qatar Racing called Kemsing. He has shown promise in a few runs to date but a source from the yard where he came from said he would improve with a move to our yard and the recent castration he had. He is a fine looker and only ran last month so should be good to run again very soon. There has been a lot of interest in him already but shares are still available at £1200 per 10% share plus £200 per month all-inclusive training fees. Contact me on juliafeilden@aol.com for more details or a yard visit.

Kemsing: available for syndication

The other purchase I made was for the very popular N.E.T. Racing Club we run. For just £200 per year you can be a part of the club which owns four horses. You get email updates, badges and free meals at the races when they run, unlimited yard visits and invites to owners' events throughout the year.
The new addition to the club is a three-year old filly called Teputina. She is by the champion juvenile Teofilo whose progeny sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds and hails from the family of Derby winner Lammtarra. She is yet to run and was kind of forgotten about at her last stable as she was with retired trainer Clive Brittain. She is a blank canvas for us to work on and a great addition to the Club.

New N.E.T. member Teputina

After a good few weeks of winners, we only have one shot to fire this time as Dark Diamond at Nottingham on Wednesday is our sole runner of the week.. He ran a blinder to be beaten a short-head at Windsor last time and seems to have bounced back to form. The very soft ground will be an unknown but he is a big horse with large feet which usually means they can handle some cut in the ground.

Dark Diamond (Ross) & Serendib's Glory (Mark)

Chelmsford City still haven't got their seven furlong starting shoot built yet so all the scheduled races over that tripped are constantly being scrapped and replaced by other distances. Annoyingly, the race I had mapped out for Meddling's return is now a six furlong contest, a trip far too sharp for her. The filly is flying at the minute and I'm keen to get her to the track before she goes to the sales next month as a win by her name will really boost her value.

Meddling (Shelley) & Star Of The Stage (Nick)

Candesta (Caitlin)

Big Bang (Sam)