Star shines again!

Star Of the Stage continued his resurgence with his second win in 2016 under a terrific ride from Adam Beschizza at Lingfield on Wednesday. It has taken a while for us to figure him out since we bought him in October but Adam and Star have really clicked now and hopefully the pair can be in the winner's enclosure again soon. It was great to bang in another winner as we try to continue the great start to the year.

Adam & Star Of The Stage return victorious at Lingfield

Spirit Of Sarwan ran a blinder on debut at Newmarket during the week too and his run reassured me that we do have some nice two-year olds this year who are all capable of winning. Another colt I like is Valley Lodge who makes his debut at Windsor on Monday. He is a super quick horse and I think he will win in the near future but probably not this time as it is a decent race and I've told his owner Dick Creese that if we win this we should go to Royal Ascot!

Valley Lodge (Liam), Veeraya (Caitlin) & Spirit Of Sarwan (Adam)

Also on Monday, we have a pair of raiders down at Brighton. Secret Ballerina ran no sort of race at Wolverhampton last time when she never looked happy on the track so I'm hoping a switch to turf can see her in a better light. There are only three runners so I can say with confidence that she will be placed!
Also by the seaside is Moment To Dream. She too was a bit below par at Wolverhampton last time but her homework since then has been nice and I certainly think she is capable of more than her previous runs have shown, if she handles the unique track.

Moment To Dream (Chloe)

Candesta is a pretty solid yardstick in the right grade and he should put up another good run at Lingfield on Tuesday. He has run well over the course and distance before and is usually in the shake-up when things go his way.

Candesta (Sam)

After a busy start, we have nothing going racing until Nottingham on Sunday. The Ducking Stool has had to have a few weeks on the easy list as she had a stubborn infection on her back leg that took a while to clear when the weather was so wet last month. She is now in much better shape but it's likely she will need the run to get back fully fit.
Dakota City has come out of his spring break in fine fettle and is aiming for a return to racing next month. We will run on the all-weather first and then see if we can persuade him to make some sort of effort on the grass next time!

The Ducking Stool (Ross) & Dakota City (Tess)

Attain has had a great time of things this year, winning twice on the all-weather already. Although most of his best form is on the sand, he did win at Nottingham last year so hopefully he can still transfer his good form across to the green stuff on Sunday.

Attain (Liam)

Little Orchid (Chloe) & Go On Gal (Caitlin)

Limerick Lord (Mark)

After a hard week, at least the boys get to chill out with each other on a Sunday!

I said last week that our two foals were establishing a pecking order and, as always, the girl was the boss but, as you can see, they have settled their differences now and have found time to give each other a scratch.

THREE TO FOLLOW LEADER BOARD

Star Of The Stage's win gave the rankings a much needed shake-up and his supporters have climbed up the standings.

Annette Hall	40
David Haddrell	36
Barbara Walton	33
Jonathan Kinge	30
Pauline Kennedy	29
Jean Allen	26
Chris Shirran	25
Gay Chalklin	25
Dudley Lever	25
Phil Gunning	24
Sophie Feilden	24
Eileen Turner	24
Matt Bisogno	24
Maureen Case	24
Anthea Telford	24
Annette Hall	24