Posts Tagged ‘Ayr’
Grimmer than grim can be..
This morning started with a text from Ayr stating that racing today had been abandoned due to an unforecast inch of overnight rain, luckily they let us know at about 6.20 so there was time to inform owners planning to attend before they had set off on their journeys, disappointing but conditions would have been a…
Read MoreThis pub aint big enough for the both of us…
Hmm, Sparks 1974, or was it “town” not pub, never mind, the gauntlet has been thrown down, Mrs A and her friends have decided to meet up in our pub tonight at exactly the same day and time that we (men) normally go there. What do we do? We can’t go there, we wouldn’t be…
Read MoreDrat!
Native Coll took a heavy fall six out at Newcastle on Wednesday whilst cruising along in second place, he had the leader & ultimate winner in his sights and looked sure to have played a part in the finish. Frustrating but horse and rider in good shape apart from a few bruises. The frost is back, Kelso…
Read MoreOh, sweetest of days……
The only tonic for a yard that has been battling with such atrocious conditions for eight weeks is a winner and we were cruelly robbed when Isla Pearl Fisher tipped up at the final fence last week at Ayr, but he made ammends in fine style today when running out the convincing winner of what had looked…
Read MoreSnow doesn’t stop play!
The Trainer’s Blog Hello, let me introduce myself, I am Nick Alexander and I train about a dozen racehorses at Kinneston in East Kinross-shire on the edge of the Lomond Hills. The horses race on the Northern Jumping circuit – Kelso, Ayr, Musselburgh, Perth, Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle with occasional forays to places like Haydock…
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