Posts Tagged ‘Isla’
Routine
Tuesday March 22nd – Back to routine work here today with most of the horses working on the all-weather this morning, Minimo & Commercial Express schooled over fences and then this afternoon Peter Buchanan came in and we schooled “Alf” over poles then Little Glenshee, Papamoa, Four Fiddlers and Forcefield over hurdles – all went…
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Sunday 20th March – Hmm, six runners yielded two thirds & a fourth, not bad, all ran well enough apart from Northern Flame who didn’t seem to want to know, frustrating as I’ve long regarded him as one of our best prospects, Campbell’s initial reaction was that mentally he doesn’t want to race but I…
Read MoreFriday March 4th – Weekend!
We have three runners at Kelso tomorrow and another three at the point-to-point at Alnwick on Sunday, the ground looks like being good to soft at both. Tomorrow Isla Patriot makes his hurdling debut in the 3.05, Peter Buchanan rides, 15 run, he jumps well at home but tomorrow will be all about gaining experience, Twelve Paces makes…
Read MoreSchooling..
Busy day on the schooling grounds today; first lot Isla Patriot, Northern Flame, Forcefield & Daasij were over teh hurdles, Minimo & Playing Footsie jumped coloured poles, 2nd lot Native Coll and Almost Blue jumped the chase fences, this afternoon Peter was in and schooled Four Fiddlers and Little Glenshee over hurdles and then Minimo over…
Read MoreMud……
We were back on the grass this morning which was refreshing for everyone including the horses who were all bucking and squealing as if they could smell spring round the corner, it was remarkable that all partnerships remained in tact, although the ground is soft the way we manage the grass gallops means that it…
Read MoreGrimmer 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 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…
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