Posts Tagged ‘Northern Flame’
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Thursday May 19th…A quiet day on the yard with the 10 horses still in work all having a long hack on the flats, still breezy but a little milder. I took Northern Flame to see renowned wind surgeon Geoff Lane and we made a plan for later in the summer; this horse has been disappointing this year, it’s…
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Thursday April 28th… the big day at last, all season I have been hoping that we might be able to engineer a racecourse clash between brother Jamie and Lucy and Kit; I am absolutely delighted that barring last minute dramas (possible!) it will happen today in the 4.20 at Perth, the Champion Stayers Hunter Chase, when Kit rides Commercial…
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Tuesday April 26th – More glorious weather but close inspection of Perth racecourse last night revealed thoroughly watered ground with a thick carpet of grass, Donald, the head groundsman told me he had been able to cut the grass six times already this year whereas in a normal year he would struggle cut it momore…
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Wednesday April 20th – more fine weather; Papamoa, Twelve Paces & Northern Flame went to Lucinda’s, Minimo & Commercial Express schooled over fences and Playing Footsie schooled over hurdles, the rest worked on the riverbank and all-weather. Watering continues at all the racetracks but the weather looks settled well into the weekend so care will…
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Wednesday April 13th – A grey, cool dampish sort of day;  Northern Flame, Amulree and Papamoa went to work at Lucinda’s, about a dozen worked in the round school and on the all-weather and the weekend runners went for a long hack. Hugh was in to geld our Midnight Legend colt (well, gelding now) out…
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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 MoreAdieu, mon ami…
A very sad start to the week when I found our stable stalwart Timmy in severe discomfort with colic early on Monday morning, the vet was here quickly but it soon became apparent that the kindest solution was to put him to sleep.  Timmy gave Clare one of the best days of her life hunting here only last…
Read MoreTue March 2nd – Perth…
Another fine day, worked 7 on the grass (Saturday’s potential runners and those planned to go away to work on Friday), all went nicely but Northern Flame particularly caught the eye, he is a horse I have always thought the world of and he is scheduled to make his handicap debut on Saturday, I am…
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…
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