No show…

Another splendid day and 16 horses did 3 steady 7f canters on the riverbank gallop, it is nearly perfect now and hopefully we will do some fast work on it later in the week.  A few others went hacking, we’re at the stage in the season when a lot of the horses really need turned…

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The heart beats faster……

Saturday April 16th 2011 – With the reappearance of the mighty Frankel this afternoon at Newbury.  Sadly I don’t have the mental capacity to follow flat racing very closely but I do follow the Group races and I think the whole racing world is hoping that Henry Cecil might have a superstar on his hands,…

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And so to Ayr…

Thursday April 14th – where tomorrow we run Forcefield for the Earley & Macdonald partnership in the 5.05, Lucy rides, 14 run and the ground is on the easy side of good.  This is a step up in class and a step up in distance, it is a competitive handicap befitting of the Scottish National meeting…

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Where does the time go

I can’t believe that we are well into summer now. Where has the time gone? Apologies to my blog followers for having been absent for a while it has been all change at Scottish Field as we have a new Editor so it has been all hands on deck to make a few changes to…

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Favourite place for an autumn break

One of the funny things about working on a monthly magazine is how the year drifts away from you so quickly. Here we are in July hoping to enjoy some more long summer days with endless blue skies and, if you are one of my kids, the chance of some more days on the beach enjoying…

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