Red Twist
is very well having finished second at Newton over hurdles in a Class 3
Novices Hurdle and then fourth at Goodwood on the flat, ridden by
Hayley Turner. Being rated 116 instead of a pound lower over hurdles is
causing a few problems with finding races for him. He will probably
run on the flat at Newbury on Friday.
Petomic, owned by the EGHQ Partnership, who has been naughty about stalls entry, has had some
Petomic - photo supplied by Racing Advertiser |
help from Gary Witheford who is the country's most renowned expert
in the field. He was still a little sticky at Salisbury last weekend
and is therefore having more work done with him. As some of you may
have noticed he ran a super race in the end, beaten only about a length
in second.
Eddie and Carol Rice kindly sent up Safe Catch who
they have been running to good effect in points. He was a strong
finishing third in a Novice Chase (2m7f) at Stratford last week on his
second run for us and his first over fences. He looks a really nice
prospect but has gone home for a couple of weeks as there are limited
immediate opportunities for him over fences. Safe Catch has been
replaced by Top Tide, another of Eddie's. He has been running in points and will run in novice hurdles soon.
Devon Diva ran at Chepstow on the flat this week,
her first recent run for us. She showed some improvement on previous
efforts for others and will run again in about a month on the
all-weather at Kempton.
Bankers Bonus and Bally Conn have
lumbered in from the field looking like they ate all the pies! They
will resume training for the forthcoming jumps season and are very well
in themselves. Inspector Qics will join them at
slimming camp in a couple of weeks! It's great to see their friendly
faces again in the stables and heralds the excitement of winter jumping.
We have a new arrival from Ascot Sales -
Ollie is a big 3yo
Ollie |
gelding
by Central Park out of a jump winning mare. He has settled in well and
is now cantering on the gallops nicely. We will decide in the next
week or so whether to carry on with him or turn away and bring in again
for the 2011 season.
