WEEKLY UPDATE

Dear All,

A good week for the yard.  Bishops Glory WON at Wolverhampton for us!  This was his first win for us and he did it well.

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Bishops Glory 

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Rebecca West was third at Leicester over hurdles and  Naadyaa was fourth at Kempton.  

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Rebecca West

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Yvette Bennett was our winner of the Cheltenham tipster competition.  Congratulations to Yvette!!!  We will do it again for the Festival in March.

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Exeter racecourse have released their new advert for the 8th December.  John, my brother, recently had a "works event" at the racecourse.  He is pictured far left, I am not sure how much work was done!!!

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Best wishes

Alex 

WEEKLY UPDATE

Dear All,

We have had another wet week in the yard!  There has been so much rain throughout November!  Our runners simply could not get through the Ffos Las mud.  

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The ground at Ffos Las 

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Above was the ground after the first race.  For your reference that is a radio in the hole made where the horse had galloped.  They were going in over five inches!

We ran Still Standing at Laser Focus at Huntingdon.  We were fourth and fifth.  Collecting prize money with both horses.  Although again not ideal conditions.

This weekend it is Cheltenham's three day meeting.  There is some thrilling racing.  I want to do another tipster competition so please email me your selections by 4pm today:

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Please select a horse to win from races:

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Today 4.05 at Cheltenham.

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Tomorrow 1.10pm handicap chase

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Sunday 4pm National Hunt Flat Race

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So this gives us a chase, hurdle and bumper.  The winner will receive bragging rights and a chocolate bar.  In the event of a tie multiple chocolate bars will be posted out!

Good luck!

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Best wishes

Alex 

WEEKLY UPDATE

Dear All,

Another wet week for us in the yard.  The staff are troopers and have all come in, no matter what the weather, so I am grateful to them.

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We will have a big staff Christmas party for them next month as a thank you for their hard work in the winter.  Plans have started to be made.  We also sell a lot of our club memberships as gifts over Christmas.  You can order on our website and we can do a gift pack if you would like something to give on the big day.

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Tommy Eyston sadly had a horrible fall at Warwick.  A horse reared over backwards on her in the paddock.  She has injured her back and pelvis.  We wish her well in her recovery.

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The new horses have all been having intensive schooling at home.  I am so pleased with them.  It is lovely seeing them growing in confidence and they have just started to jump the padded hurdles.  Work rider Courtney Show jumps, but comes in every day to ride a few race horses so she has been brilliant getting on all the newbies and teaching them to jump.

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Courtney and Anticipating

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Nick Scholfield came in last Sunday to jump the horses.  He rides Rock of Star and No Mean Feat at Ffos Las for us on Sunday.  

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Nick Scholfield riding Chester Tonik, Tom Dunn and Mo.

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Best wishes

Alex 

WEEKLY UPDATE

Dear All,

A good week for the yard...

Rebecca West was a solid fourth on her second start over hurdles.  She is a three year old mare, who we bought out of John Gosden's.

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Rebecca West

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Naadyaa was third at Wolverhampton and Laser Focus was second at Stratford.  The latter pair are both in Tom's club, which has had a cracking week.

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Naadyaa

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Of the new horses, they are all jumping at home and taking to it well.  We have spent lots of time in the menage getting them going.

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Pure Gold jumping with Courtney

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Best wishes

Alex