Harris and the Midnight Legend schooled over 9 fences, Sam rode them both and James gave him a lead on Silver and Custers Last Stand. All the young horses here do plenty of loose schooling and know how to jump better than any of the jockeys riding them. There is nothing worse than getting a horse jumping beautifully loose and then seeing it being schooled badly. I like the boys to sit still, give the horses their heads and squeeze them up into the fence, this gives the horses the confidence to go in a jump. If someone is hanging out of their mouths they can't adjust their stride, arch their backs and jump. The horses here see their own strides and don't need any assistance from the saddle.
Once we had finished the yard up this morning I finally got round to completing some paper work that has been building up in my office. I was posted off on the school run as Tilly and Panda went to ballet and Sholti wanted to come to evening stables rater than watch ballet. Tessa Blazey popped in to give Chiquilline a loving pat on the nose.
Tomorrow we are off to Wincanton with Proximo, he doesn't run until 5.30 so we'll get a full mornings work done before we have to leave. It looks a competitive enough race and I fear Pipes and Hobb's unraced horses rather than any of the more exposed ones. Proximo is in great form and the trach wash we took off him on Wednesday was A1.
