Kayf Tara filly, Frankenstorm, Virtuoso Rouge, Network Rouge, Robin Des Champs, Max Ward, Full Shift ( Ballingary) and Knight Of Noir (Winged Love) all loose schooled. It was very interesting to see how they had taken yesterday's schooling over hurdles. Most of them had really taken it on board and others clearly near their confidence reinforced. Last night I went to collect 2 baby fences from Buckingham. We will ride them all over them in the arena before we take them onto the schooling ground. The baby fences will be a huge bonus to us.
All the other horses had routine canters. We sat on 2 year olds, 2 by Kayf Tara, a Beat All, a Black Sam Bellamy and a Compton Place and Nayef yearlings all in their stables. They all accepted everything very well and they will move into the lunge pen as soon as it resembles a lunge pen again rather than a duck pond. The rain has eased for 24 hours but the forecast is horrible again for tomorrow.
Anthony Webber was here to follow up on all those he saw a fortnight ago, the runners will be seen again before next weekend. He doesn't charge for follow up visits, he really offers a fantastic service.
Every time we get a niggling problem I think the world has ended but how must Noel Meade feel after losing such a good horse in Go Native. It just goes to show how fragile racehorses are. The horse was apparently having a routine canter before breaking his hind leg. It doesn't matter whether it is a good horse or bad horse, it is just very sad when these things happen. We are all to good at blaming ourselves for problems, yet some things are way beyond our control. I would be beating myself up believing that he was overloading his hind leg due to another undiagnosed issue. The fact is these things happen.
