Tom Campbell, my vet is back from his holidaying in his homeland of New Zealand, Tom has been gone for 6 weeks. Thankfully we had very little need of a vet in that time but when we did Charlie McCarten covered. It takes months to build up trust in your vets opinions and it is only gained by them making the right decisions time after time. Charlie is a top vet with years of experience, what he hasn't seen isn't worth seeing and is extremely professional. Charlie has concentrated on stud work for a number of years now, although he is a top class vet he is the first to admit it but is behind Tom when it comes to racing yards. Tom was in today and Trach washed 8 horses, the results are very acceptable. Some of the horses are suffering with high macrophages which is proving to be a bit challenging to know why. Tom doesn't believe it is the product that I fog with but in the same breath doesn't know what the cause is. He has spoken to another racing vet and they have no idea what maybe causing it. Apparently, the vet he spoke to had seen a horse due to race abroad, it had high marcophages, he advised it didn't travel yet it won a Group 1! It is far from serious and nothing we can't medicate, I give most drugs thought a nebuliser, it goes straight to the source rather than through the blood or muscle. It is time consuming but I believe that it is the best and most effective way of administering them. I will be on parade very early in the morning to get around all of the horses that require medication before we start riding. I will be heading off hunting late morning but need to get at least 4 lots out before I go.
I had to pop into Chipping Norton late afternoon only to hear Clare Balding being interviewed on Radio 2, is there any escaping her?
