A typical morning in the sense that the horses are all doing routine canters. Alice and I went off late morning with Max Ward and Major Martin. Both horses worked as expected. Max Ward will have an entry at Stratford next Tuesday, whether or not he fulfils that commitment will depend on how he comes out of todays gallop. He has to start somewhere and Stratford is as good a place as any. Major Martin will need rain between now and 1st October if he is to head to Chepstow. There is also a race on that card for Hopstrings and she won't want the rain. The likelihood is one of them will get their preferred ground. The weather has turned and is now very autumnal, a few are starting to go in their coats already. Last September was very warm in comparison to this year.
England lost the first one day match against the Australians tomorrow evening Tom Campbell, our vet, Simon and Christopher Sweeting and I are all heading off to Edgbaston to watch England make it 1 all!
