Saturday, 26 October 2013

26th October 2013

Most of the horses went on the woodchip, three 3 year olds went to the grass.

All the yearlings are now riding around the school and behaving themselves beautifully, we have only 1 that has proved to be tricky and he is now behaving himself - he's a bit like Sam and could do with a doctor removing his private parts. I'm sure, should it happen to either of them it would quieten them down!

Major Martin won't run on Monday or Tuesday bit may go to Wetherby on Friday, the race at Wetherby has 50 entries so who knows what may or may not happen at this stage. Many of the novice hurdles of late have had massive entries and have resulted in relatively small fields, I can only presume it is due to the ground. As soon as there is genuine good ground I am sure everyone will want to run. Major Martin has had a small set back, nothing that won't heal within days rather than weeks.

Warnings over storm due to hit England and Wales - this is rather concerning, winds predicted to gust up to 80 mph with 1.6 of an inch of rain on 8 hours. Monday maybe a paper day, taking horses out in 80 mph winds isn't advisable. I hope it doesn't materialise.