I am afraid I ran out of time to write a blog yesterday what with birthday celebrations and work load.
We started with the sparrows this morning to get everything done before heading off to Whitfield, which thankfully is only up the road. All the horses cantered on the wood-chip and the babies were ridden around the school.
Today was a very good day with a bad end. Susie Sheep, in Sholto's words "hammered them" she won by 36 lengths with a motionless jockey on her back. Illicit Illusion also won comfortably but sadly has broken down. He will certainly miss next season but is young enough, aged 6, to deserve another crack of the whip once he's had time to recover. We will not know the severity of the injury until we scan it on Monday. Tom Campbell has been booked and will be here at some stage to do so. It is just a great shame the day had to finish with that as it takes the gloss off what should be a fantastic day. I am very lucky that all my owners understand it happens, although it doesn't make it any easier to deal with. No horse deserves that and it only ever happens to the ones that try. Our dreams of the Intermediate final at Cheltenham are squashed.
Tomorrow we head to Maisemore with Singlefarmpayment who I expect to run a big race.
