A wet and horrible day for the sales horses, selling horses is always stressful, selling horses in the pouring rain adds to the stress. The horses hate it and so do we.
It was a very strong sale and as always the best horses made plenty of money and the lesser ones were left behind. I was always on the back foot with Love Manhattan as he simply doesn't have a fashionable enough pedigree. I was astounded that Singlefarmpayment didn't sell, he was in and out of his box for 2 days and I thought there was plenty of interest in him. He probably just lacked substance and if you produce any horse at a premier sale with any fault you get punished. He's a racehorse alright but probably not a sales horse. We will now take him to the next stage and win a bumper with him!
Susie Sheep sold for 90,000 and will be trained by David Pipe. Robbie Rabbit made 70,000 and Nigel Hawke has him. Nigel is a very underrated trainer with patience, he's in a good hotel and will win his races for Nigel.
The ground at Woodford must be soft at best after today's rain. Mr Dinosaur is out of a Generous mare and I'd rather he was racing on good ground. He's very well and I'm extremely excited by him.
