Another very interesting day in Newmarket and a tour of the gallops. There are advantages of training in one of the centers, the main one being the facilities that are maintained and paid for by someone else other than you. The costs per month for the gallops is approximately 118 pounds, in my book that is very cheap and a massive saving for any trainer who has to look after their own gallops. The disadvantage in it all is that you have to slot in with everyone else - that would not suit me!
The trade at Goffs is incredible! We had a bid on one horse but he soon went past our budget, reading the results at the moment the clearance rate is in the region of 95 percent.
Hopstrings will run in the boys race at Aintree on Friday and Max Ward in the handicap. It was a toss up for both horses which races to opt for, only time will tell if we have made the right decisions.
