Driving to the yard this morning was something else. Thunder and lightening coming from all angles followed by serious rain! By the time I got to Toddington the roads were bone dry and sun splitting the stones. We managed to get all the horses exercised before the rain hit Pudlicote around 11 A.M.
I have glanced at the entries for Max Ward and Hopstrings at Aintree on Friday, at first glance Max Ward will run in the Novice and Hopstrings in the mares race. We won't have to make a decision until declarations by which time we'll know more about the likely opposition.
I couldn't wait to get home to watch the rugby and almost managed to get through the morning without hearing the rugby result. Any regular reader of this blog will know I'm a big fan and love my internationals. When talking to one of my owners I was asked why I wasn't watching it and informed of the score with about 5 minuets to play. I can't imagine anyone working with horses sitting down to watch the rugby at 8 a.m.! I've just watched it and it was a fantastic, exciting match with too many handling errors from both sides. Roll on next week and make a mental note to turn phone off!!!
