News
Friday 30 July
Yesterdays vetting went well, and Stuart is collecting our new horse this morning. He is called Robo,and is out of a half sister to the top class staying chaser Royal Auclair and by the same sire as...
read moreThursday 29 July
Firstly apologies for Tuesdays news not being there - a technical hitch which involved me typing for ages only to forget to press the confirm button and the whole lot going down the pan! To catch up -...
read moreMonday 26 July
Many of the club members (Kikos) have asked me if I can find a horse for them to go to the races with in the winter. As it is a waste of time running Kikos on anything remotely softer than good...
read moreSaturday 24 July
It has been a busy couple of days. Stuart and I have been trying to see as many horses as we can. Yesterday we set off to the west country to hopefully see two at different yards. The first, an...
read moreThursday 22 July
We will be popping down to the West Country tomorrow to see possible purchases. Stuart and I will pick up Sam on the way down, so hopefully between the three of us we should be able to sort out the...
read moreWednesday 21 July
I spent a large chunk of last night going through the forthcoming Doncaster Sales catalogue. There seem to be one or two interesting types going, and after a long chat with Sam, we think we may have...
read moreTuesday 20 July
Don't get carried away - we hardly have the best handicapped horse in the country, as the assessor has deemed it appropriate to drop our lad just 1lb to a mark of 120! I suppose we should be thankful...
read moreMonday 19 July
Two stories caught the eye this morning - the first about Robert 'Choc' Thornton, who ruptured 3 ligaments in his knee last week when his mount put him through the wing at Newton Abbot. He has had...
read moreWednesday 14 July
Many apologies for missing a large chunk of the last month with the News, but the dry weather has meant quite a bit of chasing around after irrigators, and with an audit to complete as well - time has...
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