Thursday twenty eighth March, 2024 – Richard Phillips Racing

We now have declared Picanha within the Challenger Stayers Sequence Hurdle Ultimate at Haydock on Saturday.  Even if he has been education over fences, as he’s certified for this treasured handicap we idea we might let him take his probability.

He ran an overly fulfilling come again race at Newbury and can expectantly deal with the very cushy floor.  Finn Lambert as soon as once more takes the trip and claims 3 kilos.  Picanha seems in just right shape at house and can expectantly publish a just right display for his glorious proprietor Lizzie Prowting.

We now have made up our minds to pass over Haydock with Totterdown and can imagine his access at Ffos Las on Sunday.  While Ned Money is entered at Huntingdon on Monday the place expectantly the bottom can be higher than at maximum different tracks at the moment.  He has proven quite a few promise in his bumpers and has schooled smartly at house.

City Champion (pictured) favored the drop again in commute at Southwell on Thursday night and used to be given a nice trip through Silvestre De Sousa to complete fourth.  We can try to discover a an identical race for him within the coming weeks and now he has realized to settle higher, he will have to be aggressive in such races.

On Monday in conjunction with many others, I attended the funeral of Mary Robinson in Lambourn.  For a few years Mary used to be the sensible, extraordinarily environment friendly bookkeeper that saved our industry and lots of others within the racing global at the immediately and slim thru just right occasions and unhealthy.  Exacting and very skilled with a middle of gold, she had an entire life love of horses having labored with them as a tender girl ahead of devoting her time and effort to many within the equine global.

Being a Trustee of Heros, I know the way a lot Mary used to be accountable for the fantastic charity’s good fortune and we’re overjoyed that her daughter Lauren has develop into a Trustee and can be certain that the charity will move from energy to energy.  As Grace Muir stated, “there’ll by no means be some other Mary” and the ones phrases are so true.