And the wind helps to keep blowing…. rather gentle despite the fact that and drying issues up somewhat. Off to Musselburgh the next day to come for his or her Cheltenham Trials weekend, two days of Premier Racing that has attracted a number of horses from Eire and the South – can be difficult to win the rest however we adore festival (I believe!). Flooring is given as excellent to cushy, sure to be drying out temporarily within the wind and our runner the next day to come is Cancan within the 4.35. She was once 2d to a really well handicapped horse on her penultimate get started and in fact ran smartly in the next grade final time so I’m hoping the drop go into reverse at school will see her concerned – Bruce rides and 11 run.
Cancan
We then have two declarations for Sunday that can run as long as the bottom remains at the simple facet of excellent and primary up is Wakool within the 3.00, he has been 4th and 2d within the final two runnings of this race and will confidently post some other excellent show despite the fact that it does seem like he’s firmly within the handicapper’s grip – 15 run and Conor O’Farrel is again on board having been sidelined thru damage for the final six months, welcome again Conor!
Wakool
We then run contemporary route and distance winner Duyfken within the 4.05, he’s a revolutionary horse who will have to run really well – Bruce rides and 14 run.
Our two Newcastle runners on Tuesday ran smartly enought to complete third & 4th however necessarily get caught within the dust.
Duyfken
We have been very unhappy to lose Little Glenshee within the early hours of Wednesday morning after a chronic struggle with pneumonia on the Dick Vet who’ve given her essentially the most superb care over the past month. She was once an outstanding mare for us, profitable 6 instances and being positioned in 26 of her 37 begins. Lucy rode her each time she received and he or she was once our first black kind performer when runner up in a Indexed Hurdle at Haydock, she was once the most efficient race mare produced via Terimon and all of the extra particular as a 4th era homebred. She retired in 2017 and had a tricky sufficient time as a broodmare however has 4 dwelling progeny; the eldest is the Blue Bresil mare Bluebell Glen who makes her hurdling debut at Carlisle on Monday, she has an excellent gelding via Gentlewave and an similarly placing yearling via Truth seeker for whom she was once additionally wearing a foal. Monega Move, her 4yo daughter via Blue Bresil, gave start to a ravishing filly via Diamond Boy on Friday night; till this weekend Little Glenshee gave the impression to be bravely however slowly profitable her struggle, however together with her first grand-daughter at the flooring she began to head down hill as though she knew she knew she may safely move the baton.
Those horses’ lives are interwoven with our personal and when she changed into sick over Christmas it will as smartly were one among us that was once sick, she’s going to at all times stay a different a part of our circle of relatives and I’m deeply thankful to her for what she gave us on such a lot of ranges, thanks Tara.
Little Glenshee’s one week previous Granddaughter, out of the unraced Monega Move