Saturday tenth August, 2023 – Richard Phillips Racing

Shibuya Track (pictured) runs at Tub as of late within the 7.10pm – a one mile 5 furlong handicap.  She has run respectably in her remaining two races at Newbury bearing in mind prerequisites and optimistically she can have an each-way probability as of late in what appears a aggressive department.  Kaiya Fraser rides and takes a precious 5 kilos off.

Bounce racing starts in earnest once more subsequent week and we’ve got each Organdi and Corrany entered up and the anticipated drier prerequisites will swimsuit.  A hectic and stress-free week getting the string getting in preparation for stepping up their paintings subsequent week.  Overjoyed to have such a lot of younger promising horses this season.

I’ve had an entertaining week having had lunch with a number of greats within the coaching occupation this week.  I used to be extremely joyful to wait Barrie Allen’s memorial lunch in Taunton on Tuesday.  Barrie was once a super haematologist and buddy who was once very much admired through many.  Main vet Buffy Shirley-Bevan additionally attended, as did Martin and David Pipe and Philip and Sarah Hobbs for an stress-free lunch with Barrie’s widow Karen.  There have been some superb tales instructed through all and Barrie shall be a lot ignored and fondly remembered.

On Wednesday, proprietor Althea Barclay kindly invited me to enroll in her at a lunch along with her nice buddies Jen Leigh and Barry and Penny Hills.  Barry’s exceptional contribution to racing over seven many years continues and it’s all the time stress-free to meet up with all of them.

Excellent success to the England group within the Girls’s International Cup ultimate the following day.  They set an attractive instance to all.  Then again it additionally emphasises the truth that racing is the one primary recreation the place women and men compete in combination.