It was great to see the horses running so well this week, although we didn’t have a winner, they all ran with credit. Notre Dame was collared close home at Wolverhampton on Monday to finish 2nd. She seems to really enjoy the all- weather and she will definitely win again when on this surface. We then had a great evening at Kempton on Tuesday when debutant filly One For Harvey ran a blinder to finish 3rd. She had been going well at home, but you never know when they get to the races how they are going to react. She handled everything so well and returned 33-1 with some owners getting 100-1 earlier in the day! Later that evening Grand Duchess Olga ran another solid race to finish 3rd, the winner got an easy lead and the front two got away from her in the straight, she was the fastest finisher but was unable to reel them in. I was so delighted with how they all ran and a win is hopefully around the corner for all of them. Next week looks quite quiet with runners. Mrs Meader runs again for NET Racing Club on Thursday at Newbury. She has won at the track twice before, providing the ground doesn’t get too firm I think she will continue her gradual improvement this year. Queen’s Company also runs on Thursday at Sandown. She has been running well in defeat this year and we think the long, stiff finish at this track will suit her. Hopefully she can add to her winning tally. It was fantastic to watch our stable jockey Dylan Hogan ride the biggest winner of his career yesterday on the Jack Jones trained Caburn to win the Weatherbys Super Sprint. It is a very valuable race to win and takes a good horse to do so, Dylan has always raved about the horse so hopefully they will pick up a few more big pots this season. THREE TO FOLLOW LEADERBOARD: Ian Maxwell 40 Stuart Barnfield 40 Rick & Barry Palmer 39 Ross Carson 38 Rodney Gleed 33 Malcolm Roper 32 Sue Tagg 31 Heather Close 28 Simon Scull 26 John Ford 25 The week in pictures: We were sorry to have to cancel our owners BBQ on Friday, but with all the heavy rain we’d had the car park field was already unusable and the unsettled forecast going into Friday didn’t fill us with much hope of it going ahead. We will look to reschedule at some point this summer, but I can’t see it happening unless the weather takes a turn for the good. Runners on the track didn’t fare much better this week either, with Stintino Sunset and Macho Sun both running disappointingly at Yarmouth on Wednesday. Mrs Meader ran better than her finishing position suggests at Doncaster on Thursday, as she just didn’t see out the 1m 6f trip and I am certain she would have won that race had it been over 1m 4f. I will look to run her back in trip and she is sure to come good again. Next weeks’ runners kick off with Notre Dame at Wolverhampton on Monday. She is running in a lower grade for the first time in a while and I think with a combination of that and a return to the all- weather, she should be thereabouts. On Tuesday we have our newest addition to the stable, One For Harvey, making her debut at Kempton. She has been doing everything right on the gallops, but it will be the unknown for her first time out and we look forward to seeing how she fares. Also running that day is in- form Grand Duchess Olga. She has come out of her recent success really well and having only been raised 3lbs by the handicapper, I am hoping her good run of form can continue. Also on Tuesday we have Zanagor running at Nottingham. She has been a little disappointing since running in handicaps, but she shows enough at home to suggest she can be competitive in this grade and she will have her ideal conditions for the first time. THREE TO FOLLOW LEADERBOARD: Ian Maxwell 38 Ross Carson 33 Rodney Gleed 31 Rick & Barry Palmer 30 Sue Tagg 29 Stuart Barnfield 28 Malcolm Roper 27 Julia Feilden 22 John Ford 20 Sophie Feilden 19 Shelley Birkett 19 The week in pictures: |