After a successful all-weather season, the new turf one didn't get off to quite the start we expected as both runners at Doncaster folded tamely after looking likely to run well at the halfway stage. We expect our horses to improve for their first run of the season and it might just be that they need their first run to blow away the cobwebs a bit more than we thought they would. It's going to be a long season though so having a bit up your sleeve for further down the line is no bad thing. An update following Mrs Meader's run was sent out to N.E.T. Racing Club members, if you didn't receive it, please click HERE. After how these first two initial runners of the new season fared, I expect other returning horses to similarly need the race so those comments would apply to Queen's Company who heads to Southwell on Thursday. All her wins have been at Yarmouth but Southwell is a similar layout so maybe she'll like it there too. She hasn't had many tries on the all-weather so you'd half fancy her if there wasn't the doubt that she might be a bit short of work at this stage.
One horse who seems to go well after a break is Smokey Malone and he has an entry at Chelmsofrd's valuable Good Friday meeting. Because the prize money is so good there are a lot of entries so getting a run might prove difficult for him. If he can get into the race, I hope he has a good chance of landing some money at a track he has run well at in the past. Following the success recently of his filly Eloped, Paul Brierley is hoping to launch a new syndicate this spring and is aiming to buy a horse at the forthcoming breeze-up sales. Paul is a long-time owner and has run many syndicates before, he is also jockey Dylan Hogan's agent and I have always found him very straight-forward and honest to deal with. Full details can be found below and please get in touch if you would like to know more. Comments are closed.
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