The big news of the week was of a new arrival to the yard - not a horse this time but my first grandchild after my son Ross and his wife Alayna welcomed their daughter Ruby to the world on Tuesday morning. After a few days in hospital, Ruby wasted no time in coming to the yard and was there to greet the owners on Saturday morning. You've got to start them young! Lots of people have been very kind with cards and presents, Ross and Alayna are very grateful for the good wishes and wanted to say thank you to everyone. As you will see from the latest gallops video below, the majority of the team are now back in full work and it's only a couple of weeks until the turf season kicks off at Doncaster's Lincoln meeting. Most of the horses will need race to blow away the cobwebs but we have two or three who love soft ground so will be ready to run well when the chance allows at the start of the season. The way it keeps raining you'd imagine it will be soft! Our sole representative this week will be Notre Dame at Southwell on Saturday. She built upon her gradual improvement by winning her first race at Chelmsford last time, showing a good attitude in the process. I imagine there is more improvement to come from her so hopefully she can build on this win. |