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We've had
a particularly good month numerically with no fewer than 28
winners so far and there's still some racing left in March.
This has definitely helped us close in on the leaders for
the Trainers Championship at Oxford which the kennel are
desperate to retain this year. We're already way ahead of
where we were last year and we've also got some nice young
pups hitting the track soon including Jakes Pride.
Of all
the winners we've had, it was almost a relief to see Indigo
Honey finally get her nose in front. After running very
encouragingly on her debut where she was beaten a
short-head, she ran another 9 times without success. She
lacks early pace and has always been left with too much to
do. She ran poorly last week after a lay-off but that run
had clearly sharpened her up. She got up right on the line
on Sunday and I was pleased for her owner more than anything
else. I've got to be hopeful that with luck in running;
there will be plenty more to come from her.
Killishin
Sixty was quite rightly a warm order on his last two starts
and he's clearly showing something like his very best form
now. He won an A1 well on March 18 from kennelmate Gortkelly
Nani but he stepped up on that and was simply awesome when
winning again on March 25. The time was good and I'd like to
go Open racing with him if there's anything suitable out
there. Whether we can find the right race for him remains to
be seen otherwise I am sure he'll continue to prove hard to
beat around Oxford.
Applegreen Boy has not been out of the first 3 in 5 starts
for the kennel. He's proving to be a fantastic purchase and
ran a stormer to take an A2 last week. Look at his times and
you'll see he's improving fast and I am delighted that he's
now going to be running in A1's. He only cost £550!
We have a
few other A1 dogs who are itching for a run so I'll also be
keeping an eye out for possible Opens for them too. With the
kennel in such good form, we'll take a look at Romford this
Friday and see if anything stands out.
I am off
to Denmark shortly and have my own dog, Fridays Mal already
out there ready for the Sprinters Cup. I will probably be
taking a couple of dogs for other owners as well but Fridays
Mal should go close to winning the competition. It's run
over a straight course and he's already run with great
promise (just a couple of lengths off the track record) so
I'll let you know how he gets on in my next update. |
