Lovely warm spring Sunday afternoon, drying up fast after a changeable week. On to Kelso tomorrow where the ground is likely to be good and we have two declared runners starting with Ozzy Cosmo in the 16.00. He was disappointing last time over fences at Newcastle and we just want to give him one more run back over hurdles in the hope that he will show us a bit more of his true ability. He has come well down the weights now but did disappoint at this fixture last year so it might be that he has done enough by this stage in the season. We are giving him some further assistance with Dom claiming 7lb and 11 run.
Ozzy Cosmo
Lester Mail won the bumper on this card a year ago and makes his handicap debut in the 16.30 stepping up slightly in trip. His novice hurdles were a little underwhelming and his jumping will need to be slicker now he is going handicapping but he seems to have improved on all fronts at home so if he can get into a good rhythm with his jumping early on then he ought to play a part – Bruce rides and 10 run.
Lester Mail
Some great runs at Ayr on Friday for the team with Lance les Des and Ballyfort both posting career bests to come 2nd in much the most competitive races they have tackled to date. Delighted with them and also with Dubai Days putting up another solid effort to be 5th, Ginger Mail on the other hand didn’t really want to know once the race developed and faded tamely.
Roll the Dice – Lance les Des!
Snippet, Ballyfort, Katie & Camilla
Unfortunately we had a terrible morning here yesterday when L’Arme de Bonheur suffered a catastrophic injury on the gallops. Desperately sad to lose such a lovely young horse before he’d had a chance to show his ability; very tough on his Owners and the team, especially Caitlin who adored him and looked after him so well, and Mark who was riding him at the time.
L’Arme de Bonheur