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Quest and Chief turn in good runs
29th April 2008
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The terrific form of the horses in the yard continues with the last six runs: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 7th, 2nd and 3rd. Desert Quest put in another top class performance for the yard last Saturday when coming third in the highly competitive Bet 365.com Hurdle at Sandown. Behind him were top-quality animals like Pigeon Island, Penzance and Hide the Evidence and we were delighted with the way our fellow ran. He returned a Racing Post Rating of 140, 10 pounds higher than he was awarded for his win at Ludlow recently, and Liam Heard who has ridden Quest many times over the years said the horse had never felt better. He'll likely run in the £75,000 Swinton at Haydock on the 10th May. The horse has come home in terrific form and went happily around the flat gallop this morning (see photo).
Stamford runs a stormer
22nd April 2008
After over two years off of the track it was always going to be a tall order for Stamford Street to turn in a good performance last week at Kempton. However he defied the odds (he started as the 33-1 outsider) and ran a decent 2nd, going down by just half a length to Perlachy. We were delighted with the run, especially as his previous form had been poor, and it was good to hear Jeremy's name mentioned as a trainer to keep an eye open for. The horse has come back in great form and will be out again soon.
Desert Quest is all set to revert to hurdling for a run at Sandown this Saturday. As ever with the horse the ground needs to remain no worse than good for him to run but it looks like it may oblige.
2nd place at Wolverhampton
15th April 2008
We had a good result at Wolverhampton yesterday when Shatter Resistant was just beaten into second place by a neck over five furlongs. It was only the three year old's second race for us and Jeremy felt he had just found the key to him. He was looking and going well at home and there is no doubt that the new tactic of dropping him out in the race and coming with a late run suited the horse, who ran well from a bad draw. Of course when you run a horse in a seller you have to be prepared to lose him and unfortunately Shatter's performance did get noticed and he was claimed by Mr Squance in Newmarket. We're sad to see the horse go as we feel there were races to be won with him but we wish his new connections all the best.
Two smart new arrivals
08th April 2008
Many of you will have seen the full page article on Jeremy in Monday's Racing Post. It was all very positive (even the picture wasn't bad!) and it ended by saying "It will be no surprise if the injection of Aussie self-belief turns out to be the very thing that his employers were looking for." Let me add that's already a certainty.
Two very smart young colts arrived at the yard from the excellent Mark Dwyer's this week. Both two year old bays, one (pictured above) is by Royal Applause out of Joking Apart, the other by Polish Summer out of Sally's Cry. They have gone straight into full work here and are already proving to have plenty of character. The aim is to bring them on over the coming months and race them towards the end of the summer. The Polish summer colt is already registered as Couer Brule, which means burning heart in French.
Some good results and Coops joins the team
01st April 2008
Following on from last week's news of Desert Quest's victory the horses continue to run well, with our last seven runners being placed 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, 4th and 6th. When I mentioned this to Jeremy yesterday he said "yeah, that's terrible isn't it". Typical Australian sporting mentality! The 3rd above was yesterday when Cheonmado (Pictured) ran on well in the final furlong over a mile at Southwell to get beaten into 3rd by a head. I can honestly say I've never been happier to see a horse run 3rd in my life. Che, as he is known to everyone here, is owned by one of the yard's greatest supporters, John Hawkins. John is mad about the horse who he bred and has always thought he'd win races. After seeing him finish strongly yesterday you can see him winning soon.