Friday thirteenth September, 2024 – Richard Phillips Racing

Bluenose Belle as suspected, prefers to go right-handed moderately than left and Silvestre de Sousa mentioned that she had a bent to hold to the correct throughout the race at Lingfield on Wednesday.  Making the working to the straight, Silvestre reported that he couldn’t quicken off the sharp bend and prompt we run her both right-handed or on a extra galloping monitor left-handed.  We’ll search for one thing appropriate in a number of weeks time and likewise stay up for her hurdling profession later within the 12 months.

We now have Combating Poet entered again at Brighton on Tuesday dropping again to a mile and 1 / 4, which is able to hopefully result in some enchancment.  Most of the string now are stepping up their work and are pleasing us and we stay up for having them prepared for the racecourse in direction of the tip of October.

Congratulations to Heros on successful each the BBC Berkshire and Oxfordshire ‘Making a Distinction Awards’ within the final couple of weeks.  As a Trustee of the charity, this can be very satisfying that the endeavours of all people who contribute to it’s success are recognised in such a public means.  Congratulations to Grace Muir and the forty plus workforce who make such a day-to-day distinction to each individuals and horses lives by means of their ardour and onerous work.

This week Sir Michael Stoute introduced his retirement from coaching on the finish of the season.  Like many different trainers, Sir Michael has been a implausible position mannequin having been on the high of his sport for half a century displaying an unbelievable understanding of the thoroughbred.  A grasp of going with the grain of nature, a lot of his nice horses improved 12 months after 12 months attributable to his endurance and ability.  We want him a contented and lengthy retirement, particularly following his love of cricket.

Nice to satisfy up for lunch with Dame Jilly Cooper yesterday together with Jen Leigh.  Jen very kindly purchased a signed copy of Jilly’s newest novel Sort out at our village charity public sale a number of months in the past.  All three of us had nice enjoyable having the ebook personally signed yesterday throughout Nationwide Racehorse Week and swapped tote baggage.

Jilly is a superb animal lover as everybody is aware of and like hundreds of thousands of others, appreciates and loves the thoroughbred racehorse.  It’s great to see so many others doing precisely the identical this week.