Monday 2nd September, 2024 – Richard Phillips Racing

An excellent victory for Shibuya Tune at Worcester yesterday.  Stepping up in journey, the galloping course suited her and he or she made tremendous headway when turning for house beneath Finn Lambert to take it up on the final and stride away for a cushty success.  Finn reported that she was outpaced early on however could be very real and is laden with stamina and hopefully she will construct on this win.  Her house owners The Firebirds have been very affected person and took benefit of the over beneficiant beginning worth contemplating her promising final effort.

On Saturday we had a retirement occasion for Organdi who on the age of 12 and following six victories, goes to pastures new very quickly.  We bought her ten years in the past together with Lovely Individuals on an Adlestrop Membership journey to France.  It was great that we had been joined by lots of the syndicate and Tash Meredith introduced alongside Lovely Individuals for the morning.  Tash has given BP a superb house since her retirement from the observe and he or she was additionally profitable thrice on the racecourse.

It was each gratifying and emotional watching all their victories replayed earlier than a champagne lunch in Adlestrop Village Corridor.  Organdi will quickly be going to Heros – a charity I’ve been concerned with for a while and I’m positive she’s going to proceed to offer pleasure to many in her well-deserved comfortable retirement.

Roody Toody runs tomorrow within the six furlong handicap at Chepstow run at 3.48pm.  She confirmed some helpful type as a two-year-old however acquired caught within the mud on her final run and can hopefully take pleasure in tomorrow’s situations much better.  She has been allowed time to mature and hopefully will likely be suited by this drop again in journey and will likely be ridden our new Irish apprentice and conditional Dillon Butler, claiming seven kilos.

Allow us to hope the steady type continues as we put together for the start of Nationwide Racehorse Week which begins this Saturday 7^th September www.nationalracehorseweek.uk