Been told Sam King is expected to go 'very close' 3.45 at Dpatrick 7/2.Just passing info on.Best of luck with the Squire lad later Stick.
Spain Burg looks pretty useful, beat Fair Eva comfortably. Frankie Dettori really is a great jockey IMHO.
Going to Newmarket tomorrow so please provide me with all the winners. If anyone living near the A1 (south of Ripon) fancies a trip down I'd be happy to take them. But I do mean near and it will be an early start. And I'll be leaving before the last.
Very sad to hear Colm Murphy has decided to quit being a trainer over here.Similar story to Charlie Swan id say with Mullins and Elliot mopping up all the graded races in Ireland there isn't much left for the smaller stables.I met Colm at a preview a few years ago and he told me to back Big Zeb for the champion Chase with a wink and a cheeky grin!The zeb put in a majestic round of jumping that day and bounded up the hill!A proper gent and a decent trainer to,a sad day for Irish racing
He's had a lean time of it lately ste. Brave Inca was possibly his biggest star, used to love that horse. Great colours too! Big Zeb another who carried the yard for a good few year. Shame the finances were not adding up but a sensible decision if it wasn't working. No point digging a deeper hole. He had a good 15 odd year of it and someday he may return.
Rather dissapointing even though we were not expecting much. For all his foibles Squire is usually the last horse off the bridle and today he was one of the first horses beaten.
Whoever put up the Palmer horse well done. I forgot about it till after the off then watched it steam in.
Well I found the winner for a profit, only downside was I had a bigger bet on Squire and ou wrong one in Steveo's comp! Still happy with my returns but could have been better
Did he come out of the race ok though pal? No issues or injuries to report, his wellbeing is the main thing
He seemed fine thanks mate, blew pretty hard. I said to Michael pre race that I thought he looked a little dull in his coat. Rab said that he never travelled with his usual enthusiasm, he even said that he thought maybe he was "looking after himself". He also said that once he eased him off he stayed on well past beaten horses. I know our expectations were not huge and hope we got that across to you guys on here but all the same it was a performance that left us all scratching our heads.
