No owners connections! Relief to miss the delights of the M25 on a Friday evening. Seatoit finished 4th and now qualifies for a handicap mark while Imperial Hurricane frankly did not try that hard in a race when half the field, including the fancied ones pulled up.. Guchen will take his place for the remaining period of their lease. John Hales died yesterday aged A remarkable buisness man who just loved his racing.
His racing life started with One Man and he has been a huge supporter of our great sport ever since. His winners are legendary and racing will certainly miss him. I saw John at Windsor a couple of weeks ago. Our thoughts got out to his wife Pat and daughter Lisa and all their family. Ben bought the morning at a Sue Ryder Charity dinner. We don't have any runners over the weekend but that won't stop us watching Sandown and The Dublin Racing Festival from Leopardstown where I believe Willie Mullins runs 54 horses over the two days This time last week we ran Moon Rocket in the Grade 2 River Don Novice hurdle, and he was beaten a neck in what we thought were slightly controversial circumstances..
Many thought we should appeal, and we looked into this, but after a week of deliberations and taking advice, we have decided not too.
The two horses did not touch, and the only bump came before the second last. We had to lodge an appeal by close of play last night and we did not.. You can watch the race here.. Talking future runners.. I see the Racing Post have put our future runners behind a firewall.. If you fill in the form they have captured your email address, but they are not charging you for the information..
The Men lost their 4th T20 and the series.. The Six Nations started last night when France completely outplayed Wales.. Todays games are Scotland v Italy and Ireland v England.. Title partner to the Six Nations is Guinness.. Shortage of their well known drink?..
