Saturday gallops
An overcast, damp start to the morning on Saturday and there was a
fair bit of rain to welcome the first lot onto the gallops just after 7
am.
This group did a couple of gentle-ish canters, the workload ever so
slightly increasing each week
- Keyboard Gangster (Kingy)
- Stainsby Girl (Pinky)
- Bushmill Boy (Garry)
- 'Seb' (Callum)
- Baby Ticker (Lewis)
- 'Mila' (Laura)
An hour later, the skies had cleared - as opposed to the dirt on the
faces of those work riders who were tucked in behind in Lot 1.
Again the
six horses worked closely in a group, twice up, at a sensible pace for
what is still quite early in the season.
- The Boo Box (Kingy)
- Eternally Yours (Pinky)
- Dali Mail (Garry)
- 'Margaret' (Ollie)
- Danced Every Dance (Leah)
- Big Bad Dream (Callum)
Eternally Yours leading the pack followed by Danced Every Dance, Big Bad Dream, Dali Mail, 'Margaret' and The Boo Box
Final lot of the day and two groups of 3 horses worked closely.
Just up the once were
- 'Carter' (Pinky)
- Lady Villanelle (Garry)
- Paper Promise (Leah)
That's been a couple of weeks or so since 'Carter' and his fellow 3 year old 'Tommy' came into the yard. They have done everything that's been asked of them at this early stage of their career, and will now be roughed off and set away to strengthen and mature. They will re-appear at Dodlands in the Spring of next year for another couple of months of training.
Doing a couple of pieces of steady cantering were
- Paper Roses (Laura)
- Banks O'Houxty (Callum)
- Honda Fifty (Kingy)
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Lady Villanelle leads Paper Promise and 'Carter'
Equine Influenza vaccinations
Our vet Sarah Simpson popped into the yard and discussed arrangements
for Equine Influenza vaccinations for the string.
Current BHA rules necessitate that thoroughbred racing horses require
repeated vaccinations every 8 months, with a further months grace in
which to run.
Calendars, calculators, slide-rules and an abacus were all in evidence before final agreement that a middle of next week jab would see the horses through to the end of May.....unless the vaccination period is changed in the meantime.
So, a relatively quiet week ahead for the string as a result and fingers crossed that there are no lasting side effects.
