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North Yorkshire
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May/June News
The horses have continued to run well with the majority been involved in fighting out the finish. Our amateur rider Henry Brooke had his second taste of Racecourse experience having 2 rides at Kelso on the 21st May. He initially rode Pikachu Blue in the Hunters Chase who ran his usual sound race to finish 3rd he has been very consitant this year hardly finishing out of the frame in his point to points and Hunter Chases, he has now earned a well deserved break. Queen of Diamonds ran a gallant race under Henry to finish a game third in the 2 mile 7 furlongs Handicap Hurdle due to the lack of opportunities at this time of year she was turned around quickly and ran 5 days later at Cartmel and just failed in her front running expedition to finish a very creditable second.
Our Jocey who is by far the smallest horse in the yard also ran well at Cartmel to finish 3rd under Richard McGrath. What she lacks in size she defintley makes up in heart.
Cecina Marina made her debut for the yard at Ripon on the flat and ran very promising race to finish 4th.
Galapagos Isalnds made a WINNING debut at Market Rasen on the 13th June. He raced promintently throughout the race and went on to win well by just over 2 lengths. This came as a bit of suprise to me as I did not think he had enough experience we are all really excited about his future prospects.
The month of May also bings about the Horses In Training and Store Horse Sales at Doncaster. We said a fond Farwell to Skippers Lad and Super Revo and a hello to Ballysimon, Pen Gwen and a Grey 4yr un-named gelding by Terimon.
Ballysimon is a winning point to pointer in Ireland and is a fine stamp of a horse and we are very excited about his long term prospects. We hope he brings as much success for Steve and Gill Jones as Huka Lodge and Nevertika have.
Pen Gwen has been purchased by the White Liners as a replacement for Super Revo. He will be ready to run very soon and will hopefully provide alot of fun for his partnership. There are a couple of shares remaining in him please see the Horses For Sale section if this may be of any interest.
The un-named 4 yr old by Terimon has been purchased by Steve Birachall and will be broken in over the summer and will hopefully be seen in bumpers in the near future. As he named his other horse Kissinthepeach we wait in anticipation to see the name of his new horse.
On the staff side we are delighted to welcome Christine to the team.