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Thanks Paul, as it goes it all happened so quick, there was practically no time. Thus, the trainer asked the ones stood around in their gear and after the refusals he was rightly in a bit of a panic. Unbelievable was how short notice was given that the original jockey had been stood down.
Nice to see your lad winning at Cheltenham.
Joe , the answer is really obvious ….they are laying them to cover costs , end of stoty
why else would you have a horse in training if you could not recoup costs , unless you can really afford it as outlined
Time to face the reality
Ricky
not necessarily the owners Ricky! Not them who are just in it for the fun and can afford it.
Joe , the answer is really obvious ….they are laying them to cover costs , end of stoty
why else would you have a horse in training if you could not recoup costs , unless you can really afford it as outlined
Time to face the reality
Ricky
not necessarily the owners Ricky! Not them who are just in it for the fun and can afford it.
Thanks for the advice CS,
having just spoken with the trainer…the horse is tip top, licked his pot clean, had a roll. Absolutely no sign of any distress, not after the race and not now.
awww, thanks befair…and advice is always useful
Going back all them years to Kempton. We had him in training in Germany and the co owners wanted him to run well at Kempton (which he did) and then sell on. They got their offer, but my husband and I wanted to keep him and so paid them off ( a different story ). And he has given us a lot of fun days since then, we even acquired 2 more. We will always look after him, he’s such a gentleman and softie, as said above his next race will show us in which direction we go.
Thanks for your interest Eclipse… time before last he was 2nd on very similar going. Obviously he does prefer better ground, but pulled up, really got to me today. Can’t get my head around it. Time will tell…I’ll give him one more race, and then decide whether to retire or not.
Der Spieler still a novíce and too young for the chase…but Silver Shuffle would have got in last year on a 120…
food for thought…I love Galway… 
Hi Martin, you have got me thinking about the Galway hurdle for Silver Shuffle, thanks for that, I’ll talk to the trainer tomorrow. Der Spieler has has wind problems, the operation seems to have been successful. He will win a good pot one day, he’s my baby anyway…
Hello Martin,
Jimmy and I were planning on giving Silver Shuffle his handicap debut last week in the Boylesportshurdle at Leopardstown. As written above, a freak accident ( luckily not serious) stopped him from running. Yes, his last form was good ( on his ground) and he has just really started to get his act (jumping) together, my thanks there go to Barry Cash.He is also filling out, which is very good, he was always on the light side. But, if one looks at Spring Heeled ( handicap 123 ) we are still hard done by, he is a maiden. We will think about Killarney and Galway, but then again it’s a case of how long and if he holds his form. Only he can tell us that, and I do tend to give my horses holidays when needed. Although I think this lad thrives on his racing.
Regards
Beverley
Some odd things have happened lately. A friend of mine got his account hacked, 800 euros gone in ONE night match (live betting) on another continent. They stood their ground and said it was normal betting even tho the opposite could be said looking at his record. And it took 4 weeks and many many frustrating calls for my last payout.
Johnny Greenaway ran a cafe in Malton for years….used to frequent it as a schoolgirl, many, many moons ago…
Once more, the English handicapper seems to be very lenient.
Off topic, about a horse of Carroll’s recently bought privately out of a stable in Ireland called Luggers Hall…he’ll be "nicely" handicapped soon, I’m sure. Watch out for him!
Thanks Maori Venture…I’m sure our turn will come again. We are in the game for a bit of fun and therefore our horses are always "off".
Yes, Winning Impact is maybe not even a real 75 horse. Everything just fell into place at Roscommon, heavy going, overpaced, strong ride and just held on coming from the back. The race he won at Naas last season was a very, very weak maiden. He had no chance at Galway startbox 16 from 16 over 7 furlongs. If we hadn’t travelled over wouldn’t have ran him, then we thought we might get dropped a few pounds…wrong!
As to Silver Shuffle… he won an overpaced apprentice race by 4 1/2 lengths, has been consistent since, yet he’s obviously struggling. They never gave him a chance upping him 14 Ilbs, and that for a small owner and trainer. Still, he’s a credit and gives us real fun, though very unlucky just to have 1 win next to his name.
Because of the Irish handicapper…
food for thought…I love Galway… 
