| WE HAVE HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH TROT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED YOU. THE HORSES ARE WORKING EXTEMELY WELL BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT DIDN'T RELATE ON THE RACETRACK. RAY HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE JOCKEYS. LAST TUESDAY AT SEYMOUR VAREKEI & OLA DEL SUR DREW BARRIERS 12 & 13. OUR PLAN WAS TO GO BACK AT THE START ON BOTH ON THEM, HOWEVER ON VAREKEI HE WENT BACK TO LAST & AT NO STAGE DID HE JOIN IN THE RACE & DECIDED TO PULL HER UP WITH 100M TO RUN. THEN CAME OLA DEL SUR. HE WENT FORWARD AT THE START & WAS NO BETTER THAN 3 & 4 WIDE FOR THE ENTIRE 2000M JOURNEY, NEEDLESS TO SAY DONNI GOT TIRED. THE FOLLOWING DAY OUR 2 YEAR OLD TORRE DEL LARGO WAS HAVING HIS FIRST START AT SANDOWN. WE DREW BARRIER 6, HE LED OUT & WHEN THE ODDS ON FAVOURITE CAME UP ON HIS OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF HANDING OVER THE LEAD HE KICKED UP, OUR HORSE DID AN ENORMOUS JOB JUST FADING OUT AT THE 200M MARK. WARRAROONG GIRL RACED AT CRANBOURNE 2 WEEKS AGO & RAN A GALLANT 4TH AGAIN. BROADWAY GEM HAS DONE 3 WEEKS WORK NOW & WILL STEP UP THIS WEEK. OUR YEARLING PACERS ARE NOW BROKEN IN & RAY ALREADY KNOWS THAT THE COLT BY ARTESIAN WILL GO TO THE RACES. THE FILLY STILL HAS A BIT OF A WAY TO GO BUT SHE IS A LOVELY HORSE AND NEEDS A BIT OF TIME. THAT'S ABOUT ALL FOR NOW. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WILL SEE A MUCH DESERVED TURNAROUND. CATCH UP WITH YOU ALL SOON. CHEERS. |