Aintree and Augusta…
Day One at both “green and pleasant” venues providing the highest drama…
I guess that I’m unlikely to get an invitation to head up Magnolia Drive to tee it up in The Masters, and so I had better major on Aintree’s gilded acres. Where so many great tales have been told..
A runner today. GOOLOOGONG in the concluding Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle. Dylan Johnston having his first ride for us. Our horse got stuck in watered and then rained upon Sandown mire last time. Going as well as any off the home bend in the Imperial Cup but that ground was proper deep and cloying….
Bonkers competitive this afternoon – obvs….!!
And our fellow discounted in the betting and amongst the “rags”. But tipped up by both The Guardian and The Times (plenty of chalk and cheese there….). Dice will be rolled…
Gooloogong headed out for an Aintree early morning leg stretch right now under Derek Laverty…
Brighterdaysahead looked very good yesterday. Cheltenham does not bring the best out of her, but she looked to have The New Lion’s measure even before that one missed the last. Barton Snow ridiculous in the Foxhunters – cantering over flailing opposition. Nico bouncing…
The Topham and much more today…
Rory defying a few naysayers in Augusta. Scottie lurking. Reed too. Bryson mercurial. All to play for…
The “Bahrain Four” are all home and safe and good. We will let them find their home hooves over the coming days before mapping out midsummer plans…
A Grand National from the golden time. The 70’s. When old friends, equine and human, would turn up year after year. When those fences needed jumping as opposed to brushing through. Everything evolves – for better and worse…
L’Escargot chased a Red and Rummy shadow on many occasions, but this was his day on Merseyside…
