But wandering around Windsor Racecourse smoking large cigars would not be a good look anyway…
We did not rattle that crossbar too hard, but were not a corner flag away from doing so…
DESERT COP running a blinder to be 3rd (head bobbed out of second) in a competitive 6 furlong handicap. Battling to the line, and looking the winner a furlong down. I wish there were more options over five and a half furlongs. But DC is in a good place, and more than capable of winning over five or six when the pace and the race drop right…
Fast ground is the key for him. When the rain gets in, he gets “wheel spin…..”
DANGER ALERT is DANGER ALERT. Plenty of ability. And if he were to align the ability with inclination…
LILLY LUX looking a million dollars against the setting sun. And she looked to have seen them all off at the furlong pole until two came at her fast and late. Top weight. “Weight stops trains”. She has schooled well under Tom Cannon, and we will switch codes for her next outing. And then mix and match back and forth as the opportunities arise…
3rd, 4th, 3rd – no cigars, no disgrace. Winners Enclosure after each run – just not the end that is most fun…
“Leafy” later. DON PABLO COLLINA. Neal Callan up as he was on the Windsor trio. The Don will learn plenty for this first day at the races…
Gorgeous morning. Bright sunshine. But proper chill in the air. Frost at dawn. Windscreen scraping frost. Middle of May. High Summer…?!
A horsebox from France with us. A gorgeous Dark Angel 2-year-old from the Arqana Breeze Up Sale, and a privilege to be training her for Shaikh Ebrahim Al Bin Khalifa and his cousin Shaikh Salman Al Bin Khalifa from Bahrain…
Purple Moon and Lunar Tide are two other recent arrivals as the team continues to expand. “Expansion” given what is going on around the World feels like bucking a trend or two, and exciting to see more and more heads over Downs House doors…
Busy is good. Very good….
