We
ran Snowy Valley and Starlight Secret for their first run last Tuesday at
Kempton over 6f. We were very pleased
with them in what was a reasonable maiden.
Both horses ran barefoot.
They
were in training as 2 yr olds with us and we got them ¾ of the way to racing
and then turned them out. That was as
much as we wanted to do with them, as they were just too immature to run. It is now thought that a degree of training
of youngsters can help them later – with tendons, ligaments etc., of which I
agree with so long as things aren’t taken too far and you know not to do too
much.
The
two boys looked great and behaved impeccably, with Snowy not even needing to be
led into the stalls but just walking in!
I was worried that they would be completely outpaced, as they both were
not tuned up for this race at all.
Starlight weakened from being bang there 1f out but he got tired and
Snowy ran on from being well last turning in and ended up finishing best of
all, running on in the closing stages very nicely past horses. They will both improve and I would love to
think we could get the owner’s colours in the winners’ enclosure. Snowy has a lovely full brother in the
paddock that looks just like him plus he has a half sister by Norse
Dancer. It certainly would be good to
put some value on them when Snowy does well.
Both horses came out of the race
well and have eaten up so all in all it was a good and happy experience for
them.
Snowy Valley pre-race
Starlight Secret post race
Happy owner & happy jockey post race!
Happy owner & happy horse post race
The above photographs were kindly taken by Ben Thompson of Littleton Stud (from where Snowy Valley was brought up). Please take a look at Ben's website as there are some truly wonderful shots on there: www.studphotography.com
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