We had two runners last week and a good week it was! First up was Chord on Monday at Plumpton in a 2 ½m handicap chase - it was his first run for a while and he tried really hard as he always does - as did the jockey! It didn’t look good at the start of the back straight but Andrew didn’t give up on him and nor did the horse and they ran on to finish 4th, beaten by just over 6 lengths. I felt watching the race that he didn’t look totally comfortable and our vet, Buffy Shirley-Beaven, came to have a look at him on Thursday – as suggested by our physio, Anita Miles. I think there is room for improvement, and I was pleased with the Racing Post comments: “Chord ran well on ground that would have been soft enough. He´s capable of winning something similar on drier ground.”
On Thursday we had Opera Prince run at Kempton in a 1m 2f flat all-weather race, which was his first run since April after joining us from Lady Herries’ yard. He finished 2nd under a good ride from ex-jump jockey Jim Crowley. We were very keen for the horse to run well for Robert Dacombe and I am very pleased that it happened. Both Robert and his son Jack were at the races, and smiling; it is much deserved and good to see. It was the horse’s first run for us, and we are hoping he will go on from there.
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