When he got in close to his fences
he shortened his stride well and was very nimble; when Andrew saw a nice stride
he lengthened for him and pinged straight over. It was a joy to watch although at the time I was a bit nervous!
This was his 7th win
for us (I am aiming for 10) and he has raced in all his races without
shoes. Interestingly, at Hereford
yesterday there were a few trainers and a farrier asking me about the barefoot
thing. The farrier said he had never
seen thoroughbreds’ feet like it – he didn’t think it was possible and he was
genuinely fascinated! I am trying to
get more people to do it as their horses will be sounder and hopefully win more
races for them! I hate seeing horses
break down and I know there are things that we can do to reduce the number that
do by improving foot angles.
I guess we need a few more Red
Not Blue’s to get the message out there, so people will talk more and maybe
give it a go.
It has been a wonderful few weeks as we are
delighted to welcome little (or not so little at 9 lbs 7 oz!) Mollie Joy Earle
into our lives who was born on 16th June. Both Katie and Mollie are doing very well indeed and enjoyed
watching Red Not Blue’s win from the sofa!
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