Winner at Worcester

                It was lovely to have a winner whilst we were away on holiday in Alderney for two weeks.  Holly Brown was in charge and it is great credit to her that everything went smoothly.  Holly has been working for us since December last year and she was previously head girl in an eventing yard before coming to us.  Credit must also go to Sam Goldsmith and Luke Kilgarriff plus Wally Irvine for doing the horse transport.

                Red Not Blue won his 8^th race and 2^nd Novice Chase on 21^st August over 2m7f at Worcester.  Unfortunately Andrew Thornton, who usually rides him, was out of action so AP McCoy (BBC Sports Personality of the year and Champion Jockey!) took over.  We spoke on the phone before the race and AP had already spoken with Andrew.  After the race, AP said he could have won and put the race to bed three fences from home when he was clear, but instead he looked after the horse over the last three fences and they headed him at the last and he still won by four lengths.  Some people think that McCoy wins on horses at all costs, but my experience of him is to the contrary; he looked after Red Not Blue and nursed him home.  Races are now in short supply for Red Not Blue both over hurdles and chases so we will see what happens next.  He came out of his race very well indeed.