Loxley Mezile

Loxley Mezile (or Poppy as she is known on the yard) had her first introduction to the racecourse on Tuesday at Lingfield in a 3yo junior bumper (luckily run on the all weather as the ground was very heavy).  Poppy travelled to the racecourse perfectly relaxed in the lorry and was very well behaved in the preliminaries – especially when there was a loose horse in the pre-parade ring!  Poppy turned her rear towards the loose horse and was in perfect range to double barrel but thankfully she politely refrained!

Gerard Tumelty rode her and gave her a lovely introduction.  He relaxed her out the back and then let her run on up the straight, which she did nicely.  She then got squeezed up on the rail and ran out of room.  We think she would have finished a lot closer with a clear run.

Being a 3yo filly, I was not hard on her at home and I would hope she improves a fair bit for this run.

Well done to Tracey Sloan and John Powell of EPDS Racing for finding such a nice filly – exciting times!