Get Back To Me arrives to the yard

                I would like to introduce you to a new arrival to the yard – Get Back To Me (IRE) – or Tommy as he is now known on the yard.  Get Back To Me is a 6 yr old gelding by Presenting.  He has good form in Irish National Hunt Flat races and if you look closely at the horses he has run against and how they have run since, it shows that the form has worked out well.  Robert Dacombe who has had many horses with us over the years owns Tommy.

                Tommy is a lovely, big horse who has scope but needs a bit of strengthening up behind.  Rather than run him immediately after he had settled in (as he was fit from his races in Ireland), it was decided to bide our time and at the same time be of benefit to re-school him in his work – get him to drop his head more, use himself better and bypass the dreadful ground we have been having.  Hopefully he will run on better ground (if it ever comes!) in early March.  So far he has been learning well and yesterday cantered for the first time.  He gave me a wonderful feel.

                We had been looking out for a decent horse to buy privately out of Ireland for some time.  I have an excellent contact in Ireland who we have so far bought 6 horses through and five have won.  The one that didn’t win, finished 3^rd so not bad at all!  My friend in Ireland spotted Get Back To Me and made enquiries.  I sped out to Ireland and had a wonderful couple of days, although missed my flight back.  I hasten to add not spending too much time in the bars drinking Guinness – but taking longer to have Tommy seen by the vet before his purchase and making sure a thorough examination took place.  Tommy arrived into Cheltenham the following week and has been with us since mid-December settling in.  We couldn’t be more thrilled to have him in the yard.  He is very gentle and good to do in every way. 

                We very much look forward to his first run and more updates will follow.

Get Back To Me after exercise