It
was great to have a couple of runners recently. It started on Saturday at Bangor with Kavanaghs Corner and Andrew
Thornton back in the saddle. We dropped
Kavanaghs Corner back in trip to 2m3f, still over hurdles, and with 9 runners
he was able to drop out in last to settle which he did much better and then ran
on to finish 3rd which was a good step in the right direction. The ground was very heavy and it would be
nice to try him on ground a bit better.
He was only beaten 3 ¾ lengths.
Headly’s
Bridge then ran on Sunday at Wincanton in the feature race of the afternoon, a
class 3 handicap steeple chase over 2m4f.
The ground was Good to Soft, Soft in places changing to Good to Soft and
it just wasn’t deep enough for Headly.
He finished 6th and is best seen on softer ground, especially
heavy ground (although he has still run some super races on good to soft ground
before). Headly never got into a position to be competitive whilst traveling
very easily at the end of the back straight on the last circuit, still being on
the bridle but he was too far behind. He
wasn’t really got after up the home straight and by that time the race was gone
– at Wincanton you really need to be close up turning in, a very frustrating
day for ourselves and owner, Penelope Bridel.
I can’t tell you how frustrating this is when it happens, with all the
hard work that goes into it plus the owners’ expenses. Luckily I can only count times like this on
one hand! There had been good market
support for Headly beforehand and he was the most tipped outsider in The Racing
Post! And the ‘Spotlight Verdict’ and the ‘Longshot’ in The Racing Post.
Both horses came back fine and
have come out of their races well. It
was great to be able to run both of them without shoes. Their legs were great in the morning after
their runs and both were turned out onto the spring grass. Lovely to have them out in the paddocks.
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