We
ran Headly’s Bridge at Hereford
over 3m1f which was the furthest he had been and it looked like it was too far
for him but he still kept going well enough to finish 4th (not far
behind the 3rd). It was
certainly good to be back racing at Hereford
especially after the racecourse was closed down for so long. Headly’s owner is from Herefordshire and she
enjoyed going back there, especially driving home through the beautiful Wye Valley.
Get Back To Me ran back over
fences at Stratford
on Saturday, after finishing 3rd in horrible ground at Huntingdon 20
days previously. He came there nicely at
the end of the back straight looking like he could win, only to run out of
energy. The Huntingdon race probably
took more out of him than we thought and we might have run him again too
soon. We shall give him a good five or
six weeks and then find another nice race for him, again over fences. Thank you to Stratford for putting on a race worth over
£11,000 for us to run in. It’s not very
often we can say there is good prize money!
Although with the new levy replacement receiving support from across the
political spectrum in the House of Commons, it is expected that up to
£40 million of extra funding is expected each year for our sport – so perhaps
there are better times ahead with better prize money?
Pictures below of Headly's Bridge schooling and Get Back To Me in the paddock at Stratford
