If You Whisper - 2nd at Kempton

If You Whisper came 2nd in his Maiden at Kempton yesterday. We felt he
was a bit unlucky as he had the ideal draw in stall 10 but the jockey
was not able to make as much use as we would have liked. It turned
into a sprint and he could not match the winner for toe.
He is an imposing son of Iffraaj who should be better at 3 and his
owner, Phil Woods, has a lovely racehorse in the making.
The photo shows Phil and Michelle with the horse who is known as
"porky" in the yard due to his voracious appetite!!

Chapter And Verse 4th in a Listed Race

Chapter And Verse ran an outstanding race to come 4th in the Listed
Hyde Stakes on Saturday. He was beaten less than 2 lengths and
although he ran well we feel he might have been closer if he could
have got first run on the turn for home at the 3 furlong marker. It
looks as though his handicap mark will go to 100 now making him our
highest rated horse in the yard. This mark is some 20lbs above the 80
level he was on when we bought him at last year's HIT sale.
He is a credit to the hard working team on the yard. He shall have a
break now and will come back for a turf campaign next year.
The photo shows his "lad", Michelle, who rides him out every day and
gives him lots of TLC! Also in the photo are Denise (Mrs Murphy),
David Ellis (owner) and Jerry (the "brains") who has had great faith
in this horse from the beginning.

Bidruma - WINS her first race

Bidruma finally got her act together and won at Kempton on wednesday afternoon. She has been knocking on the door for a while but has not quite seen out the 6f. On wednesday she was given an excellent ride by Neil Callan who managed to get the filly's head in front on the line. We are so pleased for her owner, The Chalfont Partnership run by Ian Stephenson (aka Rocket), who have been extremely patient with the horse. We will look to find another 5f race for the horse as she has come out of the racee well.

Lutine Bell - An Impressive winner

Lutine Bell ran out a very impressive winner of the 7f handicap at Wolverhampton on Thursday night. It was his first run for us after we bought him out of Sir Mark Prescott's yard at the HIT sales at Tatersalls. Unfortunately his win was so impressive the handicapper has raised him 12lbs. However, given his size believe there is scope for further improvement.

Chapter And Verse

Chapter And Verse ran an outstanding race to be 3rd at Wolverhampton on friday night. He was drawn 13 of 13 and had to be dropped out which with only a moderate pace counted against him. He made good progress in the back straight but was always wider than ideal and ran on strongly to be third. We have another race in mind back at Wolverhampton in two weeks time and lets hope we have better luck!

3rd at Wolverhampton

Olney Lass

Olney Lass ran an excellent first race for us last Friday. Owned by
Tom Rossiter, who I hope won't mind me revealing is a sprightly 93
years of age, she was a little out-paced in the middle of the race but
ran on well to take 5th place. She should progress for the run and we
will look for a race for her at Southwell as the turf season finishes
this Saturday and she needs soft ground.