A mixed weekend but one fantastic result with Kit recording his first winner on the home-bred Skipping Chapel in the 18 runner maiden at the Dumfriess-shire point-to-point today. Earlier Uncle Jamie came a good 2nd in the Mens Open on Noir et Vert, Lucy took a fall in the Restricted and at the end of the day Commercial Express came 5th in the Club race, he was unsuited by the ground. Not such a good day yesterday with neither Native Coll or Seeking Power running competitively and both pulling up. I blame myself entirely, it's easy to get carried away when the horses are running well and with 8 of our last 10 runners having been placed I was keen to get a winner, with hindsight (which is always a wonderful thing...) neither of these horses should have been running, Native Coll had a hard race on heavy ground 10 days previously and clearly wasn't over it and Seeking Power had only finished a course of antibiotics for a lung infection five days previously - impatience - always a mistake and these two horses will now need a longer break to get back on the right track.
Never mind, a couple of good results and I was absolutely delighted that Kit got off the mark, he has been working hard at it and this horse isn't an easy ride. I had the commentary to all 4 races relayed to me on the ski slopes which was great, yesterday however I was mid air when the two races were being run, it was a particulalry excrutiating form of mental torture...... tomorrow Lucy rides in the 2.50 and 3.50 at Catterick for Wilf Storey, I'll find a way to listen....
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