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Chilly start this Saturday morning
- Saturday, 14 January 2012
It was the first really cold morning this winter on Saturday with a bumper visit from owners Eamonn Duggan, Paul and Paula Smith, Derek Willis and Chris and Lesley Mills.
There were only two working, the un-named Peintre Celebre three year old and first time out winner Miss Cato, who went well in their gallop up Long Hill polytrack. It was too dark for photos first lot, so these are all second lot. This picture shows Flynn's Boy, Poisson d'Or and Shamakat trotting by the racecourse.
It was a busy morning will all staff fully occupied with three lots. The pictures right and below are of the two year olds led by the now 19 year old Montecristo having been on a long trot up by the racecourse and returning by Southfields Round canter.
Nearly all the three year olds are back in now and it is great to see them returning looking so well and fresh from their winter breaks.
Last year's star filly, Princess of Orange, seems to have grown even more and looks fresh and ready to go. Guilietta has gone out for a deferred winter break with one good run at Lingfield last week behind her.
First Class lives up to his name at Kempton
- Thursday, 12 January 2012

No hanging about for Miss Cato
- Sunday, 01 January 2012

Happy Christmas everyone
- Monday, 26 December 2011
Cold and crisp at Newmarket
- Sunday, 11 December 2011
The weather had HQ has been decidedly bracing, -3 degrees yesterday morning, but Newmarket's amazing facilities mean that that in only the most extreme conditions are horses prevented from cantering, and this was nothing like that.
In fact by the time second lot came around it was a very nice day as the photographs show. Here is 18 year old Montecristo happy in his work leading the yearlings (Pivotal-Poppy Carew colt, Dark Angel filly, Medicean filly and Azamour filly). They had just done a canter on the Cambridge Road polytrack, then walked around next to the cricket pitch. The Dark Angel filly is pictured below.
Brian and Elaine Cooper and Eamonn and Colleen Duggan were on hand to see their horses in action. Brian and Elaine's Shamardal two year old colt is just back in after most of the year off and Eamonn was here to see the Hornets' Guiletta and his own un-named Azamour filly.
Unusually we had Kieren Fallon come in to ride Reachforthebucks with two of Marco Botti's in a piece of work and again he went well.
First Class ran his best race yet under stable apprentice Noel Garbutt at Kempton on Thursday, finishing fourth. Fonnie ran in snatches today at Southwell to finish fifth.
Finally here are the yearlings heading home after their morning's work. It is surprising how picturesque Newmarket can be in all weathers.