Things have been very quiet in France for the last few months as the horses wintered and Marion and Teresa took off to Tobago for a well-earned vacance! Now it is all systems go and first news is the arrival of a lovely filly foal from Moonlight. Her third and her first girl. Looks a lot like her dad I'm told and since he is also Orlando's dad (Ideal de l'Iton) that's good news. Festina will hopefully produce a full brother to Orlando in a few week's time.
Orlando has been working well, showing no signs of past problems and may race on April 14 at Vincennes or more likely on April 21st at Enghien (both attele). Fingers crossed!
And the good news from Down Under is that Fred's horse Jack Hinton ran second at his first race start.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
then Australia
Superb hospitality from Robert Marshall from Sydney who heads the Inter-Dominion Council (not the most harmonious of bodies at the moment) and is on the NSW Regulatory body (and knows far too much about everything going on for some people!) By great coincidence (truly) I was able to see the Miracle Mile for the first time .. a great occasion with top quality horses (won by Be Good Johnny for second year running), but 'mile' (1760m) mobile paces on a half mile track are becoming too much like speedway for my taste. No trots at all on programme, hardly any in NSW. Victoria and South Australia have a respectable number
Had a great natter over dinner with sulky builder Jim Walsh (Regal sulkies) about the politics of getting sulkies approved in other jurisdictions (especially North America).
http://www.rjwalsh.com.au/
Had a great natter over dinner with sulky builder Jim Walsh (Regal sulkies) about the politics of getting sulkies approved in other jurisdictions (especially North America).
http://www.rjwalsh.com.au/
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