VERY SAD NEWS

QUIWI went to the butcher yesterday. (One has to learn to be French in these matters...) What was thought to be an abcess on his foot up to last week turned out to be bone which was growing progressively out through his foot. I will get a more accurate account when I am back in France. It ruled out all possibility of him having a racing future, but beyond that the vet's prognosis was that infection was inevitable and it would spread quite quickly up through through the protruding bone... so no point in keeping even as a companion. He had Olivier as company on his last journey. With only Bernard Marion and David the need to reduce horse numbers is pressing, although this was not the reason in these cases. Watch this space.