Laura gritted her teeth and worked a pacer (ambleur) for the first time today.... and came out of the experience unscathed. (Niburu, a 6yo bay mare had the honour.) She had in fact moved straight from Kurt's (merci beaucoup mon ami) to Peter and Vicky Cowan's at Doyleston. (Christine McD is paying the price for Northern Hemisphere frivolities I think!) She has clearly settled into the routines immediately and later in the morning Peter was amazed to find her replacing a shoe lost during work. He warned Vicky that she would be confined to kitchen duties at this rate. (A bit extreme I thought, though her muffins ARE exceptionally good.) Vicky worked Trotupastorm a treat and he is fancied to follow up on Cup Day. Jack Hinton is in the last tomorrow night, drawn 7, so will be lucky to get a good 'possy'. The first four in each of three heats qualify for the final a week later.
Laura had her first race meeting at Addington on Tuesday night, where there were two (trotting) heats of the World Drivers Championship. Christophe Martens still leads the series from Kiwi Colin de Fillipi, but displayed a bit of 'race rage' when his trotter broke in the second. The pressure may be telling! Like 99% of the rest of the world who see it Laura can't believe that horses are expected to start from a complete stand after circling for several minutes in a 10 meter box (the handicaps are at 10 metre intervals here). Incroyable!
Laura gritted her teeth and worked a pacer (ambleur) for the first time today.... and came out of the experience unscathed. (Niburu, a 6yo bay mare had the honour.) She had in fact moved straight from Kurt's (merci beaucoup mon ami) to Peter and Vicky Cowan's at Doyleston. (Christine McD is paying the price for Northern Hemisphere frivolities I think!) She has clearly settled into the routines immediately and later in the morning Peter was amazed to find her replacing a shoe lost during work. He warned Vicky that she would be confined to kitchen duties at this rate. (A bit extreme I thought, though her muffins ARE exceptionally good.) Vicky worked Trotupastorm a treat and he is fancied to follow up on Cup Day. Jack Hinton is in the last tomorrow night, drawn 7, so will be lucky to get a good 'possy'. The first four in each of three heats qualify for the final a week later. 
Laura had her first race meeting at Addington on Tuesday night, where there were two (trotting) heats of the World Drivers Championship. Christophe Martens still leads the series from Kiwi Colin de Fillipi, but displayed a bit of 'race rage' when his trotter broke in the second. The pressure may be telling! Like 99% of the rest of the world who see it Laura can't believe that horses are expected to start from a complete stand after circling for several minutes in a 10 meter box (the handicaps are at 10 metre intervals here). Incroyable!
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