HIFALUTIN IMPRESSIVE AT NORTHAM

Lightly raced three year old filly HIFALUTIN showed by her win at Northan on Thursday that the win would not be her last one. The filly did not take long to gather in the leaders once the field straightened and went on to win in very impressive style. Although running around a bit in the straight, the filly proved to good for her rivals, with stablemate, BANGADANG JACK holding on for third.

I must admit that the win of HIFALUTIN did make me sit back and reflect on my time in racing as a trainer. It is when a horse like this wins a race that the reality of my years as a trainer become a talking point amongst a few of my smart arse mates all suggesting that I should consider retirement!!

The fact is that not only do I train HIFALUTIN, I trained her mother GAMBEI, I trained her grandmother MAROONED LADY and I trained her great grandmother WILDWOOD LADY. Now that is starting to make even me feel old. Apart from the ones I have mentioned, I have also trained a few other handy ones in the family such as KING KANUTE, REDWOLDT AND LEITMOTIF.

Maybe I am ready for retirement!!!!