RACING RETURNS TO BELMONT

We have been through a long, tiring and taxing season of summer racing at our premiere track Ascot but as from this weekend the focus will shift to our winter racing circuit, the spacious Belmont Park. Belmont Park looked magnificent when I inspected the surface at the trials last week and I am looking forward to getting on to the fresh surface with my young horses.

Strangely enough, I don't look like having a runner this weekend with most of my horses being still a week or two away from making a race course appearance. Without huge numbers it is difficult to have consistent runners week in and week out however a few quiet weeks won't hurt anyone. At the moment I have plenty to keep me busy with a stable full of mainly unraced young horses and on top of that we are in the process of getting all of this seasons yearlings broken in and educated.

This season will be particularly difficult for getting the yearlings broken in and educated as my main man Joe Byrne has been stuck with a full stable of horses destined for the Malaysian market, which he can't shift because of some problems at their end. Until the overseas authorities relax the movement of horses Joe is unable to do much breaking in.

Hopefully over the next few weeks I will be able to get a good few broken in and educated so that we are ready for the new season two year olds. There is something special about the babies and watching them learn what is expected of them as they go through their paces. Especially when we turn over one that can really run!!!