I'm a new trainer and House Beauty was my first winner ever. I'm very excited.

Congrats, welcome to catching the bug

many congratulations GraysChamp delighted for you

Well done! I hope you were cheering and punching the air

Absolutely! Cheering all the way. Liked the commentary as well. Makes it realistic. This reminded when I still owned real horses. My first winner in real life was Gray's Champ.

A dreadful day on the flat for me with all runners getting well stuffed.
Over the sticks Bold Lad got off the mark and l do think he will win again, Daylight Robbery and Sea Pigeon ran well but didn't stay. Fairy King did OK but the rest were pretty dire.

Well done to the winners and placers

Tuesday

Flat

Solent Green - 10th Too short I think, always outpaced.

Hugh Jengine - 2nd, solid run giving a fair amount of weight

The Prisoner - 6th need 1.4 really faded in the last 2f

It Tingles 14th or not as the case maybe


Jump

Xternal - 10th Just getting a mark over the fences

Coconut Shy - 1st outstanding run against very decent looking competition, thought she may struggle, back to her best?

Indian Summer - Fell again, maybe for the chop

Casual Mist - 4th Right in it, could have maybe gotten up if not for making a mess of the last.

The Mentalist - Pulled up, showing his quirks

The Ghost - 2nd cracking run though bombshell looked to have a lot in hand

Eye of the Storm - 3rd good run giving she gave the two ahead a lot of poundage

Around DBX - 14th Poor showing again, may retire

Disposing Quiz - 7th in with a shout but could not stay the pace, ok run


Josh

Another week with a bunch of minor checks.

Congrats to Ephraim on your first win.

Week 5 - Wednesday

Flat

Enders Shame - 9th he is no G1 horse

Arch Rival - 4th Good run in a listed, happy enough with that

Love Nor Money 18th poor outing today, nothing much to like

Access Denied - 6th ok debute, faded more than I would have liked

Fine Puzzle - 14th Usual service resumes after his DSQ


Jump

Great White Hope - 1st G3 Handicap. Delighted with him, jumped well and came nicely from the pack to just sneak up, gutting for Sharp Shoes, who also ran a cracker, weight maybe just showed

Leaving Las Vegas - 13th struggled today, not convinced he enjoyed the distance

Affairs of State - 10th top weight is a killer

Battleship - 1st had me cheering, and then worried whether he would stay after his break for home, somewhat unexpected, decent in the weighting will have helped

Enterprise - 11th Final run, for one confirmed on the cut list

Ermintrude - 6th Final run for another confirmed on the cut list

Rabbling Rebel - 9th against a very strong field, needs to stay to handicaps

Slim Chance - 5th Was a little snatchy at times, but got round which is a nice bonus

Gloria Slap - 8th, too much class for her, she is on the shorlist for cut

Cap Gemini - 4th more of the same from this chap, stays on gamely but not with enough pace

The Tortoise - 7th really needs 3m or greater

Hope and Glory - Fell strong candidate for the cut


Josh

One of the better weeks for me.

Flat

Bloomington 2nd - was flying home over 1m 7f, that will win the Northumberland Plate with all important luck running *fingers crossed*.

Miss Knavesmire 1st - maintained her unbeaten record with a dead heat in the Welsh Leger, made the right decision in not going for the oaks, epsom doesn't suit her style. Maybe the Ribblesdale or the Lillie Langtry next, with the Leger the main aim.

Kosovo Girl 1st - Good win, wolferton perhaps next on the agenda, although i think Al Qalibah & Khorkovo are extremely well in and either could go for that.Might save Al Qalibah for the Smith's Cup and Khorkovo for the Old Newton.

NH

Nissaki 1st - needs a fast pace to be competitive, unlikely to get that in graded races. so may run him over fences then throw him into the County Hurdle or Betfair Hurdle.

Morning Dip 3rd - Dual graded winner last season, 3rd in the Fixed Brush, may go back into graded staying hurdles.

Blue Blood 7th & Postgraduate 11th - Both ran stormers in the Hennesy from where they were positioned, and both will go very well in the Welsh National

Flat

A very slow start to the week, none of my donkeys did anything on Monday or Tuesday, but Wednesday gave my stable a 2nd, 2 x 3rds and a 4th in some lower grade handicaps.


Jumps

There was also a slow start in NH with only 5 horses managing a minor place on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was better with on winner in a G3 race and several placers

The surprise of the week was a 5th place in the Hennesay. Most of my longer distance horses are poor, usually they fall or get pulled-up. I have been trying to breed some 3milers in the last 3 weeks, a couple of whom seem promising, so will upload them tomorrow.

My fast start to the season seems to have slowed down, just like some of my horses. Quite a few are in contention with 100yds to go, but they just fade away.

Week 5 gave my NH stable 1 x 1st, 3 x 2nds, 5 x 3rds, 3 x 4ths and 2 x 5ths. A very nice haul in prize money.

It's been a very good week for some of my jumpers.

Beresford Girl won the group 1 Punchestown Chase after some poor runs, was going to get cut but u cant cut a group 1 winner. I think will struggle now.

Asian Maze won the group1 hurdle, has been disappointing up until this race because she looked very good in my trials. Will only run on soft ground now so she might have run her last race.

Rogers Princess 1st, this horse has now become a true superstar after last season and the 2 runs this season. I'm not sure how she does it but she is a true league horse. Have a look at her bars and she should be average, she was bred at this time last year.



I've learned that my jumpers struggle running on good/soft ground, not sure why.

Thank you pal, he is my favourite horse