Happy Easter everyone
Thanks to the team
well done to the winners and placers

Day 1 highlights 2 BIG winners for me

Race 1 Sir Terminator WINNER yes brilliant he fell in world hurdle last week was gutted but what a difference a week makes
stormed home but helped by the fall of JT's horse

Race 2 Italian Queen 2nd a great run been a tough season for her but coming good late on

Race 3 Alvaro Di Maria 3rd ran on late on to nick 3rd

Race 6 Termination 4th ran well off top weight

Race 8 Roberto Santini WINNER he bags a big one again and gave weight away undoubtably my best ever staying jumper
so pleased with him did not deserve to win last week but won well today

R1 Time Charter (4th) - track didn't suit and trip was too far. good effort to finish 4th.
R2 Little Drummer Boy (3rd) - ran well but had no chance with the winner.
R3 Glitterball (9th) - second run at Aintree and has been hopeless both times.
R4 Sea Shanty (4th) - needs a stiffer track and was never going. did well to finish 4th.
R5 Pinewood (2nd) - ran well for a long way but no match for the winner.
R6 Beware Of The Hare (6th) - never got competitive.
R7 Age Of Reason (10th) - yet another who wants a stiffer track. never got involved.
R8 Bad Dream (0) - chase debut. dreadful over the bigger obstacles in the ck and not much better in the league.
R9 Flakey Dove (F 4th) -
R10 Upside Down (6th) - jumps terrible on park courses but is foot perfect over the national fences. in front far too early then got outpaced from the home turn. ran on again after the last but couldn't reach the leaders. decent effort.

Day 2 Highlights

Race 12 Mig twentynine 4th ran well with the weight

Race 14 Bold Princeess ran well again 2nd

Race 15 Congo Enigma 4th the winner was different gravey

Race 16 Wonga WINNER Yes another G1 this was her long term target what a little star she has been all season she
had to fight at the end there but a great win for her delighted thats her 2nd G1 of the season

GRAND NATIONAL Freetowns 5th & Special Forces UNSEATED Freetowns ran a cracker great achievement
getting into the money gutted for SF but well done to the worthy winner Darren Howwels brilliant mate and
well done to JT i think that secures the title for you

Race 18 Becca Di Maria 5th blundered last which cost her 5th

Race 20 Urban Myth 3rd mmm was well outpaced

Delighted with my Aintree Hurdle winner WONGA
well done to the winners and placers thanks to the team

Devastated. Compatriot would surely have won had she jumped either of the second last, or last fences with any degree of fluency?

That result hurt, congrats to Darren though, especially with a gamebred. The time is very good too. I'm annoyed!

Congrats to Darren on u national win.

a rare winner and biggest yet well chuffed !!!!!

WOW
Many thanks for all the congratulations on the National win.
I am a bit suprised, I thought he would run well but run out of puff in the last 2 furlongs.
Here are a few facts about the horse as a lot of people, me included, may not have bothered with him.
He never raced over jumps, was a flat horse, but had a liking for soft ground and a good jumps stat bar.
He never managed to win a group 1 on the flat, plenty of 2's & 3's, and on more than one occasion was only denied by a stablemate.
His potential, although only 80-85%, never deteriorated so I kept him to export.
Most suprisingly he never stayed a yard past 2 miles on the flat and his best distance was 1m7f
Of course he was plotted up and trained to perfection for the day
I shall enjoy watching it tonight without hitting the tab key once.

Congrats to all winners and placers and the team for running the races.

2 winners in Welsh Wizard and Burrough Hill Lad in races 19 and 20 and few good place efforts

Congrats to Darren on your National Winner.


Gray

R12 Shakespeare (13th) - trip was too far.
R13 Oceanic (1st) - won a match race.
R14 Daylight (6th) - trip was too far.
R15 Wonder Of You (3rd) - good run. winner was far too good.
R16 Night Nurse (8th) - ran ok but hoped he would finish a bit closer.
R17 Sky Blue (3rd) - massive run. I thought she would fade out of contention from the last but managed to hang on grimly. congrats to Darren on winning the race but have to agree that Jamie's horse was very unlucky.
my other runner Forty Winks was still going very well when falling at the 20th.
R18 Topper (10th) - another really poor run.
R19 A Deeper Blue (11th) - track was too sharp and wants much softer ground.

congrats to all winners and placers.

Ibiza (11th) - Only beat two home
Prince Lune (9th) - Was way out of the handicap and it showed
Zod World (10th) - Outclassed and better over further, beat 1 home
T C Flyer (7th) - Ran a blinder in the national from a long way out of the weights. Shame he couldn't quite pick up some prize money
Dry County (PU) - Too much weight in the national
Call The Police (4th) - Consistent at the moment. Outpaced and then ran on again late on to grab some money
Zod Sterling (13th) - A poor run, definitely needs softer ground
Westmoreland Road (6th) - Last of the finishers in the bumper.

A poor day for me with only 1 making the money.

Well done Darren on your huge National win, mind you that has pushed me out of the top 10 leading trainers

Day 3 Highlights Just a handful of runners today and a winner

Race 21 Diving Bomber oh he just got up wow i was screaming get up get up get up and he did a nice WINNER never been the greatest of
jumpers but perfect today G2 winner now it was such an important race as me an Kev are in a big Cup Battle at the moment and Kevs horse
hit the last which cost him

Race 23 Princess Dundee has been a real pig this season but a solid run at last in 3rd

Race 26 Maria Sherapova another pig who ran ok this week in 4th

Race 28 Rozza di Maria 2nd had the race won then folded no excuses been poor showed her great turn of foot to get the
lead but could not hold on

Well done to the Winners and placers thanks to the team

a winner and plenty in the money including an agonizing watch for welsh briefing kicking clear in the millions race to fade late into 4th.......saw the big money for a second but great run all the same .....is great to be competitive now after so many weeks off also rans really got the bug for all this !!!!


well done to the winners and placers

So u will be back bigger and better for SO 6.

Plus u got more winners in u first season than me.

R21 Cave Dweller (2nd) - had the race in the bag when he blundered the last and got collared on the line by Paul's horse . gutted.
R22 Park Road (U 3rd last) -
R23 Carmen Blue (2nd) - ran well. needed a fast jump at the last but didn't get one.
R26 Carmen Black (3rd) - runs well one week then bad the next. good effort this time and almost got back up for 2nd. likely to be hopeless again next week.
R27 Boucher (6th) - jumped terrible from halfway and did well to finish.
R28 Celebrate (8th) - let down by her jumping.
R29 Wonderland (0) - so good last week, so bad this week.
R30 Dusty Tools (4th) - ran ok.

congrats to all winners and placers.

A good end to two awful weeks.

Niche Market 0, no idea where that came from
Sidbury Hill 5th, been a disappointment.
Flying Oats 5th was running on at the end but the trainer had a mare by putting her in that race.
Call Me Later 1st, improving fast needs a couple more weeks of good ground.
Generosa 1st, hopefully will get a chance in a big race now.