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18/1/10 - The thaw arrived in time to allow jump racing to proceed at Kempton, where two sons of Kayf Tara stole the show.
On the day that jump racing returned to Britain after an enforced absence during adverse weather conditions, Mad Max, not seen on the racecourse since the Cheltenham Festival last March, ensured that the wait had been worthwhile for owner/breeder Paul Murphy and his co-owner Carole Skipworth. Now eight, the Nicky Henderson-trained gelding posted a near perfect round of jumping on his chasing debut to draw four-and-a-half lengths clear of his rivals in the two-mile novices’ chase. Mad Max now has a clean sweep of wins in each National Hunt discipline of bumpers, hurdles and steeplechases and has won five of his six starts.
A little under two hours later, Michael Flips put in a similarly assured performance in the Lanzarote Hurdle. Trainer Andy Turnell feared the icy spell had left his six-year-old short of work but this did not appear to be the case as he bounded home the eight-length winner. Bred by Mrs J B Sweeney, Michael Flips was purchased for £200,000 as a four-year-old winning point-to-pointer at Brightwells’ Cheltenham sale. He has subsequently won three times under rules and has been placed in a Listed hurdle race at Ascot.
16-8-10
Sadly the Hawk wing yearling filly had to put down 24 hours after her operation. She was in alot of pain which the vets couldn't reduce with drugs so they felt it was best to put her out of her misery. Although we are now left with just a very large bill for her care at least I know that everything that could have been done was done.
We are also going to be looking for a new permenant member of staff this autumn as Vikki Chorley is leaving us after 4 years to ride eventers. Vikki was in charge of one of the yards so is a senior member of staff and I expect will be hard to replace.
6-8-10
After reporting some Overbury bred winners last week we are now experiencing the flipside of breeding (or generally looking after livestock).
The yearling out of Flying Finsh - a filly by Hawk Wing - showed signs of colic on monday. She was checked by a vet who gave some pain killer and muscle relaxant. There was no sign of a twisted gut and she settled back to normal very quickly. All was well until wednesday morning when she again showed signs of colic, but this time her heart rate and temperature where raised. She went straight into the vets clinic where an infection in her gut - peritonitis - was confirmed. We had hoped that a heavy dose of antibiotisc might cure the problem but this morning she sickened quite rapidly. The vets advice was then there was no choise other than to operate and hope to find a problem. I have just been told that they have found an abscess on the outside of the gut which will have to be removed. Chance of sucess is rated at less than 50% and the operation is an expensive one. The only good thing is that if she survives there shouldn't be any recurring problems as a result of this.
In the meantime we just have to wait and hope.
(I'm away until the end of next week but will give a follow up on my return).
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