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Saturday treble for Kayf Tara

15/02/10 - Alfie Sherrin, Tarabaloo and Tom O’Tara successful at Newbury, Ayr and Warwick

Readers of Paul Nicholls’ Racing Post column on Saturday morning would have known how highly regarded Alfie Sherrin is by his trainer. In fact, Nicholls stated that, apart from Denman and Master Minded, the son of Kayf Tara was his best chance of the day. While the stable stars gave Nicholls and their fans a few heart-stopping moments, Alfie Sherrin stuck to the script perfectly in the extended three-mile handicap hurdle to record his third career victory from just four runs.

The eye-catching dark brown seven-year-old (bred by Joan Egan at Lavender Hill Stud) gave owners Paul Barber and Margaret Findlay some compensation on the day Denman’s blunders put paid to his chances in the Aon Chase and it is hoped that Alfie Sherrin’s next outing may be in the Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival.

Up at Ayr, Tarabaloo recorded her third victory for owner/breeder Ron Metcalfe with a four-length strike in the Victor Chandler Handicap Hurdle over two miles and six furlongs while six-year-old Tom O’Tara got off the mark in the two-mile novice hurdle at Warwick with Galoshes, also by Kayf Tara, (bred by George Hartigan) finishing third.

Earlier in the week another two of Kayf Tara’s offspring recorded first wins. The grey mare Stick Together, bred and trained by Malcolm Jefferson, landed a novices’ handicap hurdle on 9 February at Market Rasen while five-year-old Gallox Bridge won at the first time of asking when landing a Fontwell bumper by eight lengths for his owner/breeder Robert Tompkins.

With Kayf Tara’s eldest runners now aged eight, he is starting to be better represented in the steeplechasing division and he currently boasts a highly pleasing strike rate of 33 per cent winner to runners. Ten of his 30 chasers to have run this season have won 11 races between them.

SIMON’S BLOG

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).