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Unusual double for Overbury stallions

08/05/10 - Kayf Tara and Bertolini represented by winners on the same card

It’s not often that Britain’s Champion National Hunt stallion Kayf Tara and leading speed influence Bertolini get the chance for a double on the same card but Saturday's mixed meeting at Haydock provided just that opportunity, Tara Royal winning a novice chase half an hour before Prime Defender won a competitive sprint conditions race.
Bred by Christopher Mason, Prime Defender was winning for the sixth time in an admirable career, those victories including three Listed contests: the European Free Handicap and Sandy Lane Stakes in 2007 and last season’s Cammidge Trophy at Doncaster. He has also been Group-placed on three occasions.
Since the beginning of May, Bertolini’s offspring have won races in New Zealand, Hong Kong, America, Italy and the UK and he celebrated his first two juvenile winners of the European campaign on 3 May when Dads Amigo scored at Beverley and Palazzo Reale landed a conditions race in Florence.
Tara Royal struck early in the new jumps season for Kayf Tara, landing his fourth victory in only nine career starts in the two-and-a-half mile beginners’ chase. The Donald McCain-trained five-year-old has also won two hurdle races and a point-to-point and was bred by Cobhall Court Stud.

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).