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Victory for Victoire

14/6/10 - Bertolini three-year-old scoops big pot at York’s Timeform day

The highly progressive Bertolini gelding Victoire De Lyphar scored a valuable victory on the Knavesmire on Saturday when winning the Reg Griffin Memorial Trophy, a heritage handicap worth almost £65,000 to the winner.

Now three, the Monica Hackett-bred three-year-old hails from a well-credentialed family, his dam Victory Peak, by Shirley Heights, being a daughter of Prix de Diane winner Lypharita.

Now trained in Yorkshire by Dandy Nicholls, Victoire de Lyphar won on his second start at two last June when in the care of Patrick Haslam and was also placed twice last season. He is unbeaten so far in 2010, his York victory coming on the back of a game effort at Doncaster in April which he won by a length and a half. From eight runs, his earnings now stand at £79,816.

Hayley Cropper became Bertolini’s latest juvenile winner on 8 June, landing a Redcar six-furlong maiden by three lengths on her third outing. She too hails from the Dandy Nicholls stable and was bred by RJ and SA Carter from their Tragic Role mare Lavender Dancer, who is out of a half-sister to the great Bustino.

Meanwhile, the thoroughly admirable Memphis Man made his 101st racecourse outing a winning one when landing a six-furlong handicap at Nottingham on 10 June. The Bertolini seven-year-old won on his first start in the April of his two-year-old season and has now won ten races and finished in the first three on 26 occasions. He has raced consistently throughout his six seasons in training, winning at least one race every year. Quite an advert for the durability of the offspring of Bertolini, who ranks in fifth place of those stallions based in Britain in the overall sires’ table for the season.

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).