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Whether through snow or excessive heat, a huge amount of racing has been disrupted around the world but this has not stopped the global march of Bertolini’s offspring.
On 1 February he sired winners in Spain and Italy, while six days later in New Zealand, his daughter Puttanesca, who started the year in fine style with a Group Two win on New Year’s Day, again posted a valiant effort, this time finishing third in the G2 Sir Tristram Fillies’ Classic at Te Rapa.
Bertolini’s Spanish winner, Liniberto, was bred in Britain by Brick Kiln Stud and V.A. d’Haens from the Saddlers Hall mare Jasmine Breeze. This was the first win for the four-year-old who has finished runner-up on three occasions and is trained in Seville by up-and-coming young trainer Guillermo Arizkorreta, a former assistant to Luca Cumani.
‘He’s got a lot of ability but he was a little bit unlucky as a two-year-old,’ says Arizkorreta, who is planning to take Liniberto to race in France for his next start.
Doolin Dalton, also four and British-bred, was Bertolini’s winner the same day at Capannelle, where he was recording back-to-back wins after scoring at the Rome track on 3 January. The colt, bred by Snowdrop Stud Co Ltd, also won at Naples last August.
Mocha Java was another recent winner for his sire at Southwell on 29 January. A half-brother to last season’s juvenile G3 winner Percolator, the six-year-old has now won three and been placed on six occasions. Bertolini is the sire of 10 winners in Europe since the start of 2009.
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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