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On Sunday, Alfie Sherrin romped clear of his rivals at Fontwell to maintain his unbeaten record, his three victories coming in a point-to-point, a bumper and, most recently, a novices’ hurdle. The rangey dark brown gelding, who is named after the former point-to-point commentator, looks every bit a chaser in the making and, as we have seen this season, Kayf Tara’s offspring show just as much talent over the larger obstacles as they have done in bumpers and over hurdles
Four-time winner Kornati Kid became the first to record a Graded steeplechase victory for his sire when landing the G2 Towton Novices’ Chase at Wetherby on 31 January. This success was quickly followed up by the front-running Carruthers, who won the G2 Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase at Ascot on 14 February. Both Kornati Kid and Carruthers, who hold entries for the G1 RSA Chase, are among a clutch of exciting novice chasers by Kayf Tara to be heading to the Cheltenham Festival, which starts in three weeks time.
Planet Of Sound looks set to feature on the opening day of the Festival in the G1 Arkle Chase and was the ante-post pick of the Racing Post’s shrewdest tipster, Pricewise. The seven-year-old, who is also entered for the Grand Annual, has won his last two starts at Newbury in impressive fashion and is one of three Kayf Tara geldings to be heading to Cheltenham from Philip Hobbs’ Somerset yard, the others being the aforementioned Kornati Kid and last weekend’s G2 hurdles winner Tarablaze.
Also making the trip from Somerset, but this time from David Pipe’s stable, is The Package, who holds entries for four races at the Festival. David Johnson’s six-year-old, out of the Ardross mare Ardent Bride, won a bumper and a maiden hurdle last year and has twice been placed over fences.
We outlined the promising Festival-bound hurdlers on the website a few weeks ago and two names have been added to the list since then: the versatile Kayf Aramis, a three-time flat winner who has won two hurdle races in the last fortnight, is now entered in the Pertemps Final while the Paul Webber-trained Space Mission is set to line-up for the inaugural running of the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.
Such is the roar as the tapes fly up for the opening race of the Festival that, with a favouring wind, Kayf Tara will doubtless hear it from his paddock just a few miles away here at Overbury. We’ll be shouting loudest of all for a first Cheltenham winner for Britain’s leading National Hunt sire.
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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