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Juvenile hat-trick for Bertolini 31/07/09

Bertolini sired three new two-year-old winners in two days this week with his juveniles winning over five, six and seven furlongs at Musselburgh, Leicester and Goodwood.

Smart filly Water Biscuit had looked a decent prospect on her two previous outings, having twice finished runner-up, and she shed her maiden tag in resolute fashion at Goodwood on 30 July when racing over seven furlongs for the first time, winning by a length-and-a-half under Frankie Dettori. "She’s a lovely filly and she’ll go on to better things," said Patrick McEwan, assistant trainer to Brian Meehan. "She’s tough and that’s half the battle. She has a heart of gold and to come back after a hard race at Newmarket to do what she did there was fantastic. The extra furlong has really helped her - that’s what she wanted.

"She should definitely go places - I don’t know what the boss has in mind for her in the immediate future but she should pick up some black type."

Water Biscuit was bred by the Rt Hon Lord Rothschild and runs in the colours of Lady Rothschild. She is the second foal of Waterfall One, by Nashwan, and is the nine-year-old mare’s first winner. A day earlier there was a debut success for another filly, Waltz Around, who won a six-furlong maiden at Leicester for trainer Clive Brittain, representing a homebred success for Saif Ali. She is a half-sister to the Listed-placed Improvise, by former Overbury resident Lend A Hand. Living It Large, a colt out of the Almutawakel mare Dilag, stepped up from his second place on his racecourse debut in June to win a five-furlong maiden at Musselburgh on Thursday. He was bred by Sunny days Ltd and is seven-year-old Dilag’s first runner. Bertolini has now sired 12 juvenile winners this 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).