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Fit to win (28/09/09)

Kayf Tara mare Fit To Drive recorded her third win in fine style on 25 September when breaking the track record at Worcester in the two-mile handicap chase.

The Brendan Powell-trained seven-year-old was returning after a five-month lay-off through the summer, having completed the previous season with a novice chase victory at Exeter. That win was the culmination of a highly consistent run of form from Fit To Drive, who recorded her first win at Leicester last November and followed that up with three second-placed efforts in a row. She is now likely to step up to two-and-a-half miles when she heads to Cheltenham next month.

Fit To Drive was bred by former jockey Bill Smith, who owned and trained her dam Fit For Firing (by In Fijar), a seven-time winner over hurdles and fences. She has also produced Brendan Powell’s decent chaser Colonel Frank. Fit For Firing died the year after Fit To Drive was born.

With his first crop set to turn eight in January, we can expect to see many more of Kayf Tara’s offspring taking to fences this season. Another nicely bred gelding made his chasing debut over the weekend and he is surely one to watch in the coming months. Six-year-old Warcraft, who carries Gigginstown House Stud’s maroon and white colours made famous by Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition, is a son of Grimley Gale, the winner of ten hunter chases, including the Horse & Hound Cup at Stratford in 1999. He has already won over hurdles for Michael Hourigan and his first outing over the larger obstacles at Clonmel on Sunday resulted in a close-up third after a competent round of jumping.

On the flat, Bertolini’s daughter Uvinza continued her excellent run this season when beaten only a length and a half in the Listed Princess Royal Stakes at Ascot on Friday. Alison Ruggles’ homebred was third in the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes at the Royal meeting and also took third in the Listed Plantation Stud Stakes at Newmarket in July.

Bertolini remains among the top ten sires of two-year-olds this season with 17 individual juvenile winners in Europe.

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).