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Bertolini two-year-old Beat Surrender took his earnings past the £50,000 mark on Sunday when making every yard of the running to land the six-furlong Birdcatcher Nursery at Naas.
His performance led the Racing Post’s analyst to describe him as ‘a horse with speed and guts and the frame to make up into a nice three-year-old, it´s quite likely that we are yet to see the best of him’.
Bred by Dunmore Stud Limited, the Ger Lyons-trained colt won on debut in July and ran fourth in the G3 Go And Go Round Tower Stakes the following month. Beat Surrender is out of the Miswaki mare Waking Redhead and is a half-brother to the three-time winner Kerno.
Bertolini has now sired 112 two-year-old winners from five crops of racing age, including the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Donna Blini. His tally to date this season is 20 juvenile winner s from 90 winners overall.
With the jumps season warming up, one of Kayf Tara’s most consistent campaigners returned to winning form on Sunday. Katies Tuitor ran out the two-length winner of a decent conditions hurdle over two miles at Kempton to record his seventh career victory, six of which have been over hurdles and one over a mile on the flat as a two-year-old.
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).