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Wednesday 9th August 2006

It was less than a week ago that we announced our Josr Algarhoud yearling colt on these pages and yet we now only have 3 x 10% shares remaining! Amongst his new owners are long time supporters of the yard Etty & Idris Lewis photographed below making his acquaintance today at Grove Farm Stud.
Lowestoft Playboy (currently on his holidays) is having a tendon scan next week in preparation for his return to training.Eastern Playboy has been declared to run at Newmarket on Friday. I may run The Bonus King back over hurdles at Southwell on Monday. Carlton Scroop heads to Beverley having passed yet another stalls test. Elli Lewtia is back being ridden and is full of beans after a slight break.
Trisha is busy in the office producing new Training Agreements (now we are Jonathan Jay Racing) which owners can expect to receive in the coming weeks.

Tuesday 8th August 2006

Lady Nimue is making very good progress and is able to be ridden (see below). Her 1/2 brother Bill Bennett has spent the last month on the walker and is due back into training on Monday. He has enjoyed his holiday and we have high hopes of him adding to the 6 wins he already has. He will pair up walking and trotting with Tidal Fury.

Monday 7th August 2006

Most of the yard had the regular Monday morning routine of one steady canter up Warren Hill. Both Carlton Scroop and Orchard House failed to make the cut for Wednesday at Kempton Park. Our next runner looks like being Eastern Playboy at Newmarket on Friday night (Jools Holland live after racing). Gaelic Roulette was a non-runner at Bangor due to a corn on her near fore hoof but will be out soon.Lady Nimuewas backed today by Mary-Ann with Kirsty assisting (see photo below). Catalogues are online for Part 1 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale at www.tattersalls.com

Thursday 3rd August 2006

Visited a local stud to view one of our first yearling - and wow, what a yearling! He is an excellent lookingJosr Algarhoud colt with very good conformation. He is athletic and has a good length of reign, excellent angulations to his pasterns and shoulders. He has good width of jaw, a deep girth and strong hindquarters.He is a terrific walking colt, very purposeful and strong.His dam, Flying Feathers won on her debut and was Listed placed and had a handicap rating of 97. Herdam was a 8f winner, half-sister to 10f Listed winner Fragrant Hill (dam of 12f Group 1 winner Fragrant Mix) and 2001 10f Group 3 winner Spring Oak out of high-class 10f filly English Spring. Our yearling is her second foal, her first foal by Fantastic Light sold for 41,000. The family is in top form at the moment - the dam's half sister Wagtail won impressively today at Epsom and may be able to step up to Listed company. His sire, Josr Algarhoud, was a multiple Group winner by Darshaan (wins included the Gimcrack Stakes Gr.2 and the Beeswing Gr.3). His progeny continue to impress with racehorses like Sirce, a Listed winner last month who ran 3rd today in the Group 3 Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood.
He is for sale either as a whole horse or for syndication, (first come...first served) give me a call on 07711 147071 to discuss options.

Wednesday 2nd August 2006

Gaelic Roulette is on target for her reappearance at Bangor on Friday. She has always run well for Leighton Aspell and two weeks ago they ran an excellent race to win (pictured below). The handicapper has put her up 7lbs for the win but she remains in good form. The track is located next to the River Dee and the groundstaff make full use of the available water to provide excellent ground even during the hot weather.

Friday 28th July 2006

Carol Whitwood (pictured below with Shardia) is ourchiropractor. She normally visits once a week and manipulates the horses to ease any discomfort.
http://www.kbrhorse.net/hea/spine01.html gives more detail about the work of a horse chiropractor. "Horses backs are constantly "horizontally loaded." Due to a number of factors, vertebrae and certain joints can become stuck or they can be forced out of their normal range of motion by muscle spasms (typically involving the shunt accessory muscles), as well as tendon or ligament injuries which alter the suspension of the joint. Typically these problems manifest themselves in the horse being unable to bend well in a particular direction, difficulty in talking a particular lead, reluctance to lift a foot to be picked or trimmed, Pain and/or flinching when saddled, uncharacteristic bucking or "freezing up", or a tail set which is not centered when the horse is going. Suppling exercises can help prevent "stuck" joints. In cases of joints which have fallen out of their normal range of motion, scar tissue can develop in the joint capsules and more definitive correction may be required. " from kbrhorse website

Jonathan Jay Racing
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