Well they say you wait ages for a bus and the two come along at the same time, that is probably the best analogy for us this week, with a second and two winners. I cannot tell you how big a relief it is for us, it has brightened all of us up and it's a massive reward for all the hard work my guys and I have put in over the last few months. I had begun to think that we were never going to get the horses right and had really started to question whether I could train and if I couldn't, then how had I had winners before? and struggled to remember what it was like to go racing with any sort of confidence. Jack (The Big Yin) ran such a super race to finish second at Uttoxeter, he had only been aw
It is the second day of Cheltenham and I have retired gracefully to the office, having ridden 3 lots in gale force winds, the last lot was a little hair raising, with Mr F struggling to stay on his feet with the wind. I decided that for safety's sake we would lunge the last few. The racing was great yesterday, proper jumps racing on real testing ground, I managed to back a few winners and am looking forwards to today. The last couple of weeks have been a little tiring, with the boycott and trying to know what to do for the best with racing and my owners. Its hard when you are under pressure from all sides to know which way to turn, however I had to do what was right for my owners and it wo
