Another great week has seen two great milestones achieved from the team at Blackmore Farm. A good weekend at Charing saw Al Gasparo come home in front in the Men’s Open for John and Floss Symes. He won on his debut at Wadebridge impressively and it was great to see him battling to the line at Charing where he won by a short head. Noble Blue brought up a double on the day for Friends Of Sylvie when winning the PPORA Club Members Conditions (Level 3) which saw him record his 3rd win of the season and his 6th win for us from 7 runs. Noble Blue’s win saw Josh train his 100th winner which is a huge achievement in only his fifth season training. We have had 31 runners this season with 23 finishing in the top 3 which is a credit to the team! Holiday Fund and Impakt St Georges also headed to Charing and finished 3rd and 4th respectively in their races. 

Stellar Stream and Sparkling Duke made the trip to Ffos Las last week to contest the 3m handicap hurdle. Stellar Stream has been a head scratcher, so we decided to drop him back to hurdles which seemed to be more to his taste. Sparkling Duke had to put a bad run behind him when finishing tailed off at Exeter but he seems to enjoy the Welsh air and romped home under Ben Jones, making it 3 wins from 4 runs, since we purchased him privately from Joe Tizzard. He has been incredible for his syndicate, Kayley Woollacott Racing III, run by Martin Higgs. Stellar Stream finished 10 lengths behind him in 3rd which was a pleasing step in the right direction for him. Our Dylan notched up his fifth win for us when winning under Rian Corcoran at Taunton for 4Racing Owners Club which was Kayley’s 50th winner under rules. Another great milestone to achieve and we all celebrated with bacon and egg rolls the following morning with Prosecco! 

Our youngsters have been up to Chard Equestrian for a jump with Jabeena Maslin, which we find hugely beneficial for them to leave the farm and see a different venue. It is another step in the right direction for them to get to the track and make them learn where to put their feet. We were due to take a couple to Chaddesley for schooling races, which unfortunately was postponed and we are still hoping Chipley will arrange a schooling morning for us all to use! 

We hold entries at Higham, Larkhill, Exeter and Ffos Las over the weekend and into next week. Fingers crossed it stops raining!!!