Blackmore Farm hit a huge milestone when Vol Royale came home in front meaning we reached over £100,000 in prize money. For some yards, this is achieved very easily but for a small yard with only 12 licensed boxes, it is a great testament to everyone’s hard work and what a great season we are enjoying. It was lovely to see Vol Royale back to winning ways after a disappointing run at Chepstow. Things just did not go our way on his handicap debut so it was back to Hereford where we knew he liked it and he won by 1 ¼ lengths. Harry Cobden gave him a very uncomplicated ride and it is great for Kayley Woollacott Racing II to enjoy their third win with him. 

El Capitaine made his chase debut at Newbury two days later and although looking a little flat footed turning in, he stormed home from the back of the last and won very comfortably. Ben Jones gave him a great ride and it was lovely for owner Ivan Thompson! We enjoyed a Sausage Shed Breakfast this morning which is always well received by the staff. Our Dylan made the step up to 3 miles at Wincanton under Josh on Monday 24th and although being the outsider of the field, Josh was never in doubt and gave him a cracking ride to win by ½ length. He has turned into a wonderful horse for 4Racing Owners Club and this is the sixth win they have enjoyed with him!

Yesterday, we had the Behind The Scenes Raceday at Taunton where we had the Kayley Woollacott Racing Syndicates & Blackmore Racing Club sponsored race which was a great initiative. It was won by Ede’iffs Lad, for Kathy Turner and was ridden by Darren Andrews. Darren is a regular work rider here at Blackmore Farm so it was great to see him win the feature race. We had Knock Off Soxs run in the 2m3f race where he finished 4th beaten 10 lengths. 

The Pointers have continued to run well. Hearts Corner won the West Country Champion Chase at Buckfastleigh for Becky Roach. Champagne Blue made his debut for Blackmore Racing Club and finished 2nd in the Maiden. He will be back out again soon. We took four runners to Kilworthy and came away with two winners and two seconds. Dance Ifyoucan won the Maiden giving Blackmore Racing Club their first winner of the season. We purchased the horse when we went over to Ireland and saw him finish 2nd in the Maiden at Ballycrystal. We really liked him and a week later, he was with us at Blackmore Farm! Make Idaho Great took the Restricted for John and Sonia Gardener in great fashion after only winning his Maiden two weeks earlier at Charlton Horethorne. 

We have continued to go up to Chard Equestrian with Jabeena Maslin, who has been great with our babies, teaching them various jumping techniques. It is great to have seen a glimmer of Spring in the past two weeks and it is nice to wave goodbye to the dreadful wet winter. We could do with a drop of rain to keep the ground in good conditions for a little while longer however!