Seasonal Best Beaten! Holiday Fund’s win at Dunsmore on Sunday 13th gave us our 30th winner of the season! This was a special win for the team as it meant we surpassed our best tally of winners, which we achieved last season. It has been another huge team effort to get to this point and none of this would be possible without our hard working staff who have battled another tough winter! Now we are fully into Spring, it does make life on the yard a lot easier. The waterproofs have disappeared and there is not an endless pile of pads and outdoor clothes that constantly need drying on a daily basis. I am sure the tack appreciates a break from getting wet every day too! We had a busy Easter Weekend with plenty of runners, both Point to Pointing and National Hunt! Barford Groover had her second start over hurdles for us at Newton Abbot, finishing 4th and gaining her handicap mark. She is a very tough mare and it will be exciting to see her in handicap company. Flete Park has not always been the most successful track for us but Noble Blue stormed home a fence clear to give Rose Vickery and Friends Of Sylvie a third win of the season. He was purchased privately through Darren O’Dwyer and has been great fun for the owners since joining us back in December. Caspers Court ran another great race to give Hannah some more points towards her Devon and Cornwall Ladies Championship bid! It is great to see Casper running so well and he is really enjoying the switch to Points. Clondaw Drake did not take to the unique track of Flete and unfortunately pulled up but lives to fight another day. On Bank Holiday Monday, we took 5 runners to Trebudannon, which has been a lucky hunting ground for us!! El Capitaine got the day off to a good start by winning the Members Race under Josh, which was Captain’s fifth win of the season. He was purchased through JD Moore, from Killen Glebe, in May of last year having had a spell under rules for Tom Dreaper. The Kings Writ ran another cracking race to finish 2nd in the Ladies Open under Hannah and he still shows his enthusiasm for the sport at the age of 14! Cue Jump returned to the track in the 3m Maiden after making her debut last season to finish 3rd, beaten 6 lengths. Knock Off Sox made his racecourse debut for us after he was purchased as a 3 year old at Goffs UK Store Sale last May. He was very recognisable at the Sales due to his chestnut coloured sock. He was very professional on the day and having taken the lead coming into the last, he showed a little greenness by shortening into it before rallying back at his opponents to come home a head in front. It is a great sense of achievement to win with a youngster on their first outing and he had been doing everything right at home and showed all the right signs that he should go well! A good Easter weekend saw us reach 33 winners Pointing and therefore we are level with Gina Ellis’ yard with 5 weekends of the National season left to go. Josh is also joint with James King for the Men’s National Jockey Championship too so all to play for! Top Picture: El Capitaine Middle Picture: Holiday Fund Bottom Picture: Knock Off Sox