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Somethingboutmary wins at Lingfield 13/8/12

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The plan to take Somethingboutmary to Lingfield was designed so Gary Witherford could load her….. After spending over a month with him we wanted to give her every chance to reward our patience and put in a good performance.

She was favourite most of the day, and had every right to be. The only winner in the field, by a long way not the most expensive horse in the race but imo the nicest looking….

She went in to the stalls first Gary led her in, he had worked his magic touch and she had loaded… he popped a hood on her to keep her calm…… Her owners waited to see if she would ping out……

 

Gates back, SBM was out and flying, Julie Burke took her to the front; I just wish there could have been a close up on Gary to see the relief on his face…… SBM was tanking along in front, if anything going to well was she using too much gas early….. Turning in to the Lingfield straight still her white face leading the pack… Julie asked her to go and win race… SBM kicked and went, the well backed Chris wall horse came to her back end, SBM again took off winning by over a length… Fairly cosy by the end.

 

Job done, she had loaded, jumped and won… what more can you ask… 3 runs and 2 wins from our filly.

 

On hand to represent WRS  was 1st time owner Sam Chant, from his texts and the loss of his voice I think he had a top day, screaming SBM home from the top bend its an experience that he will never forget and it makes me smile that WRS can offer this…..

 

Racing post described her as quirky….. Gary said its fine to be quirky as long as you have the talent to match!!!!!

 

I can’t thank Gary enough for all his hard work….. as my best man at my wedding said Persistence beats resistance!!!!!!

Kevin Ryan Stable Visit

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 A nice sunny Morning at the top of Sutton Bank….. does it get any better?????? Yes it does….. when your there to watch your filly canter past in full flight.

Somethingboutmary looked every inch the racehorse in the hands of Amy Ryan…. Working very well she impressed all who attended. A final prep ready for her race on Monday at Lingfield. Kevin was very pleased with her…. Amy also had plenty to say out her fav horse in the yard.

A big turnout of 14 owners came to see what there hard earned cash pays for and none went away disappointed…. Our stunning chestnut daughter of Sleeping Indian posed for cameras and accepted pats of all connected..

After work it was off to the Hambleton inn for Bacon Butties and coffee….. A chance for all owners to have a catch up and talk about horses…. A top morning enjoyed by all

WRS June 2012

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June gave WRS our biggest victory to date….. and put us on the global map. All thanks to Deerslayer and Amy Weaver..

Deerslayer – He finally did the business for wrs stateside, Rudy had found him the perfect race, a massive $33,000 pot…. race time in UK was 1220 am, I managed to stay up and cheer him home. Hitting the front 2f out he showed all his ability to hold off the late challenge. Deerslayer was claimed after the race for $20,000 and the plan was complete… Thanks to all involved.

Henry Bee- He continues to be a consistent performer but still that elusive win escapes him… We went to Redcar as fav in a poor maiden, this being his downfall as he was out on his own a long time and started to wander, getting caught close home. A few days ago we headed north to Musselburgh and bumped into a nice filly of Mark Johnston…. Was one of henrys best performances to date going down by a half a length….

Woolfall Sovereign – We have not had the ground to run him on in June, he was set to run at Thirsk until bad weather halted that

Siberian Belle – She has come down with an infection after being bitten, so has been in and out of action… won’t be long till we see her again on track.

Somethingboutmary -  Races for novices are not easy to find, we found a perfect one at Newcastle, just 4 runners. Hot fav to beat, Mary prepped and ready to roll….. but our little diva of a filly decided that the stalls were not for her and refused to go in…. looking at the race we missed a golden opportunity. So she has been sent to Gary witherford http://www.garywitheford.co.uk/ to pass a stalls test and make sure this does not happen again. Gary has worked with the best so she is in good hands

Wildcard Racing May 12…..

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Its been a busy a busy month for WRS…. plenty of running and a mixed bag of results. Racing is there to test us but we continue to battle on…. we have the horses just need the luck.

SIBERIAN BELLE, made her seasonal debut at Beverly on 7th May. She had not been seen since running at Leicester last October. She has grown a lot over the winter but the penny just don’t look liked it has dropped…. we went to Beverley with an aim to see how much she has come on… sadly she was back to her own tricks, jumping and running sideways. She is a filly with bags of talent but we are struggling to find the key to unlock her. She has been working in headgear so just maybe its the answer, the horse she worked well against on the musley bank gallops has come out and won….. it may just be her time

WOOLFALL SOVERIGN

Wooly is a frustrating animal at present, working well at home but not producing the goods on track… Despite our thoughts on him being a soft ground horse his latest run and our first wrs horse at ascot proved otherwise…. Ian Mongan said he was never travelling and the ground just did not suit… we will try again, this tie on good ground…. Wooly or Nu Nu as he is known in the yard is so well handicapped rated of 76 at present, has won of 83 so we are sticking with him and he will reward our faith

HENRY BEE

Henry has put in 2 very different efforts in May, both ends of the spectrum. His best effort came at Thirsk going very close just bumping in to a good one on the day. He was slow away but picked up well to lead inside final furlong before getting headed. form of his last races has been very good so we headed to Ripon on Tuesday with very high hopes….. sadly Henry Bee had a different idea. Falling out of stalls, going right, then left and by half way was well back… Shane let him coast home. straight off to the vets to be checked over as the performance was so bad…. Nothing seems to be wrong with him so I can’t explain what the issue was…. its Redcar Monday for him now

SOMETHINGBOUTMARY

After winning on debut SBM had not been out but we felt it was right to give her a chance in the listed race at York over 5F, a hot race with a short price fav, but she had clocked a very fast time at southwell despite running green, so we were there to take our chance. What we did learn from the race is that she still has a lot to learn. She broke poor and at that level you don’t get chance to get back in to it….. we may try 6f next if the race comes up but she is a filly with a nice future…. I never sold her as a superstar but we do think we have a nice one that will win races….

DEERSLAYER

our American wing of wildcard racing is starting to really get going now.. Deerslayer had run at Belmont over 6f and failed to get home finishing 5th and leading just about all way till 1 out…. we were fully expecting a fast 5f race and land a nice prize, instead we entered him over 7f…. knowing the horse and his speed I did not think that 7 would suit and he would blow up and trail in last… shows what I know. Deerslayer as always led and kept finding more and more…. entering the final 200 yards wrs was looking at a $40,000 payday. The line was just 1 yard to far and he was done by a nose on the line….. has to be the best race he has run stateside to date, making me look stupid telling everyone not to back him….. we have found another race on 9th June and confidence is high….

 

OTHER NEWS

Our broodmare Scillion is in foal to equiano and we will be expecting her to give birth to a colt in early Feb…. She is very well will get some pics of her on my next visit…..

GOLF EVENT

As some of you will know I am involved with racing welfare and help out when I can…. This year was Barneys challenge…. so I decided to arrange a golf event, 64 players headed to Malton and Norton golf club to take park including Richard Fahey, Dave Allan, Lee Topliss, Kevin Darley ,George Duffield and Martin Lane….

A great day had by all with Martin Lanes Newmarket team winning followed by Team Richard Fahey and in 3rd another team from the fahey Yard. I Have raised just a touch under £3000 for Racing Welfare so a massive thank you to all that played

I expect to have an event next year but bigger and more stars from the racing world in attendance

 

so we had into June with runners ready to go, hoping for a bit of luck….. Woolfall may run sat, henry bee Monday at Redcar and Deerslayer 9th June at Belmont…..

Somethingboutmary – winner winer!!!

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An afternoon trip to Southwell, maybe not the most glamorous but we were heading there to see our 2yr old filly Somethingboutmary make her debut. Word from the yard was she would run well but expected to be green, She had not been the quickest from the stalls at home but we were there to take our chance…… Amy Ryan booked to ride, no one knows her better so we were all happy.

She looked a million dollers in parade ring, taking it all in her stride, she has always been a very chilled out filly and it showed…. every now and aging a little dance on her toes but nothing to worry about.

Chatting to Amy in parade ring she discussed the plan depending how SBM jumped…. Amy would make the desciion on how she was traveling , will full trust is miss ryan we wished her well and just asked her to bring her back safely. As in the parade ring SBM was still as chilled out as ever, thoughts wonder to will she ever light up….. we would know in the next 5 mins. We were a bit worried by the bill turner horse Hillbilly boy, Bill was very confident about his charge

No issues going in to the stalls as others around jumped and kicked… The gates flew open and as at home she did not break well…..Amy never pushed and kicked like most Jockeys but just gave her a few strides to get ballenced….. after 2F SBM was getting a face full of kick back and did not look happy, in your head you are deciding what to say to the owners and trying to justify your perchase….. then Amy pulled her wide…..

SBM looked to be picking up well, she was running green you cant agrue that , head was all over but she was starting to fly. Excitment in the WRS camp started to build, amy gave he few slaps of her whip, SBM dispite being  green responded… picking them off 1 by 1. Hitting the front ears still pricked Amy just pushed her home to win a bit cosy….. SBM is WRS 1st 2yr old winner

to watch race http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtILvOfGp6k

You can discribe the feeling of a winner when its your horses and more so when you have seen them grow up…..

 

As we headed off the the winners enclosure my phone was going crazy in my pocket, calls tweets, text….. they can wait i have 2 special girls to congratulate….. Amy brought her in to the winners inc with a massive smile on her face, she has worked this filly every day and it showed. A quick de brief and a big pat for SBM, Next its interview time followed by the presentation……

 

In the winners bar you have time to reflect on the run and watch replay…. dispite the greenness her tallent shon through and speaking to Kevin we think there is a lot more to come…..

 

SBM is now entered at Newcastle on Tuesday

 

I would like to thank @MartWes for taking some pictures for me used in this blog…. i owe you a beer!!!!

Kevin Ryan stable Visit

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Nice early start on Saturday to get to the top of Sutton Bank to se Kevin Ryan, with a small team of owners we met in the damp car park but excitement was high as this was 1st time many would meet their new horse ‘somethingboutmary’. Kevin was out with a lot so i took my team to meet her, She is a stunning daughter of Sleeping Indian out of LochLeven (full sister to the speedster SuperSleuth). SBM is a very placid filly , strong build with a great temprerment, But Kevin was keen to point out that she had a diva side to her…… something that Kevin really likes in his filly’s

So it was into the car and upto the gallops, SBM was in the caperble hands of Amy Ryan, Amy rides her everyday so know one in the yard knows hers better….. She worked at full speed, flying down the gallops , she moved very well never fully coming of the gallop. She was upsides a 3yr old who was all out to stay in contact with her…… Kevin has been very pleased with her work, she is due to do a peice of work next week as Kevin says she is ready….. a nice early type. Muisic to the owners ears…..

We syatyed to watch the rest of the horses fly pass including the yard superstar…..

 

After work we caught up with Amy to ask her opinion on SBM, you could just tell from her expression she was a big favourite of hers….. She has come on leaps and bounds everyday, It was good to here that amy makes sure she rides her everyday…. She backed up Kevins words that she is a diva, but once on the gallops she is a flying machine.

Would expect her to be out in May, aiming at a 5F sprint, worth watching out for, or even better having a share in….. get in touch