October 2009 Newsletter

Another winning month for Windsor House Stables.

FESTOSO (4yo) ran a truly remarkable race when finishing 3^rd in a Listed race at Newbury behind the two Godolphin runners, one a previous Guineas favourite.  What made the result even more commendable was the fact that the ground was not in her favour and the decision to run was only made after the first race of the card. BAGBER (3yo) left Windsor House Stables in style when winning his second race in a row the claimer at Salisbury. He was claimed for £30,000 by Peter Monteith to go jumping up in Scotland. PETER GRIMES (3yo) who won for his owners Be Hopeful has been sold to Alan King to go jumping.

AM I BLUE (3yo) finished 2^nd at Folkestone tried over the distance for the first time. CROCUS ROSE (3yo) maintained her consistent form when finishing a brave 3^rd when over 2 miles for the first time at Kempton Park. She will now be kept back to 1m6f for the remainder of the 2009 season. WIGHTGOLD (3yo) returned to her regular track Folkestone where she was a very fast finishing 3^rd and was unlucky not to have been 2^nd. 

TRULY MAGIC (2yo) recorded a last to first win at Leicester for The Ex Pats partnership. She came home at 40-1, our biggest priced winner to date! LADY SLIPPERS (2yo) made her racing debut on soft ground at Salisbury where she ran a fantastic race to be 2^nd to one of Henry Cecil’s highly rated 2yos.  LISTILLO (2yo) made amends for his sulky performance at Warwick when fishing 2^nd (again!) at a very rainy Wolverhampton. He will now race in France for the winter all weather season.

PRACTITIONER (2yo) took his owners Here Come the Boys to Doncaster for the St Leger meeting where he finished 3^rd in a Class 2 maintaining his fantastic race record of never being out of the first three, not bad for a £5,500 purchase! OLD MONEY (2yo) ran at Chepstow where she finished an eye-catching 3^rd in a very competitive maiden. ROYAL ETIQUETTE (2yo) made his first trip to Wales to Ffos Las where he was 2^nd to one of Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum’s horses who holds a Grp1 Racing Post trophy entry, which was a very good effort. SANTA MARGERITA (2yo) made her racing debut at Lingfield where she was unlucky in running and finished an eye-catching 4^th.  CANDYFLOSS GIRL (2yo) continued to reward her owner Stephen Buckmaster with a gallant 3^rd place at what is fast turning out to be her favourite track, Kempton Park.

SALES

The sales continue to be value for money with the top lots fetching realistic prices. Harry will be at Newmarket for the Tattersalls sales for the next two weeks. Please do not hesitate to call him if he can assist you with any purchases mobile 07880 791 895..

BERKELEY VALE SADDLERY

This is a new venture run by Clare Allen, the 2008 Ladies Point-to-Point champion. She is supplying fine quality English leather products which have been designed by racing people for racing people. Her prices are extremely reasonable and the head collars would make fabulous Christmas presents. Another good reason to Buy British.! Clare Allen 07921 514 481 

PIG NEWS

It was good to see some of you at the Newbury Show. Despite being only 3 weeks off giving birth Truffle put her best trotter forward and came 2^nd in the Berkshire Senior Sow class. A wonderful achievement as she lives outside in a 5 acre field and only had a bath on the morning of the show! She was then interviewed by BBC South Today, had her picture taken with the Chairman of the Show, and final a photo-shoot with some local children. Russet gave birth to her first litter – 3 piglets who are orange with black spots as their father was a ginger Tamworth boar.