Reflections

I didn't want to write la blog till I'd spoken to DP - who - by the way - is pretty 'cut up' by George's run - or shall we say non run ! Having scoped George yesterday -the vet - a certain Geoff Lane ( who by the way got Denman up and winning again ) did find something amiss and he's going to do a soft pallet op tomorrow . George should be back in training within a week and may still run in the KG - not that it matters . Just want to see the 'real' George when he next runs - even if we have to wait till the spring .
Personally - I'm not sure it was his breathing . They ran him with ear plugs ( God knows why - think they thought it would relax him more !) and I recon he resented them . I wasn't happy with the way he went to post and coming up the home straight - the first time - was never going like the horse we know.He lost a shoe but can't have that as an excuse . Heavy ground ? Na - should love it !
And thanks for everyone's interest . From the outset I wanted 'la blog' to give an inside view of a racehorse owners thoughts and perspective - with all the high ups and low downs . Saturday was certainly all that but it wasn't a low. George is back - fine and in his box ! CU
Ps Geoff ( not the vet ) is entered at Haydock on Friday . No peace for .....
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