Who Needs Horses ....

.... when you can share in others . I think this racing lark is fantastic - and who needs a runner ! Obviously we were all disappointed when Geoffrey was declared a non-starter on Saturday but having made all the arrangements for the weekend we decided to make the best of it and make the long journey north to support Un Temps Pour Tout !
A new and very expensive ( cost something like £450k ) French recruit - Un Temps Pour Tout - is owned jointly by the very lovely Professor (no less) Caroline Tisdall and the equally lovely ( but certainly no professor ) Brian Drew . (Yea - him with the hat) . Brian and his son Harry come up to support us when Geoffrey won the Brush Hurdle back at Haydock last November so it was may chance to return the the favour .
Un Temps - pictured - ran a tremendous race in coming 2nd. Obviously we all would've loved him to have won - not to be - but looked a picture in the paddock - and the different style of hurdles caught him out a bit . Once DP gets his jumping a bit more slick then he'll be winning lots of races .
As for Geoffrey's race I really don't think we would have beaten Tarquin du Seuil - who was very impressive . And as for Geoffrey - well - just one of those things . Maybe it was good race to miss . Opportunities for him are getting a bit thin now - but I'm sure he'll be out shortly .CU