Chepstow off

Still - we had a cracking Boxing Day at Kempton Park - with the popular Cue Card winning a thriller in the King George .
It was no surprise that Chepstow was called off - rescheduled for the 9th . However - Geoffrey might now head to Cheltenham on New Years Day - which would be great - as I'm away skiing ( might be the water type ) the following week . CU
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Pond House ...

... visitation . It's always great fun - and a privilege - to visit Pond house - even more so at Xmas ... especially with a winner !
Armed with mistletoe and crates of Gevrey Chambertin ( the wine - not the horse !) Paul - Nobsey and myself caused enough mayhem to last a while - or at least 'till we have another winner . Let's hope it's not another year !
Martin and Carol were in fine form - Carol already booking holidays for the New Year - probably without Martin's knowledge ! And it was great to catch up with Chester who was trying to look busy around the place . He said he had a bit of a health scare a few months back - but he looked fine to me - he's just trying to get his golf handicap readjusted up !
Gail - in the office - gave me a very big kiss ... or was it the other way round ? Anyway - thank you Gail for all the extra tickets you sorted for us this last year . And then there's James . What does James actually do ??
David has entered Geoffrey for Chepstow on Sunday - but with so much rain forecast - there must be a slight doubt it will remain on .
But let's hope so ! Happy Xmas Dear Reader & CU

Handicapper strikes back

I suppose the handicapper always have the last word ! Geoffrey has been raised 9lb - back to where he was - to 145 . Unless he can improve into graded class it will be difficult from now on . We can go back chasing - he's rated 136 - that's the mark he won off on Saturday - or put a claimer on him .
Our hope - of course - is that we may have found the key to him and he will improve - but too early to say that . There's a race for him at Chepstow on Welsh National day - think that's on the 27th - a 0 - 145 handicap over 2m 7f . Hmm - top weight again ! CU

Hallelujah !

Geoffrey gave us an early Xmas present at Lingfield on Saturday .
In all honestly - it wasn't a particularly strong race - but that was not the agenda . Dropped 5lb from his last run at Newbury - he was given a confidence boost - and a confident ride - by Tom Scu .
Unlike his brother - Geoffrey is mentally a bit fragile - a bit of a worrier.
But on Saturday he showed that he does have class . This time last year he won a better race at Newbury - only to loose that gained confidence at Cheltenham next time . We've been struggling ever since to regain that .
We will see what the handicapper makes of it all on Tuesday when the weights get readjusted . DP got hauled in by the stewards after the race - but we didn't think there was a case to answer .
Geoffrey seems to have been around a long time - but he's only 7 -going on 8 - and we feel there is better to come . CU
PS - Thanks to everyone for all their messages of support and congratulations - always good to receive xx

Lingfield

So - Geoffrey goes tomorrow at Lingy - been a while since I've been there - but good fish n chips - and probably that's all we can look forward to !
Seriously though - he's been dropped a few pounds and Tom Scu ( he must be desperate ) takes the ride - but we still have to concede lumps of weight .
Haven't spoken to DP yet - but I'm sure we'll be trying our best - we do need a Xmas winner !! CU
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Entry ...

... for Geoffrey this Sat @ Lingfield - more later - CU

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