Ravastree's First Run

Michael and I had a meeting at Oaksey House before we went off to Newbury. It is the first time that I have been inside and it is absolutely wonderful. We were shown the gyms and all the facilities and it was extremely impressive. The design is particularly interesting in that it does not carry the feeling of an 'institution'
Well done all at IJF!
We met up with Chris, Friend of Greatwood who bought Ravastree, there was something really exciting to see Ravastree in the parade ring in all our purple, he's not a particularly big horse and was a little overshadowed by Alan's other runner Pride in Battle who is big scopy chap (and won). Ravastree ran a good race and although he looked as if he was going backwards half way, he held on and despite a mistake at the 7th he came in 4th. We were all really thrilled, I did manage to have a word with Gavin James (official photographer for Newbury) who is an absolute star because he said he would send us a couple of pictures at some stage.