Busy Week & New Arrivals

We are only just coming up for air following the pretty dismal few weeks when all the horses were in again because of the foul weather. Pretty much hot on the tail of turning them out, we had to get ready for a really busy week. We were delighted to welcome Elite Racing Club here again for a lovely visit and then we had been invited by Salisbury Racecourse and Betfair to have a presence at the racecourse for the Thursday evening meeting (we didn't return home until 11pm) and then we welcomed Highclere Thoroughbred Racing for the first time on the Friday. Nevertheless, despite it looking fairly daunting at the beginning of the week, it was great fun and all at Salisbury Racecourse were particularly warm and welcoming. It was super to see Highclere Thoroughbred Racing here and they were interested to see the transformation in Poltergeist. Poltergeist is now very happy and settled and enjoying his work -(he had been sent to us last year from Highclere because although only young he had fallen out with racing and all his connections wanted him to have a new career). With all the horses out and a good chance of rehoming a few, we have been able to make a hole in our 'waiting' list. We have just taken in Baurnagain from Peter Chapple-Hyams yard and, funnily enough, an ex Peter Chapple-Hyams horse called Travel in Hope. Baunagain was jumping out of his skin and longing to go out, so after he had been in for a couple of days (& been wormed etc) they were both turned out in the post and rail field. They have been out for a couple of hours and so far so good - no ricocheting on the fence and no squabbles!