Horses for Sale
- Monday, 21 February 2011 08:03
- Written by Chelsea Eggleton
It was a good day for the stable's runners on Saturday with Swing Bill winning the veteran's race at Wincanton in good style. The ten year old grey received a good front running ride from Timmy Murphy and won with any amount in hand and he could well follow-up this success. Ronaldo des Mottes ran respectably in the Kingwell Hurdle to finish third, while Sultan Fontenaille occupied the same position in the staying handicap hurdle under A P McCoy.
Swing Bill wins in good style at Wincanton on Saturday
It was a good day for the stable's runners on Saturday with Swing Bill winning the veteran's race at Wincanton in good style. The ten year old grey received a good front running ride from Timmy Murphy and won with any amount in hand and he could well follow-up this success. Ronaldo des Mottes ran respectably in the Kingwell Hurdle to finish third, while Sultan Fontenaille occupied the same position in the staying handicap hurdle under A P McCoy.
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There was an impressive performance in Haydock's Grand National Trial on Saturday when Silver By Nature landed the 3 1/2 mile contest in emphatic fashion. The nine year old jumped and stayed really well despite shouldering joint top weight of 11-12, and provided there is a bit of cut in the ground at Aintree I could see him running a very big race.
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I was watching the Avantha Masters golf from New Delhi, India over the weekend and I felt really sorry Robert Coles. He has never won on the European Tour from over two hundred attempts, although the weekend provided him with his best opportunity to date. He came to the last hole needing a birdie on the par five (or a par to force a play-off) and had two putts to win it. Sadly he took four and finished as runner-up...I reckon he will be having nightmares about that 18th green in New Delhi for some time to come. Robert is a good friend of David Johnson and he joins us in our Cheltenham Festival hospitality marquee every year. Speaking of which, Cheltenham is now only three weeks away tomorrow - where does the time go?
