ANOTHER NEWCOMER
Had a good day messing around with Jaguar and some friends yesterday, but today witnessed the mother of all storms, putting an end to any plans the kids had to make the most of an early finishing time at school. Not to worry, at least there was plenty of riding Monday (a holiday to make up for having to go into school on Saturday), and I managed to get a cookie run in this afternoon, plus a few paintings framed up before I was called upon for taxi duties once again.

If you've been following the blog these past few weeks, you'll know by now that when I'm feeling low, another horse gets tacked onto the bottom of the page. Well, a new one has just been added, even though it has spoilt the symmetry of the page...

Identified by the number 27 until she is named, this is a filly by Jungle Pocket out of Cecil Cut. Bringing Tony Bin and Northern Dancer (via Nureyev) blood into the equation, Jungle Pocket has a lot of fans in Japan, including Kuri Nakajima of Tokoro, who even named her dog after him! Cecil Cut has Hail To Reason and Northern Dancer DNA, and Never Say Die in the female line - a very pleasing bonus for me, being Lester Piggott's first Epsom Derby winner.