Bored

Finished work for the day, and now I'm bored - no racing interest anywhere today, and the kids busy with a weekend-long athletics meeting, meaning no stable visits either. No horse, no life! But hopefully this will be the end of it, as Louis' athletics era comes to an end this afternoon, while Sophie is resigning from the club as soon as the day is finished.

I can't say I'm not pleased about it, because I am in reality - she's missing riding opportunities left, right and centre, which wastes a lot of money, and picking up silly injuries, too. The final straw came yesterday when the coach threw a wobbly over something trivial and scratched her from the relay. I'm happy to say it backfired, because she's as hard as nails and digs her heels in big time when she feels pissed off. End result: Definitely no tears or apology, and the rest of the team refused to run without her! His loss.

Oh well, back to equine sports, which until the day of the race, somehow seem to lack the raw excitement and entertainment value of a novice dealing with a fiery little thing called Sophie. But at least we have Blacklister to look forward to on Thursday the 23rd. He should be running in the 7:00 at Newbury in England - the Class 5 NSPCC Nursery Handicap Stakes over seven furlongs, and then Raining Dollars is out again in Australia a couple of days later. This should be his last run for a while, as he's been promised some R&R after Saturday's race.