Weekly Roundup

Its been a fairly quiet week for once at Drumscraw with nothing much to report. The weather has taken a turn for the better and the grass has come well in the paddocks, makes a change from walking through the muck everyday. The only downside with this is that the ground has got fairly hard and there isn't much of a covering of grass at the minute.

The pups are all doing well and are making the most of the fine weather by sleeping outside at night and doing a bit of sunbathing. I lead trained 10 saplings on Saturday, I slept like a baby on Saturday night, and the majority took to the lead immediately. In particular the three Yeah Man x Express Wish walked like lambs as soon as the lead was strapped onto them, they impress me more every day. Their breeding got another boost this week when their dams's half sister won the Cork Oaks and half brother won the Munster Dash on route to a crack at the English Derby.

Patch, race name Faraday, continues to respond well to treatment for her injury and may make a sooner than expected comeback as her back is nearly right again. The swimming pool is really working the oracle with her as not only is it helping her back but its keeping her fitness levels up. Bullet is entered for next weekend in Lifford, she was slightly off colour last week but appears to be coming back to herself so will take her chances in either a 525,550 or 575 race on the Friday or Saturday. I'm currently scanning the upcoming sweepstakes to see if I can find anything suitable for the Boss but I have drawn a blank so far.

At this stage I'm 95% sure that Belle is in pup but after being caught out with her in the past i cant be 100% until she is scanned at 40 days but fingers crossed. Maldini is going well at this stage and he looks to be the natural successor to his sire who cant go on forever.