Devastated to have lost our Sarasota Star today doing what he adored which was attacking 2m chases with verve & exuberance. Bought as a yearling with
@GerryHoganBS
& brought along beautifully by
@KeighleyTeam
Please spare a thought for
@belindakeighley
@BethWhittle7
driving home.
Don't you love him? They say horses grow from their heads backwards so our Mayson colt is going to be a big fella. Only four days old and he and mum doing well.
@WestShawFarm
@karl_burke
Love those ears.
Bruised and a bit battered after his crashing fall at the open ditch
@haydockraces
@AJHoneyball
but both Acey Milan and
@Rex_Dingle
are OK. Ace was coming back into the race at the time and made a rare error. Just so happy that he should be fine after a few days of TLC.
Bound to be questions to answer after Panorama tonight. !0 years ago we paid a top centre £1k to rehome a horse. Within a week they wanted to shoot it. Our trainer refused & we removed our lad. He is still alive & well in Devon loving his showjumping & adoring owner.
I've just received a lovely letter & photo from
@NewtonAbbotRace
Managing Director Pat Masterson thanking us for running our horse at his track.
@martinkeighley7
@PJHobbs1
This sort of contact with owners is very motivating & much appreciated. The horse will run there again Friday
Was a member of Cheltenham and Festival goer for 25 years. No more. At home, log burner blazing, fine food and a wine tasting with friends every day. We save thousands, watch every second and talk utter bollocks. Fabulous.
Terribly sad news to hear of the death of "legend of Lambourn" Henry Ponsonby. I lived near him for almost a decade & loved his company. On very first meeting he had sold me a share in a horse by the time we sat down to dinner...and another by the end of it!! Sleep well my friend
This case will be followed with considerable unease by British Racing. How much corruption and fraud exists across the equine supply chain? Agents, breeders, trainers, racecourses and syndicators?
Would love to see independent, local suppliers with food and drink from the area. Racecourses to show off the Best of British Food, wine, cider and beer. Make meetings a food fest. Not serve up the usual unhealthy, bland and overpriced rubbish.
Racing fans deserve better than a choice of fried stuff, fried stuff, doughy meatball sandwiches (🤮 this is not the US) or salty packet sandwiches. Paying customers at racecourses routinely get an awful deal. Is it any wonder people are voting with their feet?
A few have asked me today why I'm having a go at rip off syndicators. Simple. I hate the way so many in racing see the owner as a wallet to be raided. Racecourses, trainers, breeders, agents, syndicators and administrators all too readily see us as the paymaster.
Just been verbally assaulted by friends at my health club about
@CheltenhamRaces
Not about the whip, equine welfare or extortionate prices...but human animals. Boozed up, drugged up, gross behaviour by racegoers in the town. Please
@jockeyclub
keep the pressure on to stop this.
In the Hughes' household a tradition is a glass of champers on a Friday night. Well, tonight, it will be more than that as we celebrate today's new born filly. Daughter to dear Scented Lily (AKA Flora to her friends) by Jack Hobbs. Flora is by Presenting from the Best Mate family
What a heart-warming interview! 🥰
A delighted Gwendoline Clarke bought her first horse during lockdown, Gwennie May Boy, who wins on debut at 80/1!
Gwendoline and family chats to
@LeglockLuke
at
@BangorRaces
- incredible! 👇
With all our Owners for Owners horses the partners don't just sign up for the racing career of a horse. If rehoming is necessary they pay all costs. In 15 years noone has ever objected. We adore our racehorses no matter what they do on the track.
Shocked to hear that
@page_fuller
had a mini stroke while riding at Fontwell. All of us at OwnersforOwners wish you a full and speedy recovery. Excellent rider and super person. Get well soon.
Sad decision to cut back NH horses by 50% over the next 3 years but I no longer have confidence in racing's funding nor future plans. Not just Gambling Review. Premierisation will hit the grassroots owner hard and I'm fundamentally opposed to this very partial approach.
#Elitism
Would love to see every racecourse Showcase wonderful local food and drinks. Celebrate the best cheeses, pies, beers and even wine now. Not dreary and overpriced bland fare from the outsourced Compass provider. Food to relish and enjoy.
@TheNorthLights_
@Boingingallover
Agree, wholly. I've never understood why racecourses haven't embraced the pop-up restaurant/street food concept more fully. They're perfect for it. Instead, they usually serve
#greasystuff
.
We retired our lovely Melekhov AKA The Great Donald on Sunday after another disappointing run. All the owners are determined to support him in rehoming using
@C_HartEquine
Smashing new career ahead.
@KeighleyTeam
@belindakeighley
@PJHobbs1
Don't you love him? They say horses grow from their heads backwards so our Mayson colt is going to be a big fella. Only four days old and he and mum doing well.
@WestShawFarm
@karl_burke
Love those ears.
I've received a video from one of our trainers
@martinkeighley7
that quite frankly is a work of art. If you love the racehorse and this doesn't put a smile on your face and a tear in your eye then give up on our fantastic sport.
Oh dear oh dear. As a member of Naunton Downs for 10 years if you want to listen to a trainer lying through his teeth this is the interview to listen to. Not at all surprised some have decided to quit the yard. Sorry, Ben, change tack.
@Fitzdares
@WIGWOOD
🗣 "Hopefully she will be lovely for the rest of her career."
🗣 "The phone call lasted about a minute."
A day of differing emotions for
@benpauling1
ends with Diva Luna's impressive win at Aintree
Well worth a watch 👇
@LydiaHislop
That is a disgusting allegation. Every horse I have ever owned has been properly rehomed on retirement, sometimes at considerable expense.
#StopTheLies
#StandUpForRacing
After some disappointing owner experiences at a number of courses my wife and I decided to avoid them. I've just had a discussion with Rebecca Davies about
@WorcesterRaces
and her energy and enthusiasm for change and improvement has won me over. A mover & shaker
@arenaracingco
I want to publicly thank the CEO of
@plumptonraces
Dan Thompson for being so responsive and sorting out the mistake made in owner badge allowances for Sunday. Positive and very helpful. All I need now is for Sarasota Star to hack up
@KeighleyTeam
@jamesbe19813630
#jumpslikeastag
Kevin Blake was brilliant both in dismantling his opponent and in putting forward a brilliant, positive and polite defence of racing. The other guy though was a reminder of what the regulator is currently intent on trying to appease. Really, what on earth is the point?
House rule No 1, no alcohol before 6:00pm. House rule No 2, get stuck in straight afterwards....when you have a winner such as the gorgeous Sojourn
@AJHoneyball
@Rex_Dingle
@CarlisleRaces
Fabulous day and four winners in ten days. Brilliant weekend for the Potwell Farm team.
How wonderful is this. Only 5 days old and our Getaway foal
@batsfordstud
@C_HartEquine
is out for a little trip and some sunshine and then back home again. Love him to bits. From the Best Mate family and his relative Champ is in the Gold Cup.
#dreaming
#besotted
What an evening for
@KeighleyTeam
up at
@Southwell_Races
tonight. Has any trainer won three races before when all three were on hat tricks? Look forward to discussing this with Martin. Brilliant.
What a super horse he is becoming. Definitely my horse of a lifetime. So pleased that
@CliffordleexLee
gained his first Group win on him. More to come from both!!!
⭐️ El Caballo - what a hugely exciting prospect
He records a sixth straight win from seven starts with a brilliant display in the £115,000 G2 Cazoo Sandy Lane Stakes for
@karl_burke
&
@CliffordleexLee
at
@haydockraces
Capricia (Betsy) is one tough cookie. Yesterday’s Op went well & hidden under the bandages is some amazing work by the surgeon. She was bright this morning & even more so tonight when her work rider Freddie & brother Harry called in on the way home from school.
#MendSoonBetsy
Super run from our mare Fortuna Ligna
@CheltenhamRaces
in the Listed Bumper. A battling 3rd secured the black type & delighted all the owners
@AJHoneyball
Terrific ride from
@CobdenHarry
who told us before the race his plan & stuck with it. Another great buy with
@GerryHoganBS
Don't forget to do your stretches before exercising!!!!. That's what our Sarasota Star says
@KeighleyTeam
as he leads the string in warm ups. Indebted to
@belindakeighley
for her pics and vids. Not a one off always does it.
@GerryHoganBS
“You’re never gonna appease these people” -
@LeglockLuke
is passionate that racing should come together to defend the Grand National and the horse racing industry…
A good friend and co-owner Chris Emmerson had a winner today in a Group 3 at Longchamp with
@NBradleyRacing
Corazon. I cannot communicate the pleasure he experienced. He's been an owner for 53 years and was absolutely thrilled. It's why we dream and own horses.
I tell you what, I'll send you the monthly invoices on my 22 horses, let you pay them for a few months and then check again on your prize money views. I've argued for a long time that higher place money really matters. It's not just the quantum of money but it's allocation.
@OwnersforOwners
But would changes in prize money actually make any difference to that? The answer is no, in my opinion. You wouldn’t suddenly enjoy it if you got £1,500 for coming 3rd not £700. Just wouldn’t make any difference.
Mr Mafia you are simply the best! A horse of a lifetime. 14 years young & now a winner of 14 races. Never without your ears forward - the happiest & most genuine horse ever who loves being a racehorse.
@NewtonAbbotRace
- a day we'll never forget 🍾❤️🍾
#MrMafiaTheLegend
Terrific seeing El Caballo on the gallops
@karl_burke
this morning. Doesn't he look well? Group I targets ahead this autumn. He enjoyed a bit of breakfast afterwards as you can see...but nowhere near as much as I did!!
@GParkRacing
@WestShawFarm
Are they cooling him down or boiling him up? Either way
@jamesbe19813630
looking forward to his afternoon
@WorcesterRaces
Congrats to James and wife Izzy on arrival of second son this week.
Another winner!!! A gorgeous young horse we've had since foal days Luttrell Lad wins the bumper
@MarketRasenRace
Huge thanks to Aiden Murphy for buying him;
@C_HartEquine
for looking after him;
@PJHobbs1
for training him; &
@dickyjohnson77
for riding him so considerately. Superb!
We were due to send our Duke of Luckley to
@FakenhamRC
on Friday
@KeighleyTeam
but were increasingly concerned about the weather. Very well done to CEO David Hunter & Clerk of the Course Matthew Taylor for making the right decision and cancelling it.
#safeandsound
1st tweet of a series. Julian Thick CEO of
@NewburyRacing
is paid £300k+ per year. Owners race for peanuts. Are we all getting value for money?
@TheRCA
@BHAPressOffice
@NTFnews
How about linking executive pay to prize money?
What do you think to this beautiful colt by Getaway ex Scented Lily AKA Flora who was a staying winner
@CharlieLongsdon
and from the Best Mate line. Having 5 star treatment in the Cotswolds with
@C_HartEquine
What a lucky fella. Not a care in the world.
BOOM!!!! Our horse Luttrell Lad, Gino to his friends wins the most valuable Ladies' race in the calendar
@Cartmelrace
@C_HartEquine
trained by Tom Lacey. Superbly ridden by Izzie Marshall. Not there as in Provence but Le Grand Repas tonight.
Early start today to go down to
@AJHoneyball
and see our horses Sojourn, Acey Milan and Fortuna Ligna. Soj is my favourite horse in training and one of his biggest fans is young Harry Honeyball who rushed straight from bed to meet his pal. Bless them both.
A very important person in the
@KeighleyTeam
@belindakeighley
success story is Paul Davis who puts in so much time and effort as the embodiment of the willing volunteer. Not least he manages Martin's Club and Partnerships so celebrated Ben Buie's success in style. Cheers Paul!!
Our village in the Cotswolds is open again. Pity in some ways. The peace and isolation is most pleasant and relaxing. Wine cellar and freezer full. Definitely chilled in GL54.
#godsownpostcode
Three of
@KeighleyTeam
@belindakeighley
owners in the last week have all enjoyed their first wins as owners with horses securing their first victory. Great training by Martin and delighted for all connections.
#BePartOfIt
There is a snobbishness in racing towards lower class racing. It should be celebrated not reviled. The grassroots funds the whole sport. 75% of horses race at Class 4 or below and the income generated funds elite racing. Very well done all the owners at that level.
@DrJim_Walker
@OwnersforOwners
You will have more runners in a class 6 handicap at Redcar for £3k than a class 2 for 20k at Chester. So there is an argument for cutting the prize money at the upper level. It’s amazing how folk think they are hard done by at their level.
Of course photographs of horses and stable staff aren’t enough to assuage the anti-racing brigade
We need robust leadership to counteract the hyperbole and lies too
Which is why there’s a palpable sense of unease at the moment
#StandUpForRacing
How widespread is bad practice by syndicate managers? Doubling price paid for horses? Significantly increasing fees charged by trainers? Loading bogus costs against prize money? Withholding sales money?
@BHAPressOffice
@RSAsyndicates
Experiences please jon
@ownersforowners
.co.uk
Very well presented indeed, Kevin. Advocating without antagonising is a rare skill, and you possess it in spades. Bravo and let's all hope the National is not disrupted.
Thanks for the kind words re this interview and to
@PiersUncensored
/
@Roolockwood
for having me. We are awful for squabbling amongst ourselves in this industry, but I'll you tell what, we have a breed, a sport and an industry that is worth uniting & fighting for.
@StandUp4Racing
This has made my day. Sojourn OK apart from a cut or two after yesterday's disappointment
@haydockraces
@AJHoneyball
@Rex_Dingle
@olibellracing
Horse just didn't travel well in the race and never fired which is most unlike him. But nothing nasty. Phew!!
What a shopping trip that was with Anthony & Rachael
@AJHoneyball
to Bryan Murphy
@DunravenArms
to buy Ace & Soj. As we moved onto the second bottle of St Emilion at lunch he said "I'm going to offer you a deal you won't be able to refuse". I didn't
@aliceplunkett
@itvracing
42nd wedding anniversary today.....how can anyone endure me for so long!??!!?? Such a romantic, our honeymoon was
@NewmarketRace
for the Champion Stakes
@TheJockeyClub
@ShWallis
Still going strong.
In
@martinkeighley7
watching Lord Condi.on the gallops. Given an envelope from
@Southwell_Races
where he won last week. Contained a beautiful photo of the race & a hand written congratulatory note to me as an owner from staff Mark, Mandy & Paul. Lovely gesture
@arenaracingco