10th September 2015

Bitter Orange got the job done at Leicester, and Projection goes to Doncaster today

Bitter Orange showed a good turn of foot to win at Leicester, under an inspired ride by Tom Marquand, who in the process lost his 5 pound claim. She will be reassed and we will try and find her a nursery, possible over an extra furlong.

Arrowtown and Chester Street both ran nice races in their respective maidens, and hopefully they can trouble the judge next time out.

Projection runs in the Weatherbys Hamilton Stakes today. It is a valuable prize and suitably competitive with a maximum field. There are some generous weight allowances for some decent horses, and it is sure to be tough. He ran a little green at York and wasn't beaten far by some decent horses, and we think he will handle the good ground.

Quest For More has left to go in to quarantine in Newmarket. He will be there for two weeks, before he flies to Australia on the 24th and lands on the 26th. He then has 14 days in quarantine there, and the two prep races that we are considering at this stage (completely depends on how he deals with the journey) are the Herbert Power on the 10th October and the Caufield Cup on the 17th. Following on from that the Melbourne Cup itself is on November 3rd. Its a tight schedule and a very tough journey. He is in great shape going in to the process, and we were delighted not to have given him a hard race like some of the others had at York, as I believe the Goodwood race took a bit out of him. He is a fast ground horse, with the speed to get away with 1m 4f/6f and I hope he can make his mark down there off what will be a low weight. It is a new experience for us, and I am sending down two of my most experienced staff, one who has been here 35 years and used to look after Danehill, and the other my longstanding travelling head lad. I am excited, it is a great event.